VCARC Net

CURRENT

The VCARC network consists of the following repeaters in order of installation. Both use the W9VRC-R call sign and 114.8 PL.

EAGLE RIVER, 145.150 with (-) offset, located at the Eagle River Memorial Hospital Ambulance garage, with a Diamond X700H dual-band antenna at the 85 foot top position. The repeater is a Yaesu DR-2x running 50watts out of the Remec-Waco duplexer duplexer. We have a passband and special preamp for adjusting receive gain to minimize desensing issues. These custom items courtesy of Jeffrey KD9FYU, Kitz Technologies, our lab Tech Team member. A Motorola 30 amp continuous duty power supply rounds out the mix. Most of the equipment was donated by area hams.

As of June 1, 2018, the repeater is in AUTO C4FM/Analog mode for all users of either mode.

Echolink
The Eagle River repeater also has an Echolink connection, with equipment located at the Eagle River FD station. The node currently shows as Land O' Lakes, but is actually the Eagle River repeater, often called the 'Ministry 150' or similar. Node # 691369.

LAND O' LAKES Repeater, aka 'Lando 390', on 145.390 with (-) offset, located on the Land O' Lakes water tower, just NW of town, with a Diamond X700HNA antenna at 160 feet Above Ground Level [AGL]. This system uses Yaesu DR-2X repeater with 50 watts into the 4 can Sinclair duplexer with 7/8th" low loss hardline to the antenna. Antenna swap was completed 9/8 by Len N9QIP. The new Diamond antenna checks perfect. The repeater has a Wires-X connection and is linked to the Yooper net (Room# 65384) in Iron River when using this mode. Auto mode is setup to run what is received either analog or digital (C4FM) or WIRES-X.