RCT is a current member
of the WWARA (Western Washington Amateur Relay Association)">
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RCT is a current member
of the WWARA (Western Washington Amateur Relay Association), the
regional coordinating body for amateur radio repeaters. The RCT
repeater committee members actively participate and support the efforts
of the WWARA. Click
HERE for the WWARA
website.
RCT operates a VHF and a UHF repeater from the
Clubhouse location, elevation of 380 ft.
147.280 MHz,
Positive offset, PL=103.5 Hz Note: IRLP
Node 7110 is connected to this repeater.
440.625 MHz, Positive offset,
PL=103.5 Hz
RCT operates a VHF repeater from Crawford Mountain
(SE Thurston County), elevation of 1440 ft.
147.380 MHz,
Positive offset, PL=103.5 Hz
What is PL
tone? Click here
for more info.
RCT repeaters operate under the call sign of W7DK.
| The RCT
Informational Net is every Tuesday at 7:30 PM on the 147.280 MHz
repeater. Members and non-member licensed amateurs are
encourage to check in. |
The Radio
Club of Tacoma Repeater Committee members are:
Nick Winter, K7MO. Repeater committee member's contact information is
available in the RCT club member roster.
Other repeater frequencies can be found on the Intercept NW website.
Click HERE to go Intercept NW database. OR use list below.
IRLP
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The aim of the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) is to provide a
simple and easy system to link radio systems together using the
Internet as the communications backbone.
The RCT 147.280 MHz repeater is IRLP Node 7110.
Click HERE for an in depth explanation of IRLP.
Click HERE
for the IRLP website. |
RADIO CLUB OF TACOMA - REPEATER ETIQUETTE
GOOD OPERATING PRACTICES:
The rules that govern our service require good amateur
operating practices. Without further analysis, this is a vague term. Since
more hams use FM voice than any other communications mode, and there are more
than nine thousand 2 meter FM repeaters in the United States, it is not
surprising to find that good operating practices, have, in fact, been
defined.
A good operator uses plain English and avoids
jargon. FM repeater communication is essentially as clear as a
telephone call. In addition to avoiding needless repetition, a key to good
communication on fm repeater contacts is the use of plain English. There is
no radio-ese.
There is no appropriate jargon. Q-signals, pro signs and phonetics are not appropriate for fm operation except
in the most unusual circumstances. Those circumstances exist when your signal
cannot otherwise be understood. Normally, before a signal deteriorates to
that point, communication becomes impossible.
A good operator identifies correctly.
FCC rules require a station to identify every ten minutes and at the end of a QSO. Repeating the other stations call sign and your call sign following
every transmission is the mark of a poor operator. Most of us are acquainted
with each other. We recognize our voices without any further identification
being necessary and when we meet each other in person, address each other by
our names rather than our calls.
There is no place on the repeater for no-contact
reports. When you place a call on the repeater, and a station does
not answer, it is appropriate to place the call again. The listening station
may well be far enough away from a microphone that it takes a while to
respond. Allow the station time to respond. On hearing no response, it is
appropriate to announce your call sign. That lets other people who may be
waiting for you to finish your calling attempts to know that you are done and
they may proceed. All that is necessary is the repetition of your call sign
one time. Broadcasting is illegal.
When you want to talk to someone on a repeater, it
is appropriate to announce your call sign followed by the word listening
or mobile.
Anyone on the frequency will know that you are willing to accept calls from
any other station. Nothing else is necessary.
Repeaters exist for the purpose of expanding the
range of mobile and hand-held transceivers. Once a contact is made on
a repeater, it is appropriate to move to a simplex frequency. An appropriate
amount of time to use a repeater can vary during the time of the day. During
commute hours perhaps two or three minutes is all that should be used. In the
middle of the night longer QSOs
might be appropriate.
A good operator does not overuse the repeater.
The repeater is a shared resource.
