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The Horseshoe Amateur Radio Club, Inc. is pleased to announce the activation of a new GMRS repeater located on Wopsononock Mountain at an elevation of 2,500 feet. Repeater Details: Frequency: 462.675 MHz PL Tone: 123.0 Hz Location: Wopsononock Mountain (2,500 ft elevation) We invite all licensed GMRS users to give it a workout! Your feedback will help us evaluate its range and performance. Please Report Back: Send your location and signal report to help us gauge coverage in the region. Learn more at: horseshoeradio.com (GMRS page coming soon!) Thank you for your support and enjoy the airwaves! — Horseshoe Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (W3SO) “Stronger Signals, Greater Reach”

I am new to the group. Curious if anyone is using the RT97L yet and what are your thoughts on it? Thanks!

Repeater is up and running good. Very little traffic on it at this time.

Hello W3AOL, How is your repeater working out? Is it getting much use? Nevin

Hello, Retevis just released a relatively inexpensive repeater the RT97L 25 watt if you are interested. Nevin

Thanks

Just FYI, New repeater will be online soon near the cross roads of rts 51 and 48 in Elizabeth. It will be on 462.725 with pl tone of 131.8 Hopefully online by April 5th 2025 Hope it will be of use to the gmrs operrators out there. Now Online and open for your use.

Note to Administrator: I have the same post on another Forum (Technical Discussion), if it is not allowed, please remove it. Dear OffRoaderX, Thank you for your input. If you don’t mind, I’d like to continue this discussion on another (Technical Discussion) forum. Best regards,

Note to Administrator: I have the same post on another Forum (Technical Discussion), if it is not allowed, please remove it. My two GMRS radios can connect to the repeater and communicate with other users, but they cannot hear each other. Even when I took both radios 100 meters from the repeater, they still couldn't hear each other. Both radios are identical, and I used the programming software to update them with the same settings. I have even replaced my radios, thinking that might resolve the issue. · Radioddity GM-30 Plus GMRS Radio (current one) Here are my channels 23 to 30 settings which I got permission for: Channel Frequency Name Tone 23 462.5500 / 467.5500 RPT-1 GCR 550 Spanish Fort 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz 24 462.5750 / 467.5750 RPT-2 GCR 575 Semmes 100 / 100 Hz 25 462.6000 / 467.6000 RPT-3 GCR 600 Perdido Beach 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz 26 462.6250 / 467.6250 RPT-4 GCR 625 BAY MINET 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz 27 462.6500 / 467.6500 RPT-5 GCR 650 Fairhope 67.0 Hz / 67.0 Hz 28 462.6750 / 467.6750 RPT-6 GCR 725 New Orleans 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz 29 462.7000 / 467.7000 RPT-7 Spanish Fort Hgh School 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz 30 462.7250 / 467.7250 RPT-8 GCR 725 Theodore, Al 141.3 Hz / 141.3 Hz I appreciate any suggestions you may have.

Hi Shawn, The subject was brought up a couple of times but has not come to fruition. Myself and other members were willing to contribute a couple grand each, however communication on this site is difficult. Members are not alerted to new posts (reason my replying is do tardy) and as the creator of the club I am not able to send a message en masse to stay in touch with everyone. you have to come to the site and read the posts I make via the tabs and then reply Unless I am missing something, I can only message 10 members at a time and we are nearing 75. Nevin

Hi Shawn - nice to meet you. I'm in the Burgettstown/Hickory area and I'm wondering the same thing. There's a big repeater in Pittsburgh that has a good reach, but the operator isn't responsive which kind of leaves us searching for a solution. I think Nevin (owner of this club) lives in Washington too, so maybe we can put our heads together and figure out a solution for all of these hills and trees! Take care and talk soon..

Hey everyone, Shawn here. New to the radio world. Got my Gmrs license back in 2021. Just heard about this site. Why is there not a repeater in Washington, PA?? I would think that there would be a few.

Good morning. I'm also new to radio and currently studying for the HAM tech license. My first blush with GMRS in Southwest PA is that I may have to build my own repeater to make a go of this as repeater owners don't seem to respond for requests for permission. I'd like to expand my use out a bit further than my own hometown and really like the family use aspect of GMRS, but in my limited knowledge, it seems that you have to have (large) repeater access given our hilly terrain - or be willing to build your own. Thanks and look forward to talking to all of you.

Hello, New to the club today. I have an antenna on my chimney is about 40 feet above ground. It is linked to a simple none and gets 5-10 miles of coverage. I’m in New Freedom Pa, York County by the Maryland line

Welcome everyone. Does anyone have any nice tall GMRS antennas up in their area or on their home? Nevin

Newbie to GMRS and currently studying for my Ham license. I'm retired and learning at a retired pace. I'm mainly interested in being able to use GMRS while hiking and traveling in the SW PA region. I listen more than I speak, so I'll read more than I post. Looking forward to learning from the greater minds here. Thanks.

Share your ideas and suggestions for a Southwestern PA repeater system. Costs, locations, equipment, etc.

Hello WRXS600, Welcome to the SWPA GMRS Club. This board is not very user friendly with notifying me of posts or of my being able to communicate with all of the members at once, other than by posting on the message board. I live in the Washington, PA area and have been looking at geographical maps to try to determine the best place(s) to place repeaters. I welcome any and all ideas when it comes to setting up a repeater system. I am a retired Information Technology Generalist with a Master's in Information Security and a Ph.D. in Information Technology, so I love talking IT stuff. Thank you. Nevin

I posted in the club a couple of times and began a few discussions, but the interest seems to have dropped off. I am unable to send a communication to everyone at the same time, only post new discussions for others to join in. Nevin

I have posted several times and not heard from anyone. I was wanting to investigate the interest in creating a repeater network if feasible. If anyone is interested, please let me know. Nevin

Retired Network Security Analyst. Was a ham when I was a teenager. Got my GMRS license in June 2023. I'm interested in collaborating to establish a GMRS repeater for the City of Pittsburgh.

I am hoping to join an active club this area really needs a repeater network. looking on the maps we have no repeaters in the area and to be honest without a network GMRS is pretty boring with no one to talk to in range.