rjyokum

Morning all.....  This will be somewhat multi-topic and I've posted before some time ago about the same.
First of all, I am very interested if anyone would be interested in starting a club in the south east portion of Virginia.  We have a club in northern and south west Virginia but nothing here in the south east AKA Hampton Roads area.  I am a member of a few repeaters in the area.  If anyone would like to consider starting something like this, please reach out.
Secondly, I'm very interested in setting up a repeater to increase the options here nearby.  In Yorktown, VA, we do have a repeater that covers a portion of the lower county area but I'm much closer to the Yorktown proper area not within reach of the Tabb repeater.  I'm not really a "radio" guy and do understand many basics but expertise isn't in my wheelhouse.  Nevertheless, I would like to look in to doing something like this if there's anyone that would like to help.           
Thanks in advance.....

Morning all.....  This will be somewhat multi-topic and I've posted before some time ago about the same.
First of all, I am very interested if anyone would be interested in starting a club in the south east portion of Virginia.  We have a club in northern and south west Virginia but nothing here in the south east AKA Hampton Roads area.  I am a member of a few repeaters in the area.  If anyone would like to consider starting something like this, please reach out.
Secondly, I'm very interested in setting up a repeater to increase the options here nearby.  In Yorktown, VA, we do have a repeater that covers a portion of the lower county area but I'm much closer to the Yorktown proper area not within reach of the Tabb repeater.  I'm not really a "radio" guy and do understand many basics but expertise isn't in my wheelhouse.  Nevertheless, I would like to look in to doing something like this if there's anyone that would like to help.           
Thanks in advance.....

Dont forget insurance. Many towers will require a basic liability insurance. 

Putting together a "good" repeater using components built as a repeater will run over $1000.00 before adding an antenna, feedline and installation. It's easy to spend $5K to get a repeater like you want on the air.

Hello and welcome to the GMRS world and the web site. I'm in Castleton, VA about 55 miles from DC and there isn't much traffic in this area either. If I go into Culpeper or Warrenton, two small towns near me, I hear more traffic but out here it's pretty quite most of the time. I scan ch 1-7 and 15-22, plus about 8 repeaters in my area. 
 
Looks like you are a long way from everywhere down. Just for fun I could drive up to a high point on Skyline Drive, the mountain ridge about 134 miles NW of you and we could see if we could talk.
 
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