MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY Repeater User Manual
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1. MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 14 Appendix A Summary of Available Codes 500 7501 RF Link LTN On Off VE5CC UHF Hub 710 DTMF Code Test lt 710NNNN gt 712 Speak Time of Day 714 Audio Test 716 717 Weather Radio On Off 00 Check Node Status 13 Universal IRLP Disconnect 002 Timeout Disable 9990 Echo Reflector MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 15 Appendix B Glossary of Terms CTCSS Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System a circuit used to reduce the annoyance of listening to other users on a shared communications channel and to turn on a radio s receiver in the presence of the correct tone IRLP Internet Radio Linking Project a group of repeaters or simplex radios connected to computers linked via the internet using voice over internet protocol Local Terrestrial Network LTN refers to the Saskatoon area of RF linked repeaters PL Tone Private Line Motorola Trademark simply another name for CTCSS See CTCSS Reflector a computer on the IRLP system dedicated as a conferencing packet reflector so that any IRLP node connected to it will receive the same audio transmissions and be able to participate in the conversation SARA Southern Alberta Repeater As2. manually connect to the receiver using the normal codes 5 The receiver will not automatically send any further alerts unless they have been upgraded such as a watch to a warning At the conclusion of the alert time frame which is predetermined by Environment Canada and sent with the original alert the WX 200 will signal this to the controller which will activate the repeater again play a 3 second 1000Hz tone and speak WEATHER ALERT CLEAR This usually will happen several hours later The WX 200 is only capable of listening to one weather station at a time and in our case it listens to 162 550 MHz VAR554 Saskatoon The WX 200 does log alert information that is received however it can only be accessed by direct computer connection If we ever get Internet at the site we will have this connected full time and be able to access the information remotely MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 13 5 3 Environment Canada Weekly Test Environment Canada conducts a weekly test of the SAME and weather alert system at approximately noon each Wednesday You should hear the ARES alert message followed by a brief transmission from the Environment Canada transmitter The system will only activate for approximately a half minute then turn itself down again No intervention is required
3. HG Identify that you are accessing the repeater De Identify and connect to the LIN lt 500 gt Ses Identify and enter the on code for VE7RHS which is lt 1000 gt 4 Wait for voice acknowledgment that you have activated the link Di Pause for ten seconds so that you don t interrupt a conversation already in progress 6 Make your call Ale When finished identify that you are accessing the repeater and enter the universal off code for which is lt 73 gt 8 Identify and enter the disconnect code for the LIN lt 501 gt On Identify as clear 4 6 3 Point to Point Calling on a linked system When making a call into a linked repeater system use the following example where we connect to VE60IL in Calgary Ty Identify that you are accessing the repeater Dis Connect to the LIN lt 500 gt 3 Enter the on code for the SARA Network which is lt 1260 gt 4 Wait for voice acknowledgment that you have activated the link Ds Pause for ten seconds so that you don t interrupt a conversation already in progress Remember the SARA network is province wide in Alberta Os Identify that you are accessing VE6OIL and enter the on code lt 660 gt MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 9 di Wait for acknowledgement from VE60IL that the link has been activated 8 Make your call 9 When
4. Lake 1769 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESTLK 145 450 114 8 Turtle Lake L COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE Appendix E Saskatoon Area Repeater Network IRLP NODE 1360 VE5CC Saskatoon Always Linked Always Linked EN ee 590 581 i VE5CC Hub a 444 975 5M od Always Linked VE5CC Repeater 146 970 600 Saskatoon 502 503 VE5SKN Repeater VE5DNA Repeater 146 940 600 PL 100 0 147 210 600 Saskatoon Humboldt Dana 500 501 580 581 Saskatoon Area Repeater Network November 2 MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 20
5. REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 2 We also partnered with ARES Saskatoon who purchased a Computer Automation Technology CAT WX 200 SAME weather receiver to use for the project In August 2007 we finished the testing and programming phase of the project and the repeater was installed at St Pauls Hospital replacing the aging VE5SCA 146 940 600 repeater that Eric Quiring VE5HG had operating there for decades Plans for the future include new equipment for the VE5CC site and possible expansion to Stranraer VE5UB and the Battlefords The intent is to get the Local Terrestrial Network LTN back to the way it used to be 10 years ago Section 3 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 3 1 VESSKN Repeater 146 940 600 PL 100 0Hz 3 131 Repeater Information Kenwood TKR 750 v 2 25 Watts e PC Programmable e 100 duty at 25W MAX O P 50W e 100 0Hz CTCSS 3 1 2 Controller Information Arcom RC 210 3 Port Controller e PC programmable e DVR e Synthesized Speech 3 1 3 Duplexers Sinclair F 150 4M e 4 Cavities 3 1 4 Weather Receiver CAT WX 200 SAME Receiver e 48 Region Coverage e PC Programmable e Logging Function e Alert Test Function MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 3 3 1 5 UHF LTN Link Motorola CDM 1250 UHF Mobile e PC Programmable e 20 Watts Output e Max 45W
6. finished identify that you are deactivating the link and enter the off code for VE60IL which is lt 661 gt 10 Identify that you are deactivating the SARA node and enter the universal off code which is lt 73 gt 11 Wait for voice acknowledgement that you have successfully disconnected then disconnect from the LIN lt 501 gt Once again when using other repeater systems make sure to pause often as you may be interrupting a conversation in progress Although you may not hear anything instantly when connecting there may have been a lull in the current conversation 4 6 4 Reflector Calls The packet reflectors were designed for net purposes There are many reflectors on the system each designed to handle many connections at a time This enables us to conduct system wide nets and other potential emergency uses We can put our repeater on the reflector but we are not able to put anyon lse s repeater on the reflector remotely It must be done locally There are som provisions for Saskatchewan ARES Personnel and net controllers to bring up nodes remotely through the internet but is not in place for casual use When using a reflector it is important to note that there is an extra delay present that there wouldn t be when using point to point calling Ensure you key your microphone for two full seconds before speaking to ensure your transmission is heard through the whole
7. pause for at least 2 seconds before keying up The only cases this does not apply to is if you are in HF remote QSO or an auto patch call gt OSO s that are extended in length are not frowned upon on this repeater system The only stipulation is that if you are involved in a long rag chew round table you should pause often and ask if anyone needs the use of the repeater or if anyone would like to join in on a QSO in progress Do keep in mind though that not all people will jump in even if they require the auto patch or another feature Some people are shy operators gt Use proper phonetics when identifying yourself rather than inventing your own gt Be a courteous operator and lead by example 4 4 Repeater Access The VESSKN repeater operates on a normal 600 KHz split like other amateur repeaters INPUT 146 340 OUTPUT 146 940 The repeater requires a continuous tone coded squelch system CTCSS of 100 0Hz The repeater also transmits a 100 0Hz tone which is there to provide users additional convenience If you have a CTCSS decoder on your radio and enable it for 100 0Hz then your radio squelch will not open unless that tone is received You can put your radio by a computer or in another high RF environment and the squelch will not open up No more noisy radios downtown Also the way the repeater is programmed the CTCSS tone stops transmitting at about 1 5
8. 3 1 6 Miscellaneous e Alinco Power Supply e Emergency Power 3 2 VE5CC Repeater 146 970 600 Owned by VE5HG 3 2 1 VHF UHF Repeater Information e General Electric Exec Radios 3 2 2 Controller Information e Link Communications RLC 1 e Two ports 3 2 3 Antennas e Sinclair 210 C4 VHF e Sinclair 2 bay folded dipole UHF 300 3 2 4 Miscellaneous e Samlex 22 amp power supply e Heliax feedlines Section 4 REPEATER OPERATION 4 1 General The MARS repeater system is open to all licensed amateur radio operators The club requires all operators to be courteous and to use proper operating practices at all times Most equipment is owned and operated by the Meewasin Amateur Radio Society but some is owned by individuals MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 4 4 2 Repeater Traffic Priorities die Emergency Traffic ARES Saskatoon 2 Priority Traffic ARES Saskatoon 3 System Testing and Maintenance 4 Public Service and Scheduled Nets Di General Use 4 3 General Rules of Operation 4 3 1 Control Operators P Let control operators handle interference problems and repeater rule enforcement There may be actions taking place that you are not aware of P Control Operators have the autho
9. O IRLP Code Referenc SAME Weather Alert General Alerts Environment Canada Weekly Test Summary of Available Codes Glossary Of Terms System Administrator Code List Saskatchewan IRLP System Saskatoon Area Repeater Network 12 12 BW N 15 16 17 18 20 Section 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the 2007 edition of the Meewasin Amateur Radio Society s Repeater User Guide The first draft of this manual was created in 2001 after the code plan got so complex that we had to come up with some sort of documentation for users This version will differ in that it won t encompass a lot on IRLP codes as they are all readily available on the internet in the public domain The 2001 version was mostly based around IRLP as there were only a handful of nodes in existence If you see any way that this manual can be improved make sure you contact the MARS Repeater Committee to offer your suggestions Enjoy your VE5SKN operating experience Section 2 HISTORY Derek Bereza VE5SD formed the Meewasin Amateur Radio Society back in the early 1990 s At that time Derek had thought that VESUFO would be a neat call sign to have fora club and MARS would be an appropriate acronym The next task was to come up with a name using the acronym That is when Meewasin Amateur Radio Society popped into his head After some research it was discovered that Meewasin was a Cree wo
10. P Echo Reflector This allows you to test your audio into the system Once connected give a test transmission and un key In a few seconds you will hear your test transmission back and be able to determine if there is a problem or not 4 8 IRLP Examples There will be times when you are maybe away from home and want to make an IRLP call back to Saskatoon Because the node is connected directly to the LTN you will need to MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 11 bring up the link to VESSKN first An example of how to do this follows Ty From any other node dial 1360 to connect to VESCC Qs After connection message identify then dial lt 500 gt Biz The node will regenerate 500 and you will eventually hear the on message for VESSKN 4 Make your call 5 Reverse order to disconnect Dial lt 501 gt 6 The node will regenerate 501 and you will eventually hear the VESSKN goodbye message di Dial 73 from your local node and identify as clear 4 9 IRLP Code Reference For a complete list of IRLP nodes and locations as well as other operating information on IRLP please visit http www irlp net There are far too many codes and daily changes to list the information in this manual Section 5 SAME WEATHER ALERT 5 1 General The WX 200 weather receiver is a Specific Area Mes
11. Saskatoon SK Repeater User Manual 2007 Edition v1 la VESSKN VESCC TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Section Section Section a WWWWWW WWW WW WwW WwW BHP HS HS HS HAHAH ADAH AHH AH HAHAHAHAHA LH LHL 0 0 NOR WN E NNNONNFRFFREFE HE CO AJ H H HHOOOOOOUUUUUUU BWWWWNE O DOON H ND e Oe WN EF NOB WN EE DOON H Introduction History Technical Information VESSKN Repeater Repeater Information Controller Information Duplexers Weather Receiver UHF LIN Link Miscellaneous VE5CC Repeater VHF UHF Repeater Information Controller Information Antennas Miscellaneous Repeater Operation General Repeater Traffic Priorities General Rules of Operation Control Operators Interference Daily Operations Repeater Access VESSKN Special Features DTMF Test Time of Day Signal Test Weather Information LTN Link To VE5CC Hub Telephone Interconnect IRLP Operation General IRLP Error Messages Node to Node Calling Procedures Point to Point Calling LINK Reflector Calls Identifying amp Pauses Special IRLP Codes Check Node Status Disconnect Any Node Reflector Disable Timeout Echo Reflector IRLP Examples m m HS HS HS HS HS HS BWWWWW ND LO OOO H H H H H HOUUUU U DEE Section Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix OU UI OU WW ND H
12. ll is already connected to another or there is local traffic and it won t permit the connection Simply wait a few minutes and try again You may also receive the message The node you are calling is currently connected to XXXX The node you are calling does not exist This error message means you have entered an incorrect code to access the system At times if the code you hav ntered really IS a valid code it means that node is offiine for whatever reason The node you are calling currently has internet linking disabled means exactly what it states The node operator has disabled the node for whatever reason An Error has occurred The call attempt has timed out the connection has been lost please check the code and try MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 8 again This means that either the node you called is down or there is a local internet problem There are a few other error codes that are seldom heard but in most cases are self explanatory Please contact the repeater committee if you encounter any other errors that are not listed in this section 4 6 2 Node to Node Calling Procedures When making calls with the IRLP system you need to connect to the LIN as noted in s 4 6 In the following example we connect to the VE7RHS repeater in Vancouver
13. ly 27 hams decided that it was time to incorporate and have formal structure as this would allow the club to have liability protection as well as other benefits of a non profit corporation On April 4 2000 the club became the Meewasin Amateur Radio Society Inc From about 2004 to 2007 club activities were fairly minimal In 2001 the club hosted the Saskatchewan hamfest to raise some funds for our ongoing repeater projects The hamfest was successful and the club did raise quite a bit of money In 2005 the club partnered with the Saskatoon Amateur Radio Club to host the Saskatchewan Centennial Hamfest in Saskatoon Although there was no money earned in fact we just broke even we put on a ten thousand dollar event and it was very enjoyable At the 2006 AGM we decided that we had been using junk for far too long to run our repeater system so much so that in fact Derek had been using his own equipment for the last while just to keep things on the air With a change in family priorities and lack of anyone inclined to take on any of the technical aspects of the repeater system it was decided that we research a new system In 2007 we purchased a brand new Kenwood TKR 750 repeater system off the shelf with all the bells and whistles This paired up with the Arcom RC 210 controller the club has owned for years very nicely MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC
14. ord 508 509 VE5BRC 1 147 240 Battleford L VE5AT Last Mountain 1344 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESAT 146 850 Last Mountain 960 961 VE5IOU Prince Albert 1370 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VE5IOU 146 820 100 0 Prince Albert L VESLAK 146 610 Christopher Lake L VE5WM Regina 1550 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VE5WM 146 880 Regina L VE5SCR Swift Current 1570 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESSCR 146 790 Swift Current L VE5TOM 146 670 Tompkins L MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la 18 COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la 19 VE5RJM Yorkton 1710 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VE5RJM 145 490 Yorkton L VE5SS 145 310 Preeceville L VE5RIM 2 147 080 Invermay L VE4BMR 147 030 Baldy Mountain MB L VE5MDM Melville 1858 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VE5MDM 147 000 Melville L VE5NIP Nipawin 2820 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VE5NIP 146 790 Nipawin L VESMFT 146 880 Melfort L VESFXR 146 700 Tisdale L VE5NDR 147 090 Snowden L VESTIK Turtle
15. rd which meant happy or beautiful meeting place AS a note the river valley in and around Saskatoon is looked after a group called the Meewasin Valley Authority and that is where he first heard the name During that time Derek had established a repeater system that had HF remote base and a few other neat gadgets VESFUN was the repeater call sign and the HF call sign would be VESUFO The repeater VESFUN operated on a 2 65 MHz split receiving on 147 985 MHz and transmitting out on 145 290 MHz The membership to the group was free anda number of hams joined in on the fun Due to some malicious interference and change in interests the repeater was taken off of the air In the winter of 1998 1999 Derek noticed that Link Comm came out with an upgrade to their RLC l repeater controller and ordered the MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 1 upgrade Around midnight January 1 the repeater was back on the air The club was rejuvenated to bring back the collective fun to promote fellowship in amateur radio and to further the hobby in the Saskatoon area The group will undertake various social technical and community activities and will organize and undertake work groups to help out with antenna tower radio and computer work projects In the spring of 2000 the club membership of approximate
16. rity and responsibility to alter the rules of operation to meet temporary requirements gt Control Operators may terminate an auto patch link QSO or shut the repeater off at any time they believ an illegal or unauthorized action is taking place 4 3 2 Interference gt Do not acknowledge transmissions from unlicensed stations or stations causing interference To the extent possible continue your conversation as if the interfering station is not there gt Do not discuss interference on the radio gt When you hear interference on the repeater contact a control operator by telephone Be prepared to report the time location signal strength and type of your antenna Assistance in locating or identifying interfering stations is welcome 4 3 3 Daily Operations gt Use your call sign rather than break to enter an ongoing QSO Break Break indicates emergency or priority traffic Immediately relinquish the frequency when you hear break break Failure to do so immediately may lead to loss of your repeater privileges and make you a likely candidate to be shot at sunset If someone uses break to enter a QSO don t chastise him or her In some areas this is acceptable MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 5 gt Always wait for the courtesy tone before transmitting In cases where there is no courtesy tone active then
17. sage Encoding SAME receiver This simply means is that it is able to decode digital packets transmitted over th conventional weather radio frequencies and can be programmed to only trigger alerts for specific regions In our case we have the following codes programmed in to the receiver 654100 City of Saskatoon 65432 RM of Corman Park 65434 RM of Vanscoy 65521 RM of Dundurn 65511 RM of Harris 65523 RM of Hanley 65453 RM of Blucher 65441 RM of Aberdeen 65400 Martensville Warman MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 12 This list can be updated or changed at the direction of ARES Saskatoon 5 2 Alerts When an alert is received by the WX 200 and it is in the list of areas we want alerts for the following will happen 1 A 1000Hz alert tone will be sent for approximately 3 seconds The controller will speak A R E S ALERT WEATHER RADIO AUTOMATIC CONNECT 2 The audio from the weather receiver will be played for two minutes before it times out In test mode this has been confirmed as an adequate amount of time for most alerts to be heard 3 At the conclusion of the two minutes the controller will disconnect the receiver and speak WEATHER RADIO AUTOMATIC DISCONNECT DIAL 7 1 6 TO CONNECT 4 If there is a need to hear more a user will have to
18. seconds into the 6 second hang timer after the courtesy tone therefore it will signal to your radio to shut down the receiver before th carrier drops which means you don t hear squelch or tail crashes at all It sounds more like a commercial radio system MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 6 4 5 VESSKN Special Features NOTE For the purposes of this section the bracket lt means key your PTT and gt means un key There are several special functions programmed into the repeater controller These are as follows 4 5 1 DTMF Test Enter lt 71ONNNN gt where N is any digit to find out if your tones are accepted by the controller The repeater will speak back the tones you entered 4 5 2 Time of Day Enter lt 712 gt to hear the current time of day 4 5 3 Signal Test Enter lt 714 gt When the controller says READY key up and give an audio transmission Then when you un key your audio will be played back giving you an idea of what your signal sounds like into the repeater 4 5 4 Weather Information Enter lt 716 gt to activate the WX 200 weather receiver To turn it off enter lt 717 gt or wait for the three minute timeout timer to disconnect it 4 5 5 LTN Link To VES5CC Hub To bring VESSKN onto the LIN enter lt 500 gt You will hear a voice iden
19. sociation Specific Area Message Encoding SAME a digital radio technology used by Environment Canada to trigger consumer grade weather receivers according to the information the user selects to monitor MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 16 Appendix C System Administrator Code List THIS SECTION RESERVED FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS AND CONTROL OPERATORS ONLY MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 17 Appendix D Saskatchewan IRLP System The fol llowing nodes are active in Saskatchewan Each node has a listing of repeaters that are connected to each node via link with their access codes through a point to point connection call Some repeaters may require that This can only be accomplished noe you turn them on a reflector VE5CC Saskatoon 1360 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESCC 444 975 Saskatoon L VE5CC 146 970 Saskatoon 502 503 VE5SKN 146 940 100 0 Saskatoon 500 501 VESDNA 147 210 Humboldt 580 581 VE5CMR Saskatoon 1330 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESCMR 443 150 S Saskatoon VE5BRC The Battlefords 1340 REPEATER FREQUENCY CTCSS LOCATION ON OFF CODE VESBRC 146 880 North Battlef
20. system The VE5CC node is restricted for reflector access in that you can only connect to the Saskatoon Reflector 9300 any channel or the Discovery Reflector 9010 as a backup for ARES The connection to any other reflector may disrupt the availability of the repeater system for ARES or other priority local traffic MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 10 4 6 5 Identifying amp Pauses It is critical and required by law to identify before and after any contacts made through the repeater or IRLP Remember that many ears are listening Let s set a good example from Saskatoon Also be mindful of pauses between transmissions to allow for breaks in case there is an emergency or priority message from a station 4 7 Special IRLP Codes As noted in the previous section there is not any prefix codes needed to control the IRLP node There are a few other special codes that you may want or need to use They are as follows 4 7 1 Check Node Status Enter lt 00 gt to find out if there is a current connection to VE5CC node 4 7 2 Disconnect Any Node Reflector Enter lt 73 gt when you are finished your call or to disconnect from any node or reflector 4 7 3 Disable Timeout Enter lt 002 gt to disable the timeout prior to making your call 4 7 4 Echo Reflector Enter lt 9990 gt to connect to the IRL
21. tification notifying you that the link is on To turn the link off enter lt 501 gt 4 5 6 Telephone Interconnect The VESSKN system is capable of auto patching however at this time there is no phone line available The manual will be updated should this change MEEWASIN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY INC REPEATER USER MANUAL vl la COPYRIGHT 2007 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 7 4 6 IRLP Operation General The IRLP system is not connected directly to VE5SKN therefore it is important to know how to make and understand that connection to proceed The VE5CC IRLP Node is linked through the LTN to the VES5CC UHF hub repeater The connection between these two sites is live all the time and does not need to be turned on or off In order to connect to the node the VE5SKN repeater must first be connected to the LTN using the lt 500 gt command Once this link is established simply use the four digit IRLP linking codes to connect to whatever other node you want to talk to The VE5CC 146 970 600 repeater is connected full time to the IRLP system and the LTN To use IRLP from this repeater simply dial the appropriate IRLP code To connect to VE5SKN from VE5CC dial lt 500 gt to connect and lt 501 gt to disconnect 4 6 1 IRLP Error Messages Busy signal much like a telephone busy signal when you hear this it means that the node you are trying to ca
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