Estes Valley Amateur Radio Club
Estes Park, CO
Breakfast
The Estes Valley Radio Club (EVARC) meets every Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m., Olympus Lodge, 2365 Big Thompson Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517. Breakfast and ragchewing -- Everyone is Welcome (Visitors, Locals, Hams, Prospective Hams).
See our member (Doug, N6UA) set up his portable operation. Link
Estes Park Fire Response
EVARC responded to a callout for communications support for the June 24, 2012 fire. See EP News article. Link (PDF file).
Amateur Radio License Class
Our club held a class on obtaining an Amateur Radio License which concluded in December 2011. If you are interested in the club doing another class, please be in touch with our president (address below).
A class on Operating a Ham Radio Station was held on Saturday April 21, 2012 and April 28, 2012. Here are two links for class #1 & #2 materials: Reference and Operations Slides Must have PDF Reader to view.
WinLink 2000
Our Global Radio E-Mail System is "on air" as of September 2, 2011. We are running Radio Mail Server (RMS) packet software on VHF, 145.0100 MHz. The call sign is N0FH-10. For more information see, http://winlink.org . We have some issues with the store & forward software and the system may not be responding correctly. We are aware of these and are working on them.
Battery Backup
Our two voice repeaters have a new DC (battery) backup system as of September 7, 2011. It is more efficient than our previous inverter system. We can now provide about 20 hours of emergency power before we need to start the generator.
IRLP
Our IRLP connection is "on air" as of March 14, 2010. The node is 7268. Our thanks to Rocky Mountain Ham Radio Club for their technical assistance, hardware, and installation of the system. See RM HAM link for information on their club. Since our VHF and UHF repeaters are normally linked, the IRLP node connects to both machines. The node is open (no passwords; touch tone only the four digit node number where you wish to connect). The disconnect is '73'.
EchoLink
Our EchoLink connection is "on air" as of January 17, 2012. The node is 625757. The call sign is N0FH-R. Since our VHF and UHF repeaters are normally linked, the EchoLink node connects to both machines. The node is open (no passwords; touch tone only the the ' * ' character followed by a four, five, or six digit node number where you wish to connect). The disconnect is ' # '.
Simplex Frequency
The club at its April 21, 2012 meeting adopted 146.550 MHz as the club VHF simplex frequency. After initiating a contact on the National Calling Frequency (146.520 MHz), please QSY to 146.550 MHz when practical.
When in the Estes Valley, the Wilderness Protocol calling frequency is 146.520 MHz. Listening is the first five minutes at the top of the hour. See ARRL Repeater Directory for more information.
Dayton Hamvention Presentations
See Radio Propagation from 2011 or Antennas from 2010 by Frank Beafore. Must have PDF reader to view.
Visiting Our City:
If you are planning a visit, please see our Convention and Visitor Bureau website. See http://www.estesparkcvb.com/
Field Day 2013
Save the date, June 22nd. We are planning to be in the RMNP this year. See Map Link. Search for N0FH.
HamCon Colorado 2013
Mark your calendars for June 28th - 30th, 2013. The ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention will be held in Estes Park. For up-to-date information and to register click the following link, http://HamConColorado.org
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Repeaters:
Location Output Input Call Notes Sponsor
Estes Park 449.8000 - NØFH ol 123 EVARC
Estes Park 146.6850 - NØFH ol 123 EVARC IRLP 7268; EchoLink 625757
- = minus 600 KHZ input (2 meters) or minus 5 MHZ (3/4 meter)
o = open system
l = linked system [two repeaters]
123 = sub-audible tone
Election of Officers:
The election of officers was held on January 26, 2013:
President Douglas B Tabor, N6UA President@evarc.org
Vice President Milton Sebelik, NØFHS VP@evarc.org
Secretary/Treasurer David J. O'Farrell, WBØIXV SecTreas@evarc.org
Club Station Trustee Larry A. Olson, W9INE Trustee@evarc.org
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