W4SNA Winlink RMS Gateways (NEW) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The W4SNA VARA HF RMS gateway is on the air. It is active on 30 meters and 10 meters from Tobaccoville. Licensed and evaluation copies of VARA can access the gateway. The W4SNA VARA FM RMS gateway is on the air. It is on 145.030 mHz. The call is W4SNA-10. Licensed and evaluation copies of VARA can access the gateway. The VARA FM digipeater is on the air and is located on Sauratown Mountain. It is on 145.030 mHz. The call is W4SNA-4. A licensed copy of VARA is required to access the digipeater |
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W4SNA Repeaters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welcome to the W4SNA repeaters page. This repeater system was established to promote fellowship among Amateur Radio operators and to encourage 6 meter FM activity. The 53.950, 146.790 and 442.6375 repeaters are located on Sauratown Mountain which is about 20 miles NNW of downtown Winston-Salem, NC. The 53.310 and 443.700 repeaters are located on Young Mountain near Cleveland, NC which is about 12 miles NW of Salisbury, NC. The repeater system covers a large portion of Piedmont North Carolina and some of Southwestern Virginia. 442.6375 Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) repeater on Sauratown Mountain is on the air. The repeater switched to the Brandmeister network on November 13, 2021. PRN talkgroups are not compatible with Brandmeister. Please do not use PRN talkgroups on Brandmeister. Repeater timeslot 2 is reserved for local traffic on talkgroup 313715 All other talkgroups belong on repeater timeslot 1. You must have a valid radio ID to access Brandmeister. Get your radio ID from radioid.net Sample codeplug: TYT MD-UV380 Brandmeister codeplug for King DMR repeater |
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Sauratown Mountain Repeater Building |
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View looking South from repeater site on Sauratown Mountain. |
Operating Guidelines |
Key your transmitter for one to two seconds before speaking to allow all repeaters to “come alive”. Failure to pause before speaking will chop off the beginning of your transmission on the linked repeaters. |
When checking into nets on this system do not momentarily drop your carrier to check for doubling. This drops out all of the links. When you key back up all of the repeaters must “come alive” again before you will be heard. Let the net controller deal with doubling. |
Follow the net controller’s instructions when checking into nets. Not all nets are alike. Correct procedure for one net might not be the correct procedure for another. |
Pause between transmissions to allow a station with emergency traffic to break in. |
Say the word “BREAK” three times if you need to interrupt a conversation or net to pass emergency traffic. |
Have fun. |
Net Schedule |
The Say Good Morning With Radio Net Canceled |
Friday Night International Open Forum Net Canceled |
All times US Eastern unless otherwise noted. Times subject to change without notice. |