In the beginning (you know, He is one of us, a Zero), they only had repeaters on the upper half of the 2M band, from 146 – 148. It grew out of former usage, .94, a popular simplex freq at first, and then repeaters with a minus 600kc offset. When it came to putting repeaters in the 147 Mc, they decided to go with a plus offset in case there might be some interference with services outside our band. (Individual’s Xmtrs are likely to be of lower power and height than a repeater and thus less likely to cause out-of-band problems.)

Then, they decided to expand repeaters into the 145 Mc (late 1970s). Thirty kc channels were first, and even today, in this area, we have both 15 and 20 kc channels represented in the 145 segment.

But, you need some simplex channels on your radio also. Start with 146.43, .46, .49, and .52, continuing through .55 and .58. Then add some in the 147 Mc (from 147.42 at 30kc intervals) and listen around for other odd usage like ‘The Outlaw Channel’ 146.45; people on 146.50 even, and the rarely publicized Pottawattamie County Super Secret Simplex Freq of 147.495. (You won’t hear people calling on that freq, only a reference to “QSY to Secret Channel 9.”)

List of some of the Freqs used for Nets in the area

Sundays

2 PM 50.200 USB 7:50 PM 144.250 USB 9 PM 146.94 KØUSA

Mondays

7 PM 145.29 NØWKF 8PM 147.39 PL 131 WØWYV 9 PM 146.94 KØUSA

Tuesdays

7 PM 147.435 Simplex 8 PM 147.39 Tech Net 9 PM 442.225 PL136 Conspiracy Net

Wednesdays

9 PM 442.225 PL136 SWIARC Club Net

Thursdays

8 PM 147.36 KØBOY

Fridays

None

Saturdays

Noon 442.225 PL136 Sat. Noon Swap Net 7 PM 145.29 NØWKF

 
Do you have a complete or reasonably complete list of local area repeaters or a traveler’s repeater list that you would like to share?

If so, please let us know, and we will post it here!