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in 1995, being a greenhorn in Amateur Radio, and having a very active engineering mind, I noticed there were no good linked repeaters to cover Southern West Virginia.

However, the methodology most linking was done was not adiquite enough as well the sites mostly depended on the AC grid for power.

So, I started of creating an interest in listing of repeaters through the area, and to which covered what. A lot of non-coverages showed up!

That really got me started in my engineering for such.

Chatting with many repeater SYSOPs, I learned a lot! However, I sensed that things can be better.

So, I really started putting the plans together.



From 1996 to date the plan was created, evaluated and re-done many times!

Now it is 2018 and over 44,000 hours of engineering, researching equipment and methods of linking, I setteled on a base system

So, I already have the beginnings of a repeater system at my residence.

For linking it was settled to use 5 Gcs.. HS Digital, using Ubiquiti's systems. While the repeaters will be Analog, DMR and P-25 systems there will be a remote base or two as well ARPS!

The "Back Bone" will be using VOiP method for voice, there also will be, telemetry for monitoring the health of each repeater, monitoring weather stations, video from each site and keyboard to keyboard very high speed packett.

The plans are to setup five sites, so I can stay in touch with some buddies, and supply a repeater stack in Williamson, where it is needed by the four wheeling Amateur Radio operators enjoying themselves!

Originally, the plan was very extensive, with seven sites, but this plan is very scaled back to three sites.

As of February 2019, I scaled way back from the original plan. Mainly due to I am the only one of this interests it seems there is an enormous amount of apahty here.. No one else is remotely interested in such an adiquite communication system. The schools refuses to acknowledge anything about Amateur Radio as well the local libraries tossed 99% of anything to do with Amateur Radio and technology..

Below are a short list of the three sites. As well to the left "Menu Bar" and below, you will see five sets of numbers.

The first six digits are the SAME codes for the State and County where the repeaters are located. The dash and three numbers are sequence of repeater sites if there are more than one in a county.

The first is at my residence and with the "-001" sequence number indicates where the "CNC" (Command and Control) is located.

Those numbers are clickable to go to that site's page.

I am on disability and am trying to do this since 1995 on my own. Help in any form will be appreciated.



At this time there are seven locations planned/operational.
Mpuse over the Site ID Numbers to be able to select that site!




Lancer
At Residence
Floyd County
Kentucky
Sugarloaf Branch
Bull Creek
Floyd County
Kentucky
South Williamson
EKB Tower
Pike County
Kentucky
SiteSecured
Opeational - VLP
Site Under Negotiation
Site Under Negocian










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