UHF Repeater Frequency and Phone Patch Changed

This last weekend we changed the frequency of the Black Rock Amateur Radio Association's UHF repeater that covers the playa. We also made a minor change to how the "911" phone patch is activated. Details:

Frequency change:

Old: 444.175 MHz (+), PL 100.0 Hz

New: 440.175 MHz (+), PL 100.0 Hz

In other words, only the frequency has changed, the offset and PL remain the same.

If you have our old frequency programmed into your radio, please reprogram it.

Phone patch access:

To activate the phone patch, you now have to key up and dial "*911" (you didn't need the "*" before). To end a phone patch call, key up and dial "*73" (again, the "*" is new). For more information, please see our phone patch instructions.

Oh, one other thing: the IRLP node (7249) that was part of the UHF repeater is currently down as a consequence of these changes. We hope to have it up in the next week or so.

These changes were part of an upgrade that should give us a bunch of exciting new capabilities. Stay tuned for details.