Nets
Most nets take place on the 146.805 repeater WA2MJM (-600, PL103.5). All times are local Eastern Time (New York). Backup repeater is the 147.255. See below for repeater configuration details.
835 on the 805 Net. OMARC Daily Check-in Net. Daily at 8:35am
At 8:35am each morning we gather together on the Overlook Mountain Amateur Radio Club repeater (the ‘805’) to ‘keep together while staying apart’.
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OMARC Daily Check-in Net. Daily at 6:30pm
An informal discussion net. Every day at 1830.
Swap & Shop Net. Mondays, right after the 6:30pm Daily Net.
If you have ham-related items you want, or would like to sell or trade, check-in to this net.
Hudson Valley 80 Meter Net. Wednesdays at 5:00pm
This net is not conducted on an OMARC repeater. We meet on SSB 3.840 +/- 5-10 KHz. While this net includes many OMARC members, it also includes many others from the wider area as well.
Tech Net. Thursdays at 8:00pm
This net is run by Dave K2JLV, OMARC President, and is a technical discussion net for everyone. Sometimes Dave brings topics to the net, sometimes participants bring topics. But it is always an excellent discussion and learning opportunity. If you have something you want to ask about or talk about, this is a great place to ask questions, open a discussion, or just generally have a nice chat with people from all walks of life. We hope you will join us in the fun.
DMR Net. Fridays after the 8:35am net
This net helps exercise alternate options to the OMARC 146.805 repeater. Meet on BrandMeister DMR talk group 31368, the Mid-Hudson Valley talk group.
Alter-Net. Fridays at 8:00pm
This is another net to help exercise alternate options to the OMARC 146.805 repeater. Organized by Scott N2MEE, this net meets on the 147.255 (+600, PL103.5) repeater.
Rag Chew. Saturdays at 8:00pm
Organized by Mike KD2MNR, this is not a formal net. Stop by and see what’s happening.
OMARC Repeaters
OMARC operates communication infrastructure to support our club members, public service and amateur radio operators within our local area.
At the present time, here is what OMARC is directly responsible for. Callsigns for these repeaters are all WA2MJM:
Location | Output | Input offset 600 KHz | CTCSS PL | Note |
Woodstock NY | 146.805 MHz | – | 103.5 | |
Kingston NY | 147.255 MHz | + | 103.5 | |
Kingston NY | 144.390 MHz | 0 | APRS Digipeater, WA2MJM-15 |
Other Area Repeaters
While in the Hudson valley, visit our friends’ nearby repeaters
Output | Input offset 600 KHz | CTCSS PL | Location | Call | |
Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society (link to facebook page) | 147.090 | + | n/a | Cairo, NY | N2SQW |
Northern Berkshire Amateur Radio Club | 146.910 | – | 162.2 | Mt Greylock, MA | K1FFK |
Putnam Emergency and Amateur Repeater League (PEARL) | 145.130 | – | 136.5 | Carmel, NY | K2PUT |
Mt Beacon Amateur Radio Club | 146.970 | – | 100.0 | Beacon, NY | AE2AN |
Southern Berkshire Amateur Radio Club | 147.285 | + | 77.0 | Sharon, CT | W1BAA |
There are a number of additional repeaters in the area. Joe KD2PSU has created a comprehensive dataset of area repeaters: