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Welcome to the W4SNA repeaters page. This system was established to promote fellowship among Amateur Radio operators in NC and VA and to encourage IRLP activity. The repeaters are located on Sauratown Mountain which is about 20 miles NNW of downtown Winston-Salem, NC and on Pops Peak, Fancy Gap, Virginia. The repeater system covers a large portion of of NW North Carolina and most of the I-77 corridor in Virginia. The repeaters are linked full time with each other and with IRLP node 4069. |
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Sauratown Mountain Repeater Building |
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View looking South from repeater site on Sauratown Mountain. |
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| News |
| 11/02/2011 - Raleigh IRLP reflector disconnect time has been changed from 11:55 PM to 10:00 PM so the night owls can use the W4SNA repeaters without disturbing the Raleigh folks. |
| 10/20/2011 - The 147.045 repeater on Pops Peak at Fancy Gap, VA is now a full time member of the W4SNA linking system. The repeater has large coverage in western NC and VA. |
| The W4SNA IRLP node and repeaters are linked to the Carolina 440 Network in Raleigh, NC on IRLP reflector channel 9210 from 8:01 AM until 11.55 PM daily except during the FNN nets. More info on the Carolina 440 Network can be found at http://carolina440.net/. |
| 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 |
| Carolina 440 Rag Chew Net General rag chew net. Hosted by the Carolina 440 Network. Monday evening 7:30 PM Local Time (IRLP reflector 9210) |
| The Say Good Morning With Radio Net Birthday trivia. Weather. Talk. IRLP net. Hosted by the Friday Night Net group. Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM Local Time (IRLP reflector 9668) |
| Friday Night International Open Forum Net International flavor. IRLP net. Hosted by FNN. Saturday, 0100 UTC (Friday evening 8:00 PM EST, 9:00 PM EDT) (IRLP reflector 9668) |
| All times US Eastern unless otherwise noted. Times subject to change without notice. |
| Subscribe to the W4SNA Repeater Yahoo Group |
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