SKYWARN Weather Spotter nets are activated on the 146.610 LaPorte County during severe weather.Must be NWS Spotter certified.

Wednesday Night Net- Join Net Control Operators Curt AC9HO and/or Rich KC9DJP every Wednesday at 7:00pm CDT on 146.610 -6 offset 131.8 PL for the LaPort e County Amateur Radio Club Info net.You do not need to be a member to check in. Check in for Club News, Area Nets, Swap and Shop and John's KA9PGC "Useless Information".

Early Warning Siren- Your help is needed the first Saturday of the month to observe Early Warning Siren functionality. Check in with Dave W9DLP on 146.610 P.L.131.8 at least 1/2hour before the 11:00am siren activation.

DIGITAL

LPCARC is the home to three repeaters. The K9JSi is strickly a FM Analog system. The other two repeaters are under the call W9LY. Both are FM Analog and C4FM Digital. The UHF system is attached to Yeasu's Wires-X network. Why digital? Jus,t like CW, digtal tones can be heard through QRM and weak signals error corrections helps to get through when analog can't. Not to mention the quality of the audio. With Wires-X you can talk around the world from your lazyboy recliner.

This is the home of the W9LY repeaters. Located at US 35 and Schultz Road north of La Porte, it is a convenient location for members and visitors. It is also the site of our annual Field Day operation. Thanks to Danny Scheetz, W9DWS, for generously allowing use of his facility for our ham activities. Danny is also the Trustee of the W9LY club call sign.

Photo courtesy of N9ZIP

• W9LY VHF is a Yaesu DR-1X System Fusion digital system. It is capable of Yaesu System Fusion digital (C4FM) as well as FM analog. Power is 50 Watts into a Telewave TPRD 1454 duplexer. This is located on top of the Northwest Hospital in LaPorte.

• K9JSI VHF is a Kenwood TKR-750 VHF Repeater with a Pacific Research RI-300 Controller. The K9JSI repeater was moved to the top of the Schultz Rd tower site when LaPorte Hospital was demolished.The voter sites have been turned into APRS DigiPeaters. Currently, Springfield Fire Dept and Noble Township sites house the Digipeaters

• W9LY UHF is a Yaesu DR-1X System Fusion digital system. It is running Yaesu System Fusion digital (C4FM) as well as FM analog. It is normally tied to WIRES-X. Power is 40 Watts into a Telewave duplexer. The Antenna is a Hustler 6dB omnidirectional at 200 feet above ground level (1100 feet above sea level).This is located at the club's Schultz road Tower site.

W9LY Repeaters (since June 2016)
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Photo credit: LPCARC Facebook page