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The IPRC weekly net will begin at 7:00 pm tonight on the Airlink  Repeater, hosted by me. :) All licensed operators are welcome to join in and non-licensed folks can  listen in. 73, Matt KD0PYK

Hello IPRC folks,  Just a reminder that our IPRC weekly net will be held tonight at 1900 hours (7:00 PM mountain time).  I will be net control this evening, and I have a plan to have a little fun with it. We will be running the net on the AirLink repeater (details here - https://indianpeaksradioclub.org/net.html) as per usual, but I am going to be operating from at or near the proposed WØNED repeater site, up at the MRS.  I will be operating a radio with crossband repeat function between the AirLink repeater, and our WØNED repeater INPUT frequency (443.550 MHz) simplex.  So in addition to being able to get into the net through the normal AirLink VHF frequencies, you will also be able to find out what your signal, propagation, and path is like to the future WØNED repeater, in as realistic a scenario as possible.   So get your UHF and dual band radio(s) programmed and ready to talk on 443.550 MHz, FM simplex, with no PL tone, and let's have some fun.  Be...

Hello all,  Scott (WØSJE) and I are playing around with DMR and hotspot stuff a bit.  We were able to do a private call between ourselves yesterday by creating each other as a digital contact in our radios.  Then, you just go back in to view that contact and press the PTT and call them just like you would on an analog radio. This is pretty cool, but it is only a 1-1, two radio conversation.  I am working on getting us an actual talkgroup so that we can have multiple participants in a QSO.  According to the Brandmeister page, how you do that is just to find one that is not in use and start using it.  They want you to use it for a couple of months before formally requesting it, in order to ensure that it's free and unused, and then you apply for it and they will name it.   As it stands now, I am using Brandmeister TG 31415 (yes, that's the first 5 digits of pi, and yes I am that much of a nerd), and if it's open, we would ask BM to name it WØNED....

  REMINDER: Please join us via zoom tonight at 7:00 PM for the IPRC  monthly   club meeting.  We will be discussing the upcoming field day event, and the prospect of returning to in person meetings in the near future.   Hope to see you all there!  

  Hey all, Just a reminder that there is a fox (hidden transmitter) hunt coming up this weekend on Sunday.  This one will be a lot closer to our area than the previous ones have been, and that may not happen again for a while, so please consider participating.  The basic information is below, and all hams of any license or skill level are welcome to join in, as are non-licensed ham enthusiasts.  Please reach out to me if you would like more info.   Date: Sunday May 16th Time: 9:00am Frequency: 146.565 MHz Boundaries: North boundary: A straight line East/West on South Boulder Road West boundary: follows 93 South boundary: A straight line East/West on 58th Ave. East boundary: I-25  Also, as some of you already know, we have decided not to hold the IPRC 2021 Summer Field Day event at the Rock Lake area at the Bar K Ranch as previously planned.  The Bar K Association changed their minds at the last moment and decided that they did not want people stay...

  CQ CQ CQ ... calling all stations! Please join us tonight at 7:00 PM (mountain) for the IPRC weekly net.  Details and frequencies can be found here: https://indianpeaksradioclub.org/net.html Hope to hear you there!

  When your power goes out, so you have to power your base radio and DMR hotspot with your go box. Talk about roughing it!