Monthly Testing
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Monthly Testing
3 days ago by WA1TCC
Communication Testing
Madison Ares will conduct periodic testing in coordination with our team and peers from adjacent counties to test and improve our communication capabilities. This testing will be above and beyond the weekly testing conducted on the Sunday night Net.
Monthly Testing
The connectivity and coverage pattern of our local repeaters will be tested on a monthly basis. The repeater tests will be conducted once a month depending on weather and other conditions immediately after the Sunday Night Net. This will be a test or a round robin test of the repeaters/frequncies listed below.
Lower Madison VHF Analog – 145.110 pl 123
Central Madison UHF Digital 442.000 Color Code
Madison SAR net UHF Analog 443.000 pl 94.8 If available
Simplex VHF Analog 146.550
Simplex VHF Digital 145.510
Simplex UHF Analog TBD
Simplex UHF Digital 446.500
Quarterly Testing
Madison Ares will conduct quarterly tests with our adjacent counties.
These tests can be conducted individually but should be reported for reporting purposes. These tests are to log into any and all available repeaters to determine what stations in the Madison area have coverage outside of the counties and could conduct communication messages through in the event of an emergency. Reporting should be to K4NRD or WA1TCCfor documentation purposes.
CITY | FREQUENCY | PL/OFFSET | COMMENTS |
Tallahassee | 147.030 | PL94.8 – +600 | Tallahassee ARES district primary repeater |
Madison | 145.190 | PL 123 – -600 | Lee analog |
Madison | 145.110 | PL 123 – -600 | Lee South analog |
Madison | 442.000 | 447.000 CC white (1) Slot 2 | Madison Digital Local 9 no Internet |
Madison Simplex | 146.550 | None | Simplex |
National Calling | 146.520 | Simplex/no PL | National calling channel |
Madison and Suwannee ARES simplex frequency Local Simplex VHF Digital Local Simplex UHF Digital
See Simplex page Simplex for more information