Monthly Testing
Madison Amateurs - Doing what is needed when Needed

3 days ago by WA1TCC
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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 round robin test of the repeaters 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 who could
stations in the Madison area have coverage outside of the
counties and could conduct communication pass through in the
event of an emergency. Reporting should be to ????
Monthly Testing
TBD
Madison and Suwannee ARES simplex frequency
Local
Simplex VHF
Digital
Local
Simplex UHF
Digital
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 1
Madison Digital Local 9 no Internet
Madison Simplex
146.550
None
Simplex
National Calling
146.520
Simplex/no PL
National calling channel