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This new SBE Amateur Radio net, called, “SBE IRLP HAMnet,” is a great way for broadcast engineers and other amateurs (any and all are welcome) to contact one another, share technical information, discuss broadcasting techniques and get the latest information on SBE programs and activities. IRLP HAMnet joins the long-running “HF” SBE HAMnet, as official functions of the Society of Broadcast Engineers.
The IRLP is a method of connecting different repeaters across the country and the world via the Internet. A “ham” in Denver, using the WA2YZT, “repeater” (often referred to as, “machine”), for example, enters a 4-digit node number to connect to, say, #7520, the W4YI repeater in Chattanooga Tennessee for a chat with a another ham there. For the SBE IRLP HAMnet, the control station (either KE0VH or WA2YZT operated by Jack Roland) connects to the Denver IRLP reflector, which allows other repeaters from all over the world to connect to it, creating a net that all can hear from their local repeater.
Jack Roland, CBRE, who developed the idea of using the IRLP as a way to get SBE members together, said, “We came up with the idea for this net because the SBE HF “Chapter of the Air” is not always accessible by “hams” who cannot erect HF antennas and because of the HF band’s susceptibility to HF radio propagation characteristics.” Jack is Chief Engineer at Entercom Radio in Denver.
The SBE IRLP HAMnet will be based in Denver using the WA2YZT UHF/VHF repeater system, IRLP node #3286, on the first and third Saturdays of each month at 11:00 am, U.S. Mountain Time.
Here’s how you can participate. The SBE IRLP HAMnet control station, either KE0VH, Jack Roland, or WA2YZT, Paul Deeths (net controls), connects to the local Denver Reflector IRLP Link on the local Denver WA2YZT repeater, (for local Denver hams, the repeater is on 146.805 or 447.175, usual split, 186.2pl). Then, you identify the local IRLP repeater in your area and, unless it is a closed club repeater, simply tone in, the numbers 9615. This will connect you to the SBE/Engineering/Emergency Communications Reflector and the SBE IRLP HAMnet.
For more information about the net and how to participate, go to www.qsl.net/ke0vh/SBEhamnet.html or, can contact Jack Roland, KE0VH, net control, at ke0vh@qsl.net, or jroland@entercom.com.
For more information on the IRLP, go to www.irlp.net. If you would like to subscribe to Jack Roland’s email list for all interested SBE IRLP HAMnet participants, just let him know via email and he will add you to the list for announcements and information. Jack will also be glad to help you find your local IRLP node repeater and get you on the air with the SBE IRLP HAMnet. He reminds everyone that all amateurs are welcome to participate.
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