Where is my local ham repeater?

How to Choose a Repeater

Ask Local Hams. The first place to check for repeater recommendations is with local hams that are active on VHF/UHF FM.
Search The Internet. Another useful approach is to do an Internet search on “amateur radio repeater” and your location (name of city or town).
Listen.
Making a Contact.

How do I know if I am connected to a ham repeater?

For some repeaters, you may hear a KERRRCHUNK noise. That’s the sound of the repeater squelch closing the transmission now that you’re done with your transmission. On other repeaters, you may hear some audible tones or beeps as soon as you release the transmit button.

How often do ham repeaters identify?

every ten minutes
During the course of a conversation, there is no need to identify each time you make a transmission, only once every ten minutes. The repeater identifies itself at least once every ten minutes, so the repeater ID can be used as a rough guide for timing your station identification.

How do I contact a ham repeater?

The procedure should be:

Select the repeater frequency.
Wait for a space between transmissions if the repeater is busy.
Key your mic and state…”Emergency, Emergency, Emergency” unkey.
Wait for a response from the repeater users. If you get no response, try another repeater.

What are local repeaters?

An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation.

Can you talk privately on a repeater?

As the above post, repeaters are private property. As a service to the ham community, to be in the sprite of Amateur Radio, 99% of ham clubs have their repeaters open, so that all may enjoy.

How do ham repeaters work?

The most basic repeater consists of an FM receiver on one frequency and an FM transmitter on another frequency usually in the same radio band, connected together so that when the receiver picks up a signal, the transmitter is keyed and rebroadcasts whatever is heard.

How do repeaters communicate?

To use a repeater, you must have a transceiver that can transmit on the repeater’s input frequency and receive on the repeater’s output frequency. The input and output frequencies are separated by a predetermined amount that is different for each band. This separation is called the offset.