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Buffalo Amateur Radio Repeater Association |
The BARRA Repeaters at a Glance
| Freq | Offset | Call | Location | PL or other notes |
| 29.68 | (-) | K2GTM | Boston, NY | PL 107.2 Hz |
| 145.17 | (-) | K2ISO | Wethersfield, NY | |
| 146.73 | (-) | K2ILH | Niagara Falls, NY | PL 107.2 Hz |
| 146.91 | (-) | W2EUP | Boston, NY | |
| 147.00 | (+) | N2YDM | Kenmore, NY | PL 107.2 Hz |
| 224.82 | (-) | W2EUP | Boston, NY | |
| 442.00 | (+) | WR2AHL | Wethersfield, NY | PL 110.9 Hz |
| 444.00 | (+) | WA2HKS | Buffalo, NY | |
| 444.75 | (+) | WB2DSS | Kenmore, NY | PL 151.4 Hz |
The BARRA Repeaters In-Depth:
W2EUP/R 146.91 & 224.82
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Located on club-owned property in the town of Boston, NY, this system is all
solid-state, computer controlled and is powered by 12 volts DC, derived from commercial
mains and backed up by batteries. The microprocessor-based computer system was
designed, constructed, and programmed by club members, controlling all equipment at the
site. The Boston site is the switching hub for all repeater links between BARRA repeaters
and outside systems. Elevation is 1,640 feet above sea level and there are two 100-foot
self-supporting towers on the site.
The 146.31/91 repeater and the 223.22/224.82 machine are housed at this site and are home-brew units,
each consisting of GLB Electronics assemblies. Also located at this site is the transmitter for the
K2GTM 29.68 10 meter repeater. All machines at this site can be linked
together, as well as to the WA2HKS (444.00) repeater. The on-site
computer system provides an extremely flexible linking system to all repeaters connected
through it.
Click for a great view from the east tower taken by BARRA member N2ZDU during the summer of 2005. Click
on the site picture at left for a full-size (640K) view of the shack and west tower, and the Field Day 2005 gang hard at work.
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K2ILH/R 146.13/73
This repeater is located in La Salle, a section of the City of Niagara Falls, NY on the Niagara River. A PL tone of 107.2 is required to access
this repeater. It uses a modified GE MASTR II and is on the roof of an eight story hotel, and covers southern Niagara County and northern Erie County
WA2HKS/R 449/444.00
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| The 444 repeater main rack | Overall 444 Site |
Located on the Main Street campus of the State University of New York at Buffalo, this
repeater is a versatile and reliable machine providing linking capabilities to the Boston,
Wethersfield and TFMCS repeaters, as well as having a four-site voted receiver system, backup
transmitter, backup battery power, and a wide coverage area.
Also located at this site is the main receiver for
the 29.68 repeater. Activity on this machine is virtually continuous - one can find area hams rag chewing at
almost any hour. The equipment at this site is almost entirely home-brew; from controller
and well-known female identifier to most of the RF components, Ted Ertl, WA2HKS, has
constructed or has specially modified every piece of equipment associated with this site.
K2ISO/R 144.57/17
This repeater is located at the mountain transmitter site of WNSA FM (107.7) in
Wyoming county at an elevation of over 2,000 feet. The repeater antenna is 400 feet above
ground level on a community antenna system and provides excellent coverage from Buffalo to Rochester and well into the
Southern Tier. The repeater equipment at this site is comprised of Motorola products and features emergency power capabilities.
WR2AHL/R 447/442.00 |
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This BARRA repeater is located at the Wethersfield site with the 145.17 machine and has
similar coverage as the K2ISO repeater. A PL tone of 110.9 is required to use this repeater. |
Buffalo Amateur Radio Repeater Association, Inc.
Post Office Box 507
North Tonawanda, NY 14120-0507
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©2006 BARRA, Inc.
Last reviewed May 9, 2008
