Our VHF (Two Meter) repeater on 146.82 MHz has one of the
widest service areas in
Our APRS VHF digipeater (K9ABC-1, formerly K9ABC-10) on
144.39 MHz has one of the widest service areas in
Resource Frequencies (in MHz)
|
|
Rx |
Tx |
PL |
|
VHF |
146.220 |
146.820 |
127.3 |
|
UHF |
449.125 |
444.125 |
127.3 |
|
APRS |
144.390 |
None |
|
Serving the Local Communities with
Reliability and Coverage
The systems owned and operated by SEWFARS are considered to be among the best in reliability and coverage. They exist for all types of appropriate/proper use by all appropriately licensed Amateur Radio Operators. This is possible as all systems being at a location highly suitable for wide range communications and a focus on sound engineering practice is used in system design.
SEWFARS
systems are used for a number of civic events, among them being:
the
MACC Trek 100 bike tour, a biking event normally held in June
the
Great Midwest Relay (GMR), a running event between Madison and Chicago in early
June, and
the
MS 150 bike tour, a weekend-long biking even held in August.
SEWFARS systems are also worked into
operation plans as contingent resources for a number of public service
organizations and the agencies they support.
Historically,
the SEWFARS systems are not heavily used for day-to-day activities, but the
SEWFARS systems have demonstrated a reputation for being there when needed and
performing better than expected.
If you or your organization would like to use the SEWFARS voice repeaters for an organized event, please contact us in advance so that we can plan accordingly. Otherwise we ask that all users be considerate of others and use the resources wisely. Additional user guidance is available on our Code of Conduct page, or feel free to contact us with any questions.