Recommended Repeaters
Harnett County ARES Repeaters and Simplex Frequencies
General operational procedure: This following is intended to be a guide for initiating operations and should be considered as a "tree"-start at the top and work down. For obvious reasons, repeaters are preferred for county-wide or multi-county operations, owing to wider area coverage and the absence of "hidden" transmitters, but simplex frequencies also are part of our plan. Your operational activities and planning should include failure of any or all of the repeaters listed in this table. Be aggressive and creative and maintain an open mind about resources - we have lots of immediate and effective resources that can be applied.
- 146.88 - Primary repeater for State EOC, SKYWARN.
- 146.70 (82.5 tone) - Primary repeater for Harnett ARES operations.
When operational, the State EOC will monitor 146.88 for traffic from any counties within range, or on the PCRN linking system. The State EOC also monitors 3923 kHz (the Tarheel Net) for traffic from stations that can not reach the EOC via repeaters.
If 146.88 fails or is unavailable, the backup is 145.39 (82.5 tone). All operators should switch to 145.39 without further direction.
When operational, the Harnett County EOC and all field operators initially monitor 146.70. County field operations may spread to any of the repeaters or simplex frequencies on the list below during drills and activations.
- 147.105+ (82.5 tone) - Secondary repeater for Harnett ARES operations. This repeater will be used for wide area operations when the 146.880 repeater is in required by State EOC and Skywarn activations.
Simplex frequencies. If you believe that primary repeaters have failed and you cannot communicate using any of the designated secondary/tertiary repeaters, do not waste time - go to the simplex list below, try to make contact with any station and build-out your network.
- 146.480 - primary simplex frequency
- 146.700 - secondary simplex frequency (if the 146.70 repeater fails)