Repeaters and Sponsored Amateur Radio Systems

Fraker Mountain repeater installation Photo Credit Jim K2LM

K2DLL voice repeaters

All four K2DLL repeaters are located in high-security county radio sites with generator backup.

The repeaters are GE/Harris Master III 100 watt stations with SCom controllers and have a NOAA weather receiver that becomes active when severe weather is present within 50 miles of the Capital District.

147.36 Mhz PL 91.5 hz

443.300 MHz +5 MHz Normally linked to reflector 069C.
147.03 Mhz PL 91.5 Hz
147.240 Mhz PL 91.5 Hz
147.000 Mhz 91.5 Hz PL

Spruce Mountain near Corinth, NY

  • 147.000 MHz +600KHz 91.5 Hz CTCSS encode/decode. Linked to 147.240 MHz repeater via the UHF repeater.
  • 448.225 MHz -5.00 MHz 91.5 Hz CTCSS encode/decode. It is an open repeater used for linking.
  • Height 1983’

Town of Providence near Middle Grove, NY

  • 147.240 MHz 91.5 Hz CTCSS encode/decode. It is linked to the other K2DLL repeaters at all times.
  • Height 1327’

Fraker Mountain, Edinburg, NY

  • The 147.030 MHz repeater with a plus offset and a CTCSS of 91.5 Hz is located off of Military Road in the Town of Edinburg. It is linked full-time to the other K2DLL repeaters.
  • Height 1596’

Halfmoon, NY

  • Located on the Halfmoon Water Tank on Brookwood Road, is the 147.360 MHz repeater with a CTCSS of 91.5 Hz.  It is linked full-time to the other K2DLL repeaters.
  • Height 320’

WA2UMX DStar repeater

At the site of the 147.375 MHz repeater in the Helderbergs near Berne, NY, the club supports a DStar repeater WA2UMX-B on 443.300 MHz +5 MHz which is normally linked to reflector 069C.

K2DLL APRS

At the site of the 147.000 MHz repeater is an APRS digipeater K2DLL-2 on 144.390 MHz 1200baud.

All of the club’s repeaters are tied into K2DLL-R on EchoLink.

More information about EchoLink is available.

K2DLL Winlink

The club is part of the Winlink system. We maintain K2DLL-10 RMS, remote mail server, on 145.050 MHz 1200baud. It can be accessed via high-speed VARA FM directly or using 1200 baud directly or digipeating using K1FFK on Mt. Greylock or W2WCR-7 on Prospect Mountain, Lake George

All information is current as of August 2024. Thanks to Jim, K2LM.