WW8TF/Rover Previous Runs
Check out this link for a listing of previous Ohio VHF+ Simplex Contest runs with the WW8TF/Rover: https://ww8tf.club/?s=rover
WOOSTR APRS digi on the air
The WOOSTR APRS digi went on the air October 16th, 2020, and serves Wayne and surrounding counties and the greater Wooster area. Equipment is a Motorola CDM-1250, Kantronics KPC-3 running 8.2 firmware, and a Samlex SEC-1223 to power it all. Thanks to KE8JNH for the equipment and site for the…
Recordings from 2020 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex Contest
The 2020 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest was a lot of fun for all of us that participated. You can download a recording of most of the traffic heard on in the contest here on our OneDrive share. Once you click the link to get to the folder, you can…
WW8TF Roving again for the 2020 ARES Simplex Contest
On January 11th 2020 the WW8TF/Rover will be on the road again for the Ohio ARES Simplex contest. Details on the contest itself can be found at it’s new website, https://ohsimplex.org . We’re starting southwest from the Wayne/Medina/Summit county area this year, and working our way back towards Summit county….
442.375 Back on Microwave
Most people probably didn’t notice, but the 442.375 WW8TF repeater has been using a Verizon MiFi and VPNs for network access at the repeater site for the past few months. The other end of the microwave dish that normally connects the site to the network failed over the winter. Using…
KE8LDH repeater moved to higher profile site in Akron
During the last week of March, the KE8LDH 442.5125 MHz multi-mode digital repeater received a tune-up, got a new TX/RX duplexer, and joined the WW8TF AKRON APRS digipeater, along with the N8XPK 444.2, 147.135, and 1292.2 repeaters at a higher profile site in Akron. Thanks to Marty N8XPK for hosting…
WW8TF/rover 2019 Video
The documentary video of the 2019 WW8TF/rover for the Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest is ready, check it out here or on YouTube! Also be sure to check out the audio recordings here from the event made from a radio scanning most of the local simplex frequencies for the duration…
Audio recordings from 2019 VHF Simplex contest
The 2019 Ohio ARES VHF Simplex contest was a lot of fun for all of us that participated. The WW8TF/Rover crew is putting together some media for you to enjoy, and this post is the first of that media. You can download a recording of most of the traffic heard…
