The WPI Wireless Association is proud to sponsor four repeaters that serve Worcester and many other surrounding communities. All three of the 144MHz machines and the 440MHz machine are currently in service and are designated as "open" to the local Amateur Community. The 2 meter machine at the airport is linkable with the machine in Templeton (see below for details). Feel free to use this feature.
If anyone has any ideas for a new net, please contact the WPI Wireless Association using the contact form.
W1YK/R
Worcester Airport
146.925
-offset, 100.0 Hz Tone (RX/TX)
This repeater consists of an Icom IC-RP1520 Receiver and Transmitter, a 100W 100% Duty Cycle Amplifier, and an S-COM 7K Controller. The repeater's output power is set to 50 watts after the duplexer and it is using a Station Master 2M antenna on top of the old control tower at Worcester Airport. The repeater utilizes a 6 cavity band pass / band reject duplexer system.
This repeater is linked with the Templeton machine. To access the
link, enter the following DTMF control codes:
#60 (shuts link off)
----Please shut the link off after use!!----
Please note that the recieve portion of the link is not currently functional. With the link active, you can be heard on the Templeton repeater, but you cannot hear its output. Also, the repeater is running at reduced power output. We are attempting to fix it.
W1WPI/R
WPI Campus / Higgins Labs
145.310
-offset, 100.0 Hz Tone (RX/TX)
This repeater consists of an ICOM RP-1520 reciever and transmitter and an S-COM 7K Controller. The repeater's output power is set to 10 watts after the duplexer and it is using a Diamond vertical atop a 50 foot tower on Higgins Labs. The Diamond vertical is a shared antenna with the 449.025 repeater. The repeater utilizes a 4 cavity notch filter duplexer system.
W1WPI/R
WPI Campus / Higgins Labs
449.025
-offset, 88.5 Hz Tone (RX)
This repeater consists of an Icom IC-3010 Receiver and Transmitter and an S-COM 7K Controller. The repeater's output power is set to 10 watts and it is using a Diamond vertical atop a 50 foot tower on Higgins Labs. The Diamond vertical is a shared antenna with 145.310. The repeater utilizes a 4 cavity band pass / band reject duplexer system.
W1WPI
WPI Campus / Salisbury Labs
144.390
Packet Digipeater
This repeater consists of a Kantronics KPC-3 TNC set for APRS Wide/Relay/Trace Digipeater operation and a 100W Motorola Mitrek transmitter. The repeater's output power is set to 40 watts and it is using a Diamond X-510NA 2m/70cm antenna atop a 50 foot tower (approximitly 110 feet AGL) on Salisbury Labs.