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March 2022 Update: Alabama Friends, UARC Nets

Effective March 16, the Alabama Friends and UARC Thursday Night nets will move to IRLP experimental reflector 0091, Echolink KV4S-R (37209) and AllStar 523800 (backup 47923). Stations joining the net via RF-connected nodes should continue to be able to do so as usual.

We appreciate Fred W5MGM for generous.y providing connectivity to Echolink, IRLP and AllStar for the last few years. Many thanks also to Russell KV4S for allowing us to use his system to continue having such connectivity.

IRLP node owners must allow experimental reflector connections, which are disabled by default. See Using IRLP Experimental Reflectors to learn more.

IRLP Returns to Tuscaloosa

University ARC IRLP node 4719 is back in service on the club’s 145.210 W4UAL repeater in Tuscaloosa.

Along with the return of IRLP connectivity comes the club’s return to its own Thursday Night Net, which has continued without the club during its extended absence.

A hardware failure brought down the IRLP node last November. Additional hardware failures, access restrictions during construction and a number of other setbacks and difficulties kept the node out of service for approximately 10 months.

The W4UAL 145.210/144.610 repeater, located on the University of Alabama campus, requires a 103.5 Hz PL tone for access. The University ARC Thursday Night Net meets weekly at 8 p.m. Central time on the club’s repeater, on various other connected repeaters and simplex frequencies around Alabama and beyond, and on IRLP, EchoLink and AllStar. A list of participating RF and online nodes is on the UARC Net page.