Hope the earlier reply that was blank didn't make it out...stupid phone.. ECHO was started as an open autopatch repeater club for the Houston area. The original rptr was on 147.09 located off 249 west of I10 on a Bowen Smith tower at 500 ft.
Eventually, the 224.26 and 147.33 sister repeaters were located there as well. When the 20kHz change came to Texas, the 2m rptrs were moved to 147.08 and 147.32 respectively. Originally all 3 were Spectrum SCR1000s with the SCAP board for autopatch. Later an ill fated microprocessor rptr was installed on 08 but poor shielding and design caused micro noise in the audio and intermod occurred due to a mix of 610 KILT AM right up the road. With American Tower buying out Bowen Smith, ECHO was able to stay for a while on the site but eventually ATC pushed them off. By this time, cell service made autopatches somewhat useless. I was a control op of the system in the early 80s when WB5OHH was trustee of the ECHO repeaters. Chris WB5ITT On Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 6:57 PM John Brockus via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > As someone who's only recently getting back into the hobby, I would find > it useful if you included more information about the club or organization. > > Website? > What does ECHO stand for? > What is the mission of the ECHO society? > How is it different from BVARC? What sets it apart? > > Additional questions: What's NARS? > > Thanks, > John KC9JLE > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 5:28 PM Jimmy Vance via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just did a presentation on call signs, primarily focused on the vanity >> system at the last KARS meeting. Everyone said it was good information. I’d >> be happy to do it at ECHO or BVARC >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Feb 13, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Martin Blaise via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > We've finally established a date and meeting location for our club. >> Second Monday of each month (except December holiday dinner) at Tracy Gee >> Community Center. Also, I am in need of presentations for the ECHO >> meetings, so if you have one you'd like to share just let me know. >> Likewise, I can share presentation ideas from ECHO with BVARC and NARS. >> Marty Blaise, AG5T >> > ________________________________________________ >> > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> > Friday Night Greater Houston Hamfest Spaghetti Supper $15 >> > >> > BVARC mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> Friday Night Greater Houston Hamfest Spaghetti Supper $15 >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > Friday Night Greater Houston Hamfest Spaghetti Supper $15 > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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