Category: Fusion

KUMed repeater is back!

KUMed repeater is back!

After a long absence, the repeater at the KU Medical Center campus near 39th and Rainbow Blvd (442.325) is back in the KCWide room. Thanks to Travis Marshall for all his help.

This repeater had been linked to Wires-X via an FTM-100 and computer located near the repeater in the hospital. Because of COVID, access to the equipment in the hospital became impossible. As most computers do, the on-site computer eventually required attention, and we found out that the KU Medical IT department had tightened their internet security and our remote control software no longer worked.

Travis (NIØY) was able to retrieve the linking equipment from the hospital and install it at his home, restoring the link.

New Fusion “Kansas City Wide” repeaters

New Fusion “Kansas City Wide” repeaters

I am happy to announce we have some new repeaters in the “Kansas City Wide” room. With these changes you have really good coverage from KC to Topeka. 

We just purchased (3) repeaters from the Kansas DMR group. We now have new repeaters in Topeka, Lawrence and Basehor.  As part of the transaction, we needed to change the frequency of the repeaters. Rick WØFH, Kris KUØS and I just returned from visiting the new repeaters and the transition is finished and they all seem to be working well. 

Where these repeaters had been connected to the room part-time before they are now Fusion only 24/7.

For these kinds of changes to happen it takes great people. A special thanks to the KS-DMR group, Cort NØMJS, Gavin NØECQ, Rob WVØS, Brian KCØBS, Kris KUØS, Rick WØFH and Justin NV8Q for their help in making this happen along with a smooth transition. 

The new frequencies are listed below as well as on the Web page. We hope this helps your coverage in your travels around the Metro area. 

FYI, Thank you, Jerry Dixon, KCØKW

Basehor, KS, New 444.625, Old 444.750

Lawrence, KS, New 444.875, Old 444.375

Topeka South, KS, New 443.625, Old 444.9875

The Stadium repeater is back!

The Stadium repeater is back!

The repeater at Arrowhead is back and connected to the Kansas City Wide room. The antenna is still marginal, but we hope to improve that soon. The frequency is 145.49 with a negative offset.

Signal reports are always appreciated.

Repeater frequency change

Repeater frequency change

The KC-NORTH repeater has been changed to a new VHF frequency: 145.110 with a negative offset.

The repeater is north of downtown, along North Oak Trafficway at about 40th Street. Coverage is best to the south.

Please break out the radio programming software and add this to your radios. Signal reports are always welcome!

Rick WØFH

Lee’s Summit-East repeater

Lee’s Summit-East repeater

The Lee’s Summit-East repeater is off the air for a while. We’ve received the new coordinated frequency and need to tune the repeater and duplexer. The new frequency will be 442.825 when the repeater is reinstalled.

New rig – FTM-200DR

New rig – FTM-200DR

We are pleased to announce Yaesu’s new FTM-200DR – 50W VHF/UHF Dual Band C4FM/ FM Mobile Transceiver.

The new FTM-200DR is a C4FM Digital multi-functional transceiver with a single receiver. The FTM-200DR delivers reliable and stable 50W transmit performance. The heavy-duty heat sink is equipped with FACC (Funnel Air-Convection Conductor).

The speaker delivers 3W of clear and crisp receive audio which has been specifically tuned for radio communication. 2-inch Full-color display provides high visibility and highlights the frequency of the operating band with selectable color – White, Blue or Red. Front panel of the FTM-200DR is detachable and can be mounted at the most desirable operating position. The new FTM-200DR supports optional Bluetooth® wireless operation using the SSM-BT10 Headset or a commercially available Bluetooth® headset*.

YAESU PMG (Primary Memory Group) function in the FTM-200DR allows PMG-SR Monitor (Primary Memory Group with a Single Receiver). The display frequency can register up to 5 PMG channels, regardless of the VFO or Memory channel operation. AUTO or MANUAL mode can be selected**.

1104 Memory channels can be programmed with 16-character alpha-numeric tags. The MAG (Memory Auto Grouping) function allows memory channels to be automatically categorized in each band, ALL, AIR, VHF, UHF and OTHER.

The C4FM digital communication features which are already popular in the market, such as Automatic Mode Select (AMS), Digital Group ID (DG-ID) operation, and Smart Navigation Function are available with the new FTM- 200DR. The FTM-200DR supports the Worldwide WIRES-X Internet Communication. A Fixed Node using an HRI- 200, or a Portable Digital Node can be easily set up with the optional SCU-40 cable kit.

New Custom Function List (CFL) of the FTM-200DR quickly recalls a list of frequently used functions by simply pressing the [F Menu] key. 10 functions are listed by default, and up to 8 functions can be customized from the 124 items of the setup menu.

Some additional features of the FTM-200DR are:

●Wide-range 108MHz to 999.995MHz receive coverage

●High speed Band Scope (displays the receive status of up to 61 channels centered on the current VFO frequency or up to 21 channels in Memory Mode) ●VFO Band Skip Function

●High-precision 66 channel GPS Receiver

●1200/9600bps APRS® Data Communication

●VOX function

●Recording Function

●Snapshot Feature and

●microSD Card Slot

The new FTM-200DR is available March 2022.

Thank You,
Associated Radio
8012 Conser St
Overland Park, KS  66204
913-381-5900
www.associatedradio.com
sales@associatedradio.com