New Nets!

New Nets!

Great news! Lots of new nets showing upright here in Kansas City Wide:

The POTA Net is back! Join Steve KCØVYS at 8pm on Mondays to discuss your POTA gear, your contacts, or tips on activating/hunting!

Saturdays have been quiet on Kansas City Wide, but not any longer! On Saturday May 6th at 5 p.m. CST please welcome a new net “Food for Talk”. The program where farm families around the world share a little bit about who they are, where they live, and how they proudly grow or help feed our hungry world. “Food For Talk” is hosted by Boise Bob, K6OWF. Bob lives in Idaho, the state that potatoes call home. This should be a great net acknowledging some amazing people that make our world what it is today.

Also starting on Saturday at 6 p.m. CST beginning May 6th, the “Radio Check Net” will begin. Hosted by Chris KB2IDX, the net is designed to help people check out their radios. Included in that task Chris will be providing critical mic level reviews. As in: You’re too loud, or please turn it up. The goal being to try to get your voice to sound its best. We have all been there where one person is loud and the next person is soft. Chris (aka the Parrot) will try and give you an honest useful review. Chris also likes to help people learn about Fusion and Pi-Star systems. If you look at his QRZ page, he has lots of fancy digital radios. He will be happy to answer some of your questions when you stop by. It’s all about getting you launched on the digital highway.  

I am also happy to report that the St. Louis “Gateway to the West’ net is really growing. It is on every Friday night at 8 p.m. CST. There are some wonderful people in the St. Louis area with a great ham radio heritage. The hosting crew has now grown to keep up with the expanding user base and includes John N0HKK, Chris KE0TTE and now Dolores KD0CIV. Please join them on Friday nights as a great transition into the weekend.

We’re always looking for great net hosts and there are still plenty of good time slots available. If you have an idea for a net and are willing to be the host, drop a note to Jerry KCØKW and tell him your ideas.

POTA Pit net taking a break

POTA Pit net taking a break

The POTA Pit net will be taking a short break, returning on November 7, 2022.

Be sure to keep sending your questions to John, ABØO, and he’ll discuss them when the net returns.

Keep activating and hunting!

Lee’s Summit-West Frequency Change

Lee’s Summit-West Frequency Change

The Lee’s Summit-West repeater has been upgraded and the frequency changed. The frequency is now 145.410 with a n negative offset. This was previously the frequency of the Louisburg repeater (which has been offline for some time).

The repeater list has been updated with the new frequency. When we’re able to restore the Louisburg repeater, it will be on 147.315.

These changes were required by the repeater coordinating bodies in Missouri and Kansas.

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

YSF Reflector

YSF Reflector

After a long testing period, I would like to make a public announcement that the YSF reflector linked to the Kansas City Wide Network of repeaters is available to all.


YSF32453 – US-KCWide – WiresX28054


This entry is listed in the ysf host list on your hotspot.  


http://ysf.kansascitywide.com/dashboard/


This link is to the dashboard of the reflector and is publicly available as well.  The dashboard will occasionally change in look and functionality in the future.

Don’t forget about the Echolink connection as well.  W0FH-L.

You can also reference the Kansas city wide Network website for more information.
https://www.kansascityroom-wide.com/

There has also been a Facebook group created with information there as well.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/837520033824624/?ref=share

I would also like to thank everyone involved that has made this network happen. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Kris Ulmer
KUØS
https://www.qrz.com/db/ku0s

Echolink Address Change

Echolink Address Change

The Echolink connection to Kansas City Wide changed. The new link is WØFH-L or node 746258.

Before connecting to Kansas City Wide, we ask that you connect to the conference *ECHOTEST* and adjust your audio for the best quality. We work hard to keep the audio quality high on our digital repeaters.

Fusion Repeater Coverage Expanded

Fusion Repeater Coverage Expanded

The Kansas City Room Wide and the K0USY Group (a major participant in KS-DMR) are proud to announce the addition of K0USY and WA0EDA multi-mode digital repeaters to the Kansas City Room Wide. 

This brings UHF repeaters located in Basehor, Lawrence, Lecompton, Topeka, and Hays into the Kansas City Room Wide system. 

This interconnection only applies to the K0USY Group multi-mode repeaters, not all of KS-DMR.

K0USY multi-mode repeaters support DMR, Fusion, P25 and analog – the modes to not cross-connect to each other, but rather operate as “ships in the night”. If the system is up as Fusion, all are Fusion, if DMR, all are DMR, etc. This ensures the integrity and quality of the audio for each mode and reduces user complexity.

Use these repeaters just like any of the existing Kansas City Room Wide machines: Program the repeater frequency and you’ll be on the Kansas City Room Wide. The only caveat is to check to ensure the repeater is not already in use on another mode (if it’s busy) before transmitting.

Working with Gavin (N0ECQ) and Cort (N0MJS) of the K0USY group has been a treat. They have a great repeater system that is going on its 11th year of service to the ham radio community. 

K0USY Group uses the same Motorola public safety grade repeaters and custom MMDVM modems that are used in the Kansas City Room Wide repeaters. They which will ensure interoperability, reliability, voice quality and consistent coverage.

More information on K0USY Group and KS-DMR repeaters can be found at k0usy.org and ks-dmr.net.