User's Guide to the SOARES Repeaters

Special Notice!

Effective July 1, 2001 the link system is reserved for members of those organizations with repeaters connected to the link system.

While using the repeaters remember to properly ID at all times!

Example= "OK TALK TO YOU LATER 73 WG5B"
The very last thing that is said is your Call sign! And nothing after it!!!

They might be in the Bible but not even a hell or damn will be tolerated on the repeaters!!!
AND BY "BAD Language" we mean, Words that you would "NOT HEAR" in SUNDAY SCHOOL!
Our Kids and Grandkids are LISTENING!
NO BAD LANGUAGE PERIOD!

Accessing the Link System

All of the repeaters used in the link are connected through a privately owned "backbone" system. In order to prevent unauthorized use, many of the repeaters are configured for timed access. To access the link, users must determine which repeater is best suited for their location then enter the PL tone to access the repeater receiver.

System transmitters are enabled all times unless a repeater has been removed from the link for service. Once a user enables a receiver and accesses the system, he will be heard across the system. In order for another user to respond, that user must enable the receiver on the system closest to him.

Important reminder to all link users!
Due to the generation losses (the number of receivers and transmitters that the signals must pass through as they progress throughout the system) the audio quality may suffer some from one end of the link to another. While we strive to maintain the best possible audio quality, it is important that users avoid using radios with low or poor audio quality. A transmitter with lots of background or road noise may be very difficult to understand across the link. Likewise, please use higher power settings and avoid the use of very low power hand held radios that may be noisy into the system. While noisy signals can be heard across the link, a user who is noisy with low audio and much background noise will likely be unintelligible across the system.

Due to the delay in signal transition across the system, PLEASE do not "quick-key" after another operator's transmission! Rapid-fire QSO's between amateurs in one area of the state may prevent amateurs in another area from participating in the conversation. Please be considerate and pause between transmissions to allow other amateurs to join the conversation!

"CB like" Operation
The Repeaters are NOT a "CB" radio net!

The use of "CB lingo" or language WILL NOT BE TOLERATED on the link system.

The link is a complex radio system designed and constructed by Amateur Radio Operators for the use and enjoyment of other Amateur Radio Operators.

If you simply must talk like a "CB'er", please do it elsewhere! Our control operators have been instructed to turn off any system's necessary to terminate any conversation that does not comply with this requirement!