Repeaters

Let's talk about our repeaters. Our relationships with the cities of Olive Branch and Lewisburg have led to a mutually beneficial outcome. It has allowed us to locate several repeaters and antennas throughout the area. This provides repeater service to HAM's in the area and doubles as a public service for emergency communication when needed. Let's talk about them in detail.

VHF 147.255 tone 79.9 TX & RX Offset +0.600

Olive Branch, MS

Analog - System Fusion - C4FM - EchoLink

Located on top of the Olive Branch water tower near the intersection of Hwy 178 and Craft Road, this VHF repeater works on frequency 147.255 and has been operational since 2008. In 2020, the transceiver was upgraded from a Yaesu DR-1X machine to a Yasue DR2-X machine. This repeater supports FM Analog, C4FM Fusion. EchoLink is also supported on this repeater by using Node #568763. All Digital connections to other repeaters has been removed from this repeater and are now available on the 442.800 repeater (see below). This repeater is restricted to local FM and C4FM traffic. It is linked via FM to the 444.700 repeater in Lewisburg.

UHF 444.700 tone 107.2 TX & RX Offset +5.000

Lewisburg, MS

Connected to 147.255 at all times
Analog - System Fusion C4FM is supported

Located on top of the Lewisburg Water Association's water tower on Hwy 305 just north of the city of Lewisburg. This UHF repeater operates on frequency 444.700 and has been operational since 2010. We are grateful to our friends at the Lewisburg Water Association and its Board of Directors for supporting Amateur Radio in the area by providing the space atop the water tower for our antenna and for allowing a small building which houses the repeater and duplexers. In 2019, the machine was upgraded from a Yaesu DR-1X to a Yasue DR-2X machine. This repeater supports FM Analog, C4FM Fusion and a Wires-X connections to The Magnolia Link Wires-X Room #64052. There is no EchoLink directly on this repeater. If Echolink is desired, use the 147.255 repeater and Echolink Node #568763.

NEW!! UHF 442.800 located at Craft Road in Olive Branch, MS.
The Tone 107.2 TX & Tone 107.2 RX, The offset is +5.000.

Olive Branch, MS

This is repeater is used for linking digital and FM Analog repeaters in the mid-south by way of Wires-X.

The repeater supports FM Analog, C4FM and Echolink traffic. It is digitally connected to the Magnolia-Link via Wires-X Room 64052 and by FM to the MARL Net (Mid-South Area Repeater Linking network). For FM use, simply tune to the repeater in FM mode and transmit. Your transmission will be heard through all repeaters linked to the network. The monthly MARL Net is hosted by this repeater on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Connections:
- The Magnolia Link - a collection of digitally connected repeaters in Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. You will need a Yaesu Wires-X capable radio to access this digital network.
- The Mid-South Area Repeater Linking network - a collection of FM Analog repeaters in Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. Any radio capable of accessing the 70cm band can be used.
- Echolink - Echolink is also supported via Node 618779. The node can be found in Olive Branch, MS under the callsign KD5BS-L.