Montserrat Amateur Radio Society

13/02/2022

13/02/2022

An afternoon with VP2MDX

13/02/2022

25/09/2020

Repairing a dipole antenna.

03/09/2019

MARS Club activity

02/09/2019

The Montserrat Amateur Radio Society continues to practice and remain connected via radio and other methods.

The Morning Net runs from 6:30am to 7:00am Monday to Friday.

Today's check-ins
V21DJ
V44HE
VP2MRC
VP2MH
V21RW
K1JFM - Henry
VA3CJE - Cyril
9Z4FS - George
VP2MG - George
VP2MQ - Victor
VP2MMA - Michael
VP2MEZ - Sonnie
VP2MP - Peggy
VP2MC - Raymond
VP2MNI - Frankie

05/07/2019

The Montserrat Amateur Society this week conducted simplex tests in the North of Montserrat.

Simplex means that radios transmit to each other directly, without going through a repeater. Repeaters are machines which enhance transmission by taking weaker or far signals and transmitting them stronger and over far distances.

This was to test our coverage using base, mobile and handhelds in the event repeaters are disabled. It was also an opportunity to practice relaying information between stations.

The MARS currently operates the following repeaters;
UHF on Silver Hills - 443.700 mhz (+5.00 shift)
VHF in Salt Spring - 146.970 Mhz (-0.600 shift)
VHF Cross-band Garibaldi Hill - 146.900 (-0.600 shift)

24/06/2019

Congratulations on a great job.

73

17/06/2019

More good stuff.

73

Amateur radio in action. Members of WARA fabricating and installing a new repeater site in Glasgow, in the heights of Fond Cole. Recycled materials are used in the fabrication of a repeater site which will serve the south of the island including the capital city, Roseau, and surrounding villages.

This is what amateur radio is all about, using materials around you to create a communications network.

10/06/2019

The group went hiking this morning. We had fun and an assessment of a potential repeater site. We tested the site for radio coverage, installation, and accessibility in emergencies.

The best signal was probably the amount of manciport we got.

07/06/2019

Amateur radio in action. Members of WARA fabricating and installing a new repeater site in Glasgow, in the heights of Fond Cole. Recycled materials are used in the fabrication of a repeater site which will serve the south of the island including the capital city, Roseau, and surrounding villages.

This is what amateur radio is all about, using materials around you to create a communications network.