The Denton County Amateur Radio Association sponsors several repeaters.

FREQ	INPUT	TONE	CALL	SITE location	USE	STATUS
146.920	146.320	110.9	W5NGU	TWU Guinn Hall	Primary ARES	▲Online
145.170	144.570	110.9	W5NGU	County EOC	General use	▲Online
224.200	222.600	110.9	KE5GDB	Rosston Tower	General use	▲Online
224.540	222.940	110.9	KC5MPX	Grapevine	General use	▲Online
224.920	223.320	110.9	AF5RS	TWU Stark Hall	General use	▲Online
444.050	449.050	110.9	W5NGU	County EOC	General use	▲Online
443.525	448.525	118.8	WA5LIE	TWU Stark Hall	Fusion Digital only	▲Online
441.325	446.325	88.5	W5NGU	eCOMM-701/Cleatus	Portable	▲As Needed
927.1375	902.1375	131.8	W5FKN	Rosston Tower	General Use	▲Online
927.6125	902.6125	110.9	W5NGU	County EOC	General use	▲Online
440.6625	445.6625		N5LS	TWU Stark	DMR-MARC-CC1	▲Online
927.6625	952.6625		N5LS	TWU Stark	DMR-MARC-CC1	▲Online

Denton County area APRS Digipeaters
FREQ	CALL	SITE location	USE	STATUS
144.390	W5NGU-3	TWU Stark Hall	APRS Primary digipeater (igate)	▲Online
144.340	W5NGU-4	TWU Stark Hall	APRS Secondary digipeater (igate)	▲Online
144.390	W5NGU-6	Rosston Tower	APRS Primary digipeater (igate)	▲Online
144.340	W5NGU-7	Rosston Tower	APRS Secondary digipeater (igate)	▲Online
445.975	KE5DGB	TWU Stark Hall	APRS 9600 baud digipeater	▲Online
445.975	W5DCR-2	Downtown Dallas	APRS 9600 baud digipeater	▲Online

Denton County area Winlink Gateways
FREQ	CALL	SITE location	USE	STATUS
144.990	KD5EOC-10	County EOC tower	Winlink public gateway	▲Online
144.990	K5YX-10	Little Elm	Winlink public gateway	▲Online
144.990	KF5VO-10	The Colony/McKinney	Winlink public gateway	▲Online
144.990	KC5TSU-10	Lake Dallas	Winlink public gateway	▼Offline

Denton County area Winlink Digipeaters
FREQ	CALL *	SITE location	USE	STATUS
144.990	KC5GOI-1 (alias "RSSTN")	Rosston Tower	Winlink Digipeater	▲Online
144.990	W5NGU-4 (alias :DCARA")	TWU Stark Hall	Winlink Digipeater	▼Offline
144.990	KD5EOC-10	County EOC tower	Winlink Digipeater	▲Online
144.990	K5LRK	The Colony tower	Winlink Digipeater	▼Offline
144.990	KC5TSU-10	Lake Dallas	Winlink Digipeater	▼Offline
	* either CALL or alias can be used

Denton County area Winlink HF Gateways
FREQ**	CALL	SITE location	USE	STATUS
20, 40, 80 m	KC5GOI	North Denton	Winlink public HF gateway	▲Online
20, 40, 80 m	KC5TSU	Lake Dallas	Winlink public HF gateway	▼Offline
	** frequencies vary. Use Winlink "Channel Selection"

D-STAR
FREQ	INPUT	CALL	SITE location	USE	STATUS
147.450	146.450	W5NGU-C	County EOC	Digital voice	▼Offline
442.925	447.925	W5NGU-B	County EOC	Digital voice	▲Online
1293.400	1273.400	W5NGU-A	County EOC	Digital voice	▲Online
1253.600	1253.600	W5NGU-G	County EOC	Data access	▲Online
147.490	146.490	KE5YAP-C	Rosston Tower	Digital voice	▲Online
440.7125	445.7125	KE5YAP-B	Rosston Tower	Digital voice	▲Online
1293.200	1273.200	KE5YAP-A	Rosston Tower	Digital voice	▲Online
1259.200	1259.200	KE5YAP-G	Rosston Tower	Data access	▲Online

Other area Repeaters
FREQ	SHIFT	TONE	CALL	NAME
53.1300	-1.0	103.5	N6LXX	Rosston Tower
145.2100	-.600	110.9	KB5A	Metrocrest ARA-Carrollton
145.4000	-.600	110.9	N5EOC	Grapevine
145.4300	-.600	110.9	K5UTD	UT Dallas
145.4900	-.600	85.4	WD5U	Rosston Tower
146.6200	+.600	110.9	N5ERS	Grapevine
147.3800	+.600	110.9	K5LRK	LAARK - The Colony
147.5800	N/A	N/A	KB5A-10	Metrocrest - Winlink GW
224.000	-1.600	110.9	K5LRK	LAARK - The Colony
441.3750	+5.0	114.8	KA5R	Trophy Club
442.1750	+5.0	110.9	N5EOC	Southlake
442.6500	+5.0	110.9	KB5A	Metrocrest ARA-Carrollton
443.300	+5.0	110.9	K5LRK	LAARK - The Colony
443.7375	+5.0	141.3	N6LXX	Rosston Tower
443.8750	+5.0	110.9	N5EOC	DFW Airport
444.2250	+5.0	110.9	K5CFD	Coppell
444.5125 **	+5.0	123.0	KE5UT	Celina
444.7000	+5.0	110.9	N5EOC	Southlake
444.8500	+5.0	110.9	N5ERS	Grapevine
927.4125	-25.0	432.0	W5DMT	Denton
927.8750	-25.0	103.5	N5ERS	Grapevine
**	Narrow Band (2.5KHz deviation)

Repeater News

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Guidelines

Please read the W5NGU Repeater Guidelines before you use the repeater.
W5NGU Repeater Guidelines

Internet Feed

The output of the 146.92 and the 145.17 repeaters are available on the Internet at broadcastify.com.

Regularly Scheduled Nets

Each Monday(except 4th of month) at 8:00 P.M. - Information and Training Net 146.920
Thursday immediately prior to club meeting at 7:30 P.M. - ARES Training Net 146.920
Each Sunday at 2:00 P.M. - Digitally Speaking Net 146.920

Net Control Station startup and shutdown scripts

Scheduled nets on the W5NGU D-Star System are as follows:

Module:B -Sunday------ Start:1855 Stop:1957 REF001C
(International DSTAR Net)

Module:B -Sunday------ Start:1959 Stop:2100 REF002A
(SE Weather Net)

Module:B -Monday----- Start:1955 Stop:2058 REF063C
(Western Pennsylvania DSTAR Net)

Module:B -Monday----- Start:2100 Stop:2330 REF038C
(Raspberry Pi Net)

Module:B -Tuesday---- Start:1955 Stop:2100 REF004B
(Texas DSTAR Net)

Module:B -Tuesday---- Start:2155 Stop:2359 REF012A
(PAPA System DSTAR Tech Net)

Module:B -Wednesday--- Start:2055 Stop:2230 REF014C
(HamNation After-Show DSTAR Net)

Module:B -Thursday-- Start:2025 Stop:2130 REF067B
(CERT DSTAR Net)

Module:B -Thursday-- Start:2155 Stop:2359 REF012A
(PAPA System DSTAR Roundtable)

Module:B -Friday- Start:0000 Stop:0200 REF012A
(PAPA System DSTAR Roundtable - continued)

All times are local.

Users may interrupt the link by issuing the standard unlink command.
The user then has 10 minutes to link to another system before the scheduler attempts to re-connect. If the repeater is already linked when the scheduled time rolls around, the scheduler will not interrupt a previously established link unless the timeout period (one hour with no local transmit activity) expires.

D-Star in DCARA

See the DCARA D-Star information here.
See the How-To PDF on D-Star Crossband Repeating with the ID-5100.

Packet, APRS, RMS

The packet radio guidelines have been published as a rough draft.
If you have any questions, direct them to Guy Story,

Packet Radio Guidelines
Packet map with quadrants & frequencies
Denton County RMS Gateways dated 15 March 2013
ARES training on Packet Radio from July 20, 2006.

Instructions for transferring text files over Packet using HyperTerminal
(RTF Format)  (PDF Format)

The DCARA ICE (In Case of Emergency) Plan (20 Apr 2017)
(Zip File)