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honey pot Vidor, Texas, 146.94, W5APX Repeater

Vidor, TX

W5APX
Repeater ID: 48-13452

Downlink: 146.94000
Uplink: 146.34000
Offset: -0.600 MHz
Uplink Tone: 100.0
Downlink Tone: 100.0
County: Orange
Grid: EM20xc
Call: W5APX
Use: OPEN
Op Status: ON-AIR On-Air
Coverage: Estimated Area Coverage: Winnie, TX to Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH), LA; Sabine Pass, TX to Jasper, TX. Major highways include: I-10; US-69; US-96; US-287.
50 mi radius.
Pattern: Omnidirectional
Features: AllStar node, 160-6m all mode remote base (control operators only have the codes but is open for use per part 97 when on). Adding full duplex UHF link to W5JAS 147.00 MHz repeater in near future. AllStar linked to 146.88 MHz LCH, LA full time soon.
FM: Yes; analog capable.
Analog Bandwidth: 25.0 kHz (wideband)
Links:
System Links:
Full-time to the East Coast Reflector System.
AllStar: 50991 👍 Uptime: 8d 20hr 12m 55s
Commands: DTMF Readback: * (asterisks) + 5 + digits

Local Time (Central): * (asterisks) + 8 + 0)

Link Codes are available to Control Operators ONLY due to abuse by local operators.
Notes: TGVHFS Listing (as of 21 July 2023): 146.9400 VIDOR ORANGE W5APX 100.0elWX 2.

RB: Current Repeater Record Custodian (RRC) for W5APX 146.94000 Vidor repeater (48-13452): WB5ITT.

This repeater was coordinated 20 June 2018. Includes an RLC Club DLX II controller and a Kenwood TKR750 radio. W5APX put this repeater on one of the top five (5) 34/94 repeaters in the US in the 1960s in Port Arthur, TX.
Nets: Various HF Nets: Via the remote base and the AllStar link. Nets are usually connected to the East Coast Reflector (ECR).
Web links: Sponsor: WB5ITT -- CHRISTOPHER W, (CHRIS) BOONE -- TRUSTEE.
Sponsor: W5APX -- Triangle Repeater Association (TRA) .
Coordination: TVHFS
Last updated: 2023-07-23
Last reviewed: 2023-07-23

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Date Information Updated
2021-01-29 16:28:31 Added.

Call Date Information
WB5ITT (registered) 2021-11-19 Added ARES, RACES and notes.
WB5ITT (registered) 2021-03-31 on-air, updated routes
KI5FKE (registered) 2020-11-24 Reported Off-Air
WB5ITT (registered) 2020-07-19 updated notes, email address and removed repeater links
WB5ITT (registered) 2019-10-30 Coverage updated. Commands updated. Nets removed. Coordinator corrected.
WB5ITT (registered) 2018-09-28 Updated notes and status
WB5ITT (registered) 2017-02-23 I-10 and US 69/96/287 coverage wide area
WB5ITT (registered) 2015-12-15 Updated: Notes, GPS and Nets
WB5ITT (registered) 2015-12-13 Updated: coverage and net
WB5ITT (registered) 2015-11-10 Web URL updated
WB5ITT (registered) 2015-07-21 updated URL, coordinates, added skywarn, changed tone, added coverage radius and updated features and notes
WB5ITT (registered) 2015-07-19 Added.


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