The Capital City Repeater Association (CCRA) invites you to "join-in" on the fun and become part of the friendliest repeater club in Central Ohio. We are proud to operate one of the finest and most active repeater systems in Ohio. We are working very hard to make and keep it the best. Our six 2-meter, and two 70-centimeter (440 MHz) have many "bells and whistles".
The following is just a highlight of what we have to offer....
First is our 147.24 MHz 2-meter repeater system. "24" has three receiver sites and is controlled by one of the most advanced repeater controllers made. The "24" repeater provides excellent mobile and hand held coverage in and around Central Ohio. It will support 1,000 users, each with their own speed dial and reverse patch paging capabilities.
Additional features include: emergency speed dialing, open autopatch, voice mail, time, temperature, echo test, DTMF test and a system to allow you to test your equipment and signal quality. The user manual explains how to access all of these features and more!
Next is our 145.43 MHz repeater. The "43" machine is a single site repeater located downtown Columbus and is linked with the 444.55 MHz repeater providing dual band, full duplex access. "43" uses the same controller as the "24" repeater, and therefore has all of the same capabilities.
The 145.49 repeater offers good hand held coverage on the north side and downtown, as well as excellent mobile coverage around Central Ohio. "49" has the same controller as "24" & "43" with all those same great features.
The 147.21 MHz, 442.80 MHz, and 146.655 MHz machines are all "no frills", single site machines. The "21" and "80" machines are located in downtown Columbus, and the "655" is located in Gahanna. All these machines are known for their fine audio reproduction.
Our newest repeater is the 145.27 MHZ machine. This machine is located on the northwest side of town near Sawmill and I270. This machine is a "no frills" machine at this time, but the trustee has some big plans. Stay tuned!
The CCRA machines are also home for many nets. The Central Ohio Traffic Net meets every night at 7:15 P.M. on "24". There is a "Swap-N-Shop" and Discussion Net on "24" each Monday night at 8:30 P.M. On Fridays at 10:00 P.M. tune into 147.24 for the late night discussion net. The CARA CW Learning Net finds it's home on the "49" machine each Friday night at 8:00 P.M. The SSTV Net, it is on the "49" machine the first Sunday at 7:00pm. The "24" machine is also the backup repeater for the Central Ohio Severe Weather Net. The newest net in town is the Central Ohio Scanner/Shortwave Listener’s Net every third Sunday at 8:00 pm on the 145.43 repeater. Additionally, all club repeaters are made available to the ARES whenever they need an extra repeater for an event.
The CCRA issues a quarterly newsletter The Radiogram to help inform, train, and entertain our membership. We also have monthly pizza parties, generally on the second Saturday of the month, for those "eye-ball" QSO's.
We invite you to use our fine system and to attend one of our social functions. The annual dues are only $15 for one year, $28 for two years and $41 for three years.
Why not "check us out"? Come to one of our pizza parties or join us on the air! We are certain that you will like what you hear!
....73, From The CCRA Membership Committee