The Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Radio Club owns and operates the W3OK repeater 145.110 system. This system is used as our back up system for EMA operations.
Our VHF HI BAND repeater frequency is 145.110 MHz. All repeaters have a PL of 151.4 Hz.
The repeater is located at Northampton County Gracedale Facility in Nazareth Pennsylvania on the Northampton County EMA 911 tower at a ground elevation of 460'. The tower is a 120', self-supporting type. Our antenna is fed with 1/2 inch hard-line and is mounted at the 100' level on the northwest leg of the tower for the 145.110 station master antennas.
The repeater is controlled by S-Com 5 controllers and is independently configured.
Our equipment on 145.110 is a GE Master II repeater with 100 watts output feeding a Wacom 4 cavity duplexer, which supplies 85 watts to the Station Master antenna .
All repeaters are equipped with emergency backup generators.
OUR W3OK MAIN REPEATER SYSTEM link
