What kind of “Toys” does the WIN System have?

The WIN  System has many Toys, and we enjoy them to the fullest.  It should be stated here that the Toys are  second in priority to the intertie WIN System traffic . 

 We don’t want the Toys to interfere with the regular WIN System use by its members! 

 The priority  is WIN System UHF repeater traffic first, then the Toys traffic second.If one of our Remote Bases is up, or the IRLP  is up, you can usually talk over the Toy that is up.  Please be courteous  when talking over one of the Toys, but understand that the UHF System traffic is  the top priority on the WIN System.  The member who is using the Toy should know this too.Quite often you will hear a member pulling  away a repeater site, in order to play with one of the Toys, without tying up  the entire WIN System.  This means that whatever is done with the Toy will be  heard only on that local repeater, and not through the entire WIN System.  When  the member is finished playing, they will return the repeater to the WIN System  grid.  Now, on to our Toys.

First, our Remote  Bases. 

We have Remotes at two Sites, with a third coming on line  soon.

Palomar Mountain and Frazier Mountain Remote  Bases.  We have six (6) Remote Base radios on the  following bands at both Palomar and Frazier:

10  Meters (28.000 to 29.995 MHz)

220 MHz (222.000 to 224.995 MHz)

6  Meters (50.000 to 53.995 MHz)

440  MHz (440.000 to 449.995 MHz)

2  Meters (144.000 to 147.995 MHz)

1200  MHz (1240.000 to 1299.995 MHz)

• All Remote Base Radios are FM (Frequency Modulation) radios.
• All Remote Base Radios are frequency synthesized,  and can go to any frequency in 5 KHz steps.
• All Remote Base Radios have the normal  transmitter off-sets if we want to use a repeater.
• All Remote Base Radios can also generate all the  normal PL tones to access a repeater.

IRLP

Amateur radio is  receiving a new breath of life through the Internet Radio Linking Project  (IRLP).  Many repeaters around the world that previously received little use  are now alive and well with radio amateurs speaking with other hams all around  the world.  Check out more information about the WIN System and the IRLP as well  as operating procedures for it use.