K3ORB - Ocean City, MD UHF Repeater

Welcome to the K3ORB UHF Repeater located in Ocean City Maryland! This repeater provides coverage within a 35 mile radius of Ocean City. Coverage extends west to Salisbury to the north, Lewes Delaware and to the south, Chincoteague Virginia. The repeater operates on a frequency of 443.450 MHz out / 448.450 MHz In with a PL tone of 151.4Hz. The Repeater is located on top of the Seawatch Condominium which is also collocated with the N3KTX-8 APRS Digipeater.

The repeater is accessible via Echolink and IRLP! It also receives weather bulletins from the National Weather Service in the event of any severe weather conditions. The repeater also provides as a backup resource for Amateur Radio operators to for communications in the event of an emergency situation, such as hurricanes, rescue operations, and evacuation. All visiting amateur operators are welcome to use the repeater and the IRLP/Echolink functions.

Echolink - Node 54045 (K3ORB-R)

• For connecting to an Echolink node, simply dial 0 plus the Echo Link node number using your DTMF keys.
• Disconnect: Dial #73
• Speed dial the WB3GXW Repeater in Silver Spring: Dial #225
• WASH_DC Echo Link conference server: Dial #11
• WX_TALK Echo Link conference server: Dial #12

IRLP - Node 4291

• For connecting to an IRLP node, simply dial the four digit node number using your DTMF keys.
• Check IRLP Node Status: Dial #
• Disconnect IRLP connection: Dial #73
• Check last node connected: Dial #69
• Random IRLP node connection: Dial #67
• Speed dial the N3HF Repeater in Silver Spring #345

Other Repeater Feature Codes:

• Temperature Fahrenheit #33
• Temperature Celsius #34
• Speak Time #44
• DTMF Pad Test #8 (Plays back digits decoded in CW)

Nets

• Wednesdays at 8:00 PM - Worcester County Amateur Radio Net
• 3rd Friday Every Month at 8:00 PM - ARRL Maryland Statewide Net

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