Our 2 meter FM repeater is located just south of Canton, Stark County, Ohio. It’s receive frequency is 146.790- Mhz with a CTCSS tone of 141.3 Hz. It is currently on the air at a temporary, lower profile location as we transition to a new site in 2026. The repeater is a Yaesu DR-1X and is controlled by the internal controller. It is set to analog FM only mode.
Our 70 centimeter FM repeater is located in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio. It’s receive frequency is 444.900+ Mhz with a CTCSS tone of 141.3 Hz. This is a very high profile site that offers coverage to a large area. The repeater is a Motorola MTR-2000, and is controlled by a Raspberry Pi and a RA-35 interface. It is housed at a very high profile site, with an approximate antenna height of 400 ft AGL. The antenna is mounted on the south leg of the tower, and the pattern is somewhat nulled by the tower itself.
Both repeaters allow for linking remotely via AllStar and Echolink. To connect, please use the hub node and not either repeater’s individual node ID. The AllStar node ID for the hub is 400040. Echolink node is currently W8JKC-L, node 391348 (but we’ll switching it to W8AL-R soon!).
We are currently working on also linking into Brandmeister DMR on the hub, via the club’s talkgroup 3160220.
The W8AL Hub status page can be viewed at https://hub.w8al.org, and shows the current status of all of the systems.
The hub also broadcasts all audio over a Broadcastify feed for public consumption. It also allows checking of your own audio and/or signal quality by self-monitoring.
The Canton Amateur Radio Club repeater committee, control operators, club officers and trustees hope you enjoy using the machines. Please let us know if you have any issues or comments by email to [email protected].