K9NZF Systems™ and the Chief Anderson Amateur Radio Club are proud to announce the Dayton Hamvention® MegALinK™ special event wide area voice network for the 2015 Hamvention®. The MegALinK™ Network was conceived as a way to provide FM mobile voice coverage from central Indiana all the way to Dayton, Ohio, and onto the grounds of the Dayton Hamvention® itself. After a successful trial run with a mobile simplex VoIP link in 2011, the on-site RF system has been upgraded to a stationary UHF VoIP-enabled repeater, providing coverage to Hara Arena and the surrounding area, with wide-area connectivity via EchoLink®, IRLP, and RF to the other three MegALinK™ core RF sites in Indiana, as well as any other stations that may wish to connect. Core Sites participating in the K9NZF Systems™ MegALinK™ are the following: WA9EOC Repeater 444.675/449.675 Carrier Squelch Anderson, Indiana I-70 Coverage from East Indianapolis to approximately IN-3 (I-70 Exit 123 in Indiana) K9NZF Repeater 443.325/448.325 PL 103.5 Hz EchoLink® K9NZF-R (Node 443325) - Primary EchoLink® Node - Open to All Stations Modoc, Indiana I-70 Coverage from IN-3 (I-70 Exit 123 in Indiana) to approximately I-70 Exit 21 in Ohio KB9RRN Link 443.325/448.325 PL 156.7 EchoLink® KB9RRN-L (Node 541081) - Secondary EchoLink® Node - Open to All Stations Greenwood, Indiana Southwest Indianapolis Metropolitan Area Coverage K9NZF Dayton Hamvention® MegALinK™ On-Site Repeater 444.675/449.675 PL 131.8 Hz Dayton, Ohio Hara Arena & Immediate Area Coverage Only (Yagi Pointed at Hara Arena) The Dayton Hamvention® MegALinK™ On-Site Repeater is intended for coverage at the Dayton Hamvention® and surrounding areas. All amateurs in route to or who are at the Hamvention® are welcome and encouraged to use the system to communicate with any other amateur on the system, whether they are back at home, connected through VoIP, or on the local repeater or another station in the system. EchoLink® connectivity is also available to all interested stations, both single-user mode (PCs, tablets, and smart phones) and RF simplex links and repeaters through two EchoLink® nodes. The primary EchoLink® node for stations wishing to connect is K9NZF-R, EchoLink® node number 443325. The secondary EchoLink® node for stations wishing to connect is KB9RRN-L, EchoLink® node number 541081. It is recommended that stations wishing to connect over EchoLink® connect first to K9NZF-R (node 443325) as it features higher bandwidth capacity and serves as the hub of the Dayton Hamvention® MegALinK™ system. If no connectivity on K9NZF-R (443325) is available, use KB9RRN-L (541081). Please make sure your EchoLink® node is operating properly before connecting to the system. Stations connecting to the system whose nodes are operating improperly and/or causing unreasonable noise or interference (i.e. carrier-squelch operated repeaters or simplex nodes receiving co-channel or malicious interference) will be disconnected by the system control operators, and if necessary, permanently banned from the system. The system will be active from the evening of May 14, 2015 through the end of the show on May 17, 2015. Please direct any correspondence about the Dayton Hamvention® MegALinK™ system to megalink@k9nzf.com, or visit our web site at http://www.k9nzf.com. Thank you for your interest, and we hope to hear you on the system! See you at Dayton Hamvention® 2015!
Hamvention Official Site News Our web site is now operational at http://www.k9nzf.com/megalink with streaming audio, coverage maps, node numbers, link to our Facebook page, and more! Also you may call the MegALinK™ Hotline at (765) 203-1916 with questions, comments, or just to say hello.
The system is now live! Overview of frequencies and nodes: Dayton/Hara Arena Special Event Repeater: 444.675 (+5 MHz Offset) PL 131.8 Hz Modoc, IN Repeater: 443.325 (+5 MHz Offset) PL 103.5 Hz Anderson, IN Repeater: 444.675 (+5 MHz Offset) Carrier Squelch Greenwood, IN Link: 443.325 (+5 MHz Offset) PL 156.7 Hz New Castle, IN Link: 147.51 (Simplex) Carrier Squelch Primary EchoLink Node: K9NZF-R (Node # 443325) Secondary EchoLink Node: KB9RRN-L (Node # 541081) Everybody is welcome to join in on the fun. Hope to hear you on the system!
