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Active Repeaters in Metro West Boston?

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  1. 07-12-2012, 05:59 PM #1
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    Default Active Repeaters in Metro West Boston?

    I'm new to the hobby and was curious about which are some of the more active repeaters in the Boston area that I might be able to hit with my hand held. I live near Hanscom Field and have been listening to the Westford repeater (WB1GOF). Other there any others you might recommend? I look forward to hearing back! Thanks!!

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  2. 07-12-2012, 06:20 PM #2
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    I'm not very active on 2M these days, but if I recall the Boston-21 machine is pretty active and so is the Waltham repeater. Stretching up to the North Shore, the Danvers 2M repeater gets a fair amount of use.

    Here's a couple of web sites that list repeaters. The first one shows them in map form making it easy to see how far from home they are.

    http://www.levinecentral.com/repeate...le_mapping.php

    http://www.nerepeaters.com/

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  3. 07-13-2012, 08:14 PM #3
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    146.760 and 146.970 are the most active that I know of. They may reach to Metro west

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  4. 07-15-2012, 06:07 AM #4
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    Also keep in mind that we live in a hilly region, so you might find that you can't hit some repeaters. Also, a mobile antenna or a small beam antenna, or even a better whip for your HT will improve your range a lot. I'm about 30 miles west of Boston and I can hear a few repeaters(when they're active) but can't key them up without my mobile antenna. 147.15 in Framingham is 5x5, but no one ever talks on it.
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