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SEMARC is a licensed club station with callsign WØCGM. The trustee is Dick Roberts, NØUC. The club maintains a station in Cottage Grove, MN at Fire Station Number 2 for members to operate. Here we have an VHF Packet Node, ATV receive site, VHF and UHF FM transceiver, along with a HF all mode station using a Hy-Gain vertical antenna. The club sponsors two repeaters on the 2 Meter band. The first is 146.985 with standard (-) offset and no access tone. The 985 is a dual site system with the transmitter located in Inver Grove Heights, MN and the receiver located in Cottage Grove, MN. The 985 also is connected to Echolink and ARLP to give a worldwide look. The second is 147.180 with standard offset (+) and an access tone of 74.4 Hz is a duplexed site located in Cottage Grove, MN. The club has nets on the VHF and HF bands to promote interest in our club. The following lists time and locations; At 7PM local time we meet on Wednesdays on 28.110mhz CW for a round table led by N0FKC to promote CW in our club. At 8PM local time we move to 146.985 our repeater for an activities net starting with a check-in of our ARES members and any announcements. Then we move to an informal net to check-in members and friends. After the activity net at times announced during the ARES portion of the net we hold an FLDigi digital practice net. During these nets we practice our skills using the digital modes for use during any emergency preparedness response. Listen during the ARES net for time and frequency all are welcome to check in.
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