The Target Link System



Providing Statewide Emergency Communications along with wide area communications to mobile operators traveling interstate.
Technical Operation	General Coverage	Repeaters in the System
System Owners	System Support	Detailed Coverage Map
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The Target Link System Status Page

The Target Link System

On this page is a description of a Amateur Radio Linked Two Meter Repeater system comprised of a number of repeaters connected together to provide a means of communicating via portable, mobile, or fixed stations over a wide area of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Md, Va, and W.Va. including Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington DC.

Amateur Radio Operators wishing to use our system are asked to adhere to the following:

Be attentive to the amount of time you use the system during a given day, thereby allowing more amateurs the opportunity to use the system. Be courteous to your fellow operators while using our system. Long winded QSO's discourage other users from using the system. Due to the nature and the wide coverage of the system when one repeater in the network is in use for an extended period this is also tying up many repeaters. Many of these rag chews could just as easily be carried out on Simplex or other repeaters that are not part of a wide coverage link system. You must also be aware that what you say on the system can be heard over many thousand square miles. Technically our system is one of the best. Many people have put a lot of time, effort, and money in the system to make it work. However how we use and conduct ourselves while using it can make or break the effectiveness of the system. Never use 11 meter lingo on this link system.

The system is available for any properly licensed amateur radio operator to use. You need not be a member of the A.H.R.A or the Berkeley Springs ARA to use this system.

Technical Operation

This system is based around the 224.700- W3VLG repeater located at Cacapon (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia. The 220 MHz repeater is used as the central hub of the Target Link System. When connected, a linked repeaters audio is routed through the central hub repeater and is available for distribution to the rest of the system. Any linked repeater may be dropped from the system to provide local communications when necessary. Go to Technical Specifications page. The link system uses a CTCSS access tone of 123.0 Hz, except for the Damascus 145.250 repeater which uses 146.2 Hz.

General System Coverage Area

Central & Western Maryland
Southern Pennsylvania
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Northern Virginia
Mid Eastern Ohio

Detailed System Coverage Map

Repeaters in the System

Central Hub Repeater - W3VLG 224.700- Cacapon, WV (no PL)
24 Hour Linked Repeaters System PL 123.0 Hz except Damascus which is 146.2 Hz.
You must encode a CTCSS tone of 123.0 Hz to access the Target Link System.


KK3L	146.745-	Berkeley Springs, WV
W3WGX	146.835-	Seven Springs, PA
N3VNG	145.250-	Damascus, MD
W3KKC	145.290-	New Baltimore, PA

Owners of the Target Link System


W3VLG	Tony Lowery	Owner of the 224.700-	Berkeley Springs, WV
KK3L	Marlon Kasekamp	Owner of the 146.745-	Berkeley Springs, WV
W3KKC	Kevin Custer	Owner of the 146.835-	Seven Springs, PA
W3KKC	Kevin Custer	Owner of the 145.290-	New Baltimore, PA
W3KKC & KK3L	Kevin Custer, Marlon Kasekamp	Owners of the 145.250-	Damascus, MD

Support of the Target Link System (Donations are appreciated!)


Repeater's	Direct Inquires to
146.745- 224.700- 145.250-	The Berkeley Springs Amateur Radio Association PO Box 222 Ellerslie, MD 21529-0222
146.835- 145.290- 145.250-	The Allegheny Highlands Repeater Association PO Box 146 Friedens, PA 15541-0146

Amateur Radio Links

T-MARC
The Mid-Atlantic DX and Repeater Association
ARRL
QRZ Database
Allegheny Highlands Repeater Association (AHRA)
The Repeater Builders Technical Information Page
The Foothills Amateur Radio Club - Greensburg, PA
N3KJD's Homepage Ham radio and Scanner info for PA, W.Va., & OH.
QTH Ham Radio Classifieds

Inquires

Inquires, responsible comments, or suggestions are welcome and should be directed to:


Marlon "Kasey" Kasekamp		Kevin Custer
KK3L		W3KKC
Email: mkasekamp@charter.net		Email: kuggie@kuggie.com

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