Additional Information There are currently 5 known amateur radio repeaters in the New Braunfels/Comal County area. The APRS and wide area packet service digipeaters are working, too.  Please use these systems to communicate with all area hams and get to know one another better. Please check here often for changes occurring frequently to these and other systems. Voice Repeaters WB5LVI ID-147.000 MHz, negative offset, 103.5 Hz tone Provides local coverage for the New Braunfels & Comal County areas. WB5FNZ ID-146.440 MHz, simplex, 88.5 Hz tone Part of the Southwest Lynx System, the largest statewide repeater system in Texas.  See: http://southwest.lynxs.4t.com/ WD5IEH ID-443.500 MHz, positive offset, 141.3 tone "NB" Capable of being linked to the Saltgrass Link System, this system provides communications in the Gulf Coast and Central Texas parts of the State.  See: http://saltgrasslink.tripod.com/saltgrasslinksystem/ WD5LVI ID-443.850 MHz, positive offset, 100.0 tone Provides local coverage for the New Braunfels area and surrounding counties of Hayes, Guadalupe and Bexar. K5PWX ID-147.140 MHz, positive offset, 179.9 Hz tone Provides wide-area coverage for the Comal, Hayes, Guadalupe, Williamson, Travis, Bexar and Kendall counties.  This repeater is owned & operated by the San Antonio Repeater Organization, and although not formally associated with GVARC, is used as the central gathering frequency during weather emergencies,  for training net activities and for use by the South Texas Emergency net each night at 7:00 PM.    Users are encouraged to join SARO. http://sarepeater.net Digipeaters WB5LVI ID- 145.730 MHz- simplex-no tone- 1200 baud general packet traffic WB5LVI-144.390 MHz- simplex-no tone- 1200 baud-APRS nationwide, with gateway Other informal area gatherings There are several informal gatherings of hams in the area.  Please stop by & join us for a cup of coffee.   GVARC-Saturdays, 7am-8:30am at the Hill Country Inn’s coffee shop, corner of Seguin St & Highway 81 Seguin Area-(Accurate time and location coming soon!!) Other area clubs It is not GVARC’s intent to compete with the activities of other clubs in the area.  Our goal is to provide repeaters for all to use, training and licensing help, mentoring and to grow with out area while having fun with the hobby.  In addition to the afore- mentioned repeater organizations, some of the other clubs & activities in the area are: Hill Country REACT: http://hillcountryreact.org/ South Texas DX & Contest Club: http://stdxcc.org/ Field Day at the Comal County Fairgrounds: mailto:k5zp@aol.com Texas Traffic Net: http://www.qsl.net/ttn The Alamo DX Amigos: http://www.dxamigos.org Please forgive us if we missed including your repeater information. Advise us of the information so we can include it on this page.