W4UA Amateur Repeater Site 

2m & 440 (70cm) Repeaters

High Point Amateur Radio Club supports two repeaters: 147.165 MHz and 443.900 MHz.  The call sign for the repeater site is W4UA. The 2 meter repeater is located on top of the High Point Regional Hospital building just northwest of downtown High Point, NC and has emergency backup power.  The 70 cm has been removed from the old location in north High Point, pending relocation to a suitable location in High Point. Due to frequency loading, 445 MHz band repeater operation is not compatible with the other hospital communication services.

No tone is required for access to the 70 cm repeater. Due to stray inputs and intermod on 2 meters, the 147.165 MHz repeater has 67 Hz tone squelch enabled, along with voice identification module. Older 2 meter transceivers will be able to hear the machine, but may need a small module added into the transmit microphone circuit to access the repeater. Input frequencies are 147.765 MHz and 448.9 MHz, respectively. Amateur repeater frequencies,including W4UA's, are coordinated through SERA, the Southeastern Repeater Association, Inc.

The HPARC is indebted to the High Point Regional Hospital for the location of our repeater site. In the photo, you can see some of the many antennas that share the site. The 2-meter repeater antenna is visible from the ground northwest of the building.

Mark McMahan - KB4MFP

and  Lon Cecil - AA4LC

installing the new 2 meter

antenna with ground radials

on a 7 foot steel pipe mount.

In photo below, the W4UA 2 meter antenna is second from the rightside.

Antenna High Above Ground