THE
WESTCHESTER
EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS
ASSOCIATION
Repeaters
WECA's main radio systems are located in central Westchester County.
The antennas are over 800 feet above sea level. WECA maintains primary and
backup voice repeaters for FM radio communications on the following
frequencies:
OUTPUT
INPUT
CTCSS(PL)
147.06
147.66
114.8(2A)
224.40
222.80
114.8(2A)
447.475
442.475
114.8(2A)
Autopatch
Autopatch facilities permit members to make personal phone calls from their cars or
from other locations where a telephone is not available. Autopatch privileges are
available to full WECA members for an additional fee to cover the cost of the system.
Members may at their discretion place calls for visitors to our area. Qualifying
members
who would like to use the Autopatch privilege may download an Autopatch
application and mail it to the Membership Services Director or contact the Membership
Services Director at membership@weca.org
to request an Autopatch use application.
WECA also operates three user accessible packet radio nodes on 145.05, 145.09,
and 441.00 Mhz. These nodes are interconnected with the greater New York City
packet radio network by 223Mhz and UHF links. Two packet radio bulletin
board systems (PBBS) are affiliated with WECA. These systems provide for
store-and-forward message capability. Packet radio has recently emerged
as one of the fastest and most efficient means of transmitting information
on the amateur radio bands worldwide.
