The W9RCA Repeater
The Thomson Amateur Radio Club operates the open repeater at 146.28/88. The repeater is also an EchoLink node (6522). The transmitter is located on the east side of Indianapolis near 38th Street and Sherman Drive. There is a receiver at the transmitter site along with additional receivers near I-465 and 10th St., 86th and Township Line Rd., and Meridian St. just north of the downtown area.
When your tone encode is turned on (your radio is transmitting a subaudible tone), the repeater receiving system gives your signal priority over other signals, such as DX stations working other '88' repeaters, which may be entering the receivers at the same time.
The repeater also transmits the 88.5 Hz tone if you wish to use the 'decode' function on your radio to block out distant repeaters operating on 146.88 Mhz.
| Command | Description | DTMF |
| Connect | Connects to a station on the Internet, based on its node number. | node number |
| Random Node | Selects an available node (of any type) at random, and tries to connect to it. | 00 |
| Random Link | Selects an available link or repeater (-L or -R) at random, and tries to connect to it. | 01 |
| Random Conference | Selects a conference server at random, and tries to connect to it. | 02 |
| Random User | Selects an available single-user station at random, and tries to connect to it. | 03 |
| Disconnect | Disconnects the station that is currently connected. If more than one station is connected, disconnects only the most-recently-connected station. | 73 |
| Reconnect | Re-connects to the station that most recently disconnected. | 09 |
| Status | Announces the callsign of each station currently connected. | 08 |
| Play Info | Plays a brief ID message. | 0* |
| Play Time | Plays the current time. | 00* |
| Play Help File | Plays the HELP file. | 88* |
| Play Info File | Plays the INFO file. | 00# |
| Node Status | Gives the node status. | 77* |
| Current Weather | Gives the current weather. | 99* |
| Weather Forecast | Gives the weather forecast. | 44* |
| Weather Warnings | Gives the current weather warnings. | 45* |
| Geophysical Alert Message | U.S. Dept. of Commerce / NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center daily solar terrestrial indicies and space weather summary. | *99* |