Acadiana Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
a 501(c)3 Corporation
P.O. Box 51174, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505

AARA is dedicated to serving the Acadiana Region of
Southwest Louisiana

Repeater Information

(Last updated 1/18/23)

AARA Repeaters

The Acadiana Amateur Radio Association, Inc. operates these repeaters.

146.820 MHz  - 0.600  PL 103.5  W5DDL

            Location:  Top of the Chase Tower in downtown Lafayette, LA
            Antenna:  Diamond F22A 10.5' vertical fiberglass whip at ~200' AGL
            Radio:  Yaesu DR-1X Dual Band Dual Mode Repeater
            Power:  30 watts
            Output Freq.:  146.820 MHz
            Offset:  - 0.600 MHz
            Rx PL Tone:  103.5 Hz
            Tx PL Tone:  103.5 Hz
            Emergency Power:  Yes
            Echolink Node:  759629

           The repeater will transmit an analog signal if it receives an analog signal and transmit a digital signal if it receives a digital signal.

147.040 MHz  + 0.600  PL 103.5  W5EXI

            Location:  2 miles NNE of Duson, LA on the KRVS tower.
            Antenna:  DB-224 @ 327'
            Radio:  Vertex Standard VXR-7000
            Power:  45 watts
            Output Freq.:  147.040 MHz
            Offset:  + 0.600 MHz
            Rx PL Tone:  103.5 MHz
            Tx PL Tone:  None
            Emergency Power:  Yes
            Allstar Node:  44173
            Echolink Node:  370324           

443.000 MHz  + 5.000  PL 103.5  W5DDL    (Currently out of service)

            Location:  Top of the Chase Tower in downtown Lafayette, LA
            Antenna:  Diamond F718A 15' vertical fiberglass whip @ ~200' AGL
            Radio:  Yaesu DR-1X Dual Band Dual Mode Repeater
            Power Output:  20 Watts
            Output Freq.:  443.000 MHz
            Offset:  + 5.000 MHz
            Rx PL Tone:  103.5 MHz
            Tx PL Tone:  None
            Emergency Power:  Yes

            The repeater will transmit an analog signal if it receives an analog signal and transmit a digital signal if it receives a digital signal.

Note: The SKYWARN repeater has been placed back into service on a interim basis.

The Lafayette SKYWARN repeater system is operated by the Lafayette City-Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.  It transmits on 145.370 MHz from a main transmitter located on top of the Lafayette Parish Courthouse in downtown Lafayette.  Access into the repeater is accomplished thru any of the five remote receivers located around the parish.  Each remote receiver listens for transmissions on 144.770 MHz but accepts only those that transmit the PL tone for that respective receiver.  When a remote receiver hears a transmission with it's specified PL tone, it repeats the transmission to the main repeater on 446.950 MHz.  The main repeater then repeats the transmission out on 145.370 MHz.

The Lafayette Parish is segmented into 4 quadrants separated North/South by I-10 and East/West by I-49/US 90.  Each of the four remote receivers are designed to provide coverage for one of the parish quadrants.  A fifth remote receiver is located at Cajun Field to provide additional coverage to the central area of the City of Lafayette.  Each quadrant is also assigned a simplex frequency for use in the event all, or portions, of the repeater system become inoperable. 

A map showing the quadrants and their assigned simplex frequencies can be viewed at SKYWARN Quadrant Map

Additional information on this repeater system can be found at Lafayette SKYWARN Repeater System.  Information on the Lafayette City-Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness can be found at Lafayette Parish OHSEP.

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