W3KWH REPEATERS:
Steel City ARC operates two repeaters they provide good coverage of the western side of Pittsburgh. Feel free to use them at any time.
2 Meters – FM
Kenwood TRK-750
RX: 147.030 – TX: 147.630 – PL 123.0
Antenna is on top of a 53 foot tower Currently transmitting with an amplifier with 80 watts of power. In the fall of 2024 we replace the antenna with a Hustler HX6-14448 6db gain vertical antenna. It’s a great antenna for our hilltop location especially due to the wind we get up there.
| Join us on this repeater Tuesdays nights for our net at 8:00 PM Read More about the Steel City Net here |
220 CM – FM
Welcome to our newest repeater. SCARC put up a new 220 repeater in 2025. We want to see an increase usage of this band so we are working with the North Hills ARC to create a 220 repeater link network covering the city of Pittsburgh. This repeater will also be link to the SCARC two meter repeater for net nights. So members can join the SCARC Tuesday night net via 2m or 220 bands.
Bridgecom BCR Repeater
RX: 224.480 – TX: 222.880 – PL: 131.8
70 CM – FM & C4FM
Yaesu DR-2X Repeater
RX: 444.450 – TX: 449.450 – PL 103.5
FM and/or C4FM
NEW LOCATION ! ! ! – WIDE AREA COVERAGE ! ! !
We are now located atop of the KDKA FM radio tower on top of Mt Washington overlooking the City of Pittsburgh. The antenna is at the 400 ft level on the tower which give us a great pattern over Western PA. Hook to the antenna is a amp that is putting out over 280 watts of UHF power. On the receive side we have a preamp now install so that we can hear the weakest of signals. Signal report are always appreciated.
View Our Current Node Status: https://www.w3kwh.net/WiresX/
| Join us on this repeater Sunday nights for our digital net at 8:00 PM Read more about the Keystone Digital Net here |
UPDATE! April 2021 – The new UHF antenna has been relocated to an higher location and now on its own mast so now the range has increase greatly. We are still fine tuning the system with some minor tweaks. Down the line we will be putting an amp on this repeater
NOTE Analog Users! – Please set your PL tone for “Encode” and “Decode” The repeater will transmit an PL tone of 103.5 if you have the “Decode option on you will continue to hear all FM transmissions. This will also block the digital noise you will hear.
NOTE Digital Users! – C4FM users/radios we recommend that you leave your radio on “AUTO” so that you can hear the digital and analog transmissions.
Steel City Echolink: [ Node # 147030 ]
W3KWH Echolink News:
Visitors to Pittsburgh who wish to connect to your home/club Echolink node can do so through the W3KWH node.
To connect to a remote node via RF with your DTMF touchpad – press # nnnnn, where nnnnn is your home/club Echolink node number.
To disconnect from your remote node press # # .
SCARC’s 2-meter repeater [ 147.03/147.630 ( PL123 ) ] has been online with the EchoLink network [node # 147030 ] since the weekend of March, 2006.
| Connect to our node #147030 And join us on our Tuesday night net 8:00 PM EDT Read more about our nets here |
Learn how we used “Signal Link” to connect to an “Arcom 210” Controller:
Here is the Steel City communication bunker that houses our 2 meter and 70 cm repeaters. The building also houses our file and network servers. It is fully ECOM ready with standby generator and battery back up’s. It is fully alarmed and is connected to the club house with an rf proof fiber optic link.
Other Area Repeaters:
The Western Pennsylvania Repeater council lists all coordinated repeaters in western PA on their website: WPA REPEATER COUNCIL