Hanover County Amateur Radio Repeater N8ELS

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	Hanover County Amateur Radio Repeater N8ELS Live audio from the N8ELS 145.110 MHz amateur repeater in Hanover County, VA. Covers a 30–45 mile radius from the Hanover Courthouse area. Owned by Hanover Fire-EMS, it can be used for emergency management at a moment’s notice during incidents. Status: [AUTOMATIC]: This feed is currently offline, likely due to internet, hardware, software, or electrical issues. The provider is alerted immediately and will restore service as soon as reasonably possible. Thank you for your patience.	Amateur Radio	0			Deleted

Feed Notes

This feed monitors the N8ELS VHF amateur radio repeater, located at the Hanover County "Georgetown" Public Safety RF site near the intersection of US-301 (Hanover Courthouse Rd) and Georgetown Road in the Courthouse District of Hanover County, Virginia.

Technical Details:

Output: 145.110 MHz
Input: 144.510 MHz
PL Tone: 74.4 Hz (Tx/Rx)
Bandwidth/Mode: 25 kHz analog FM
Coverage: Reliable mobile coverage throughout Hanover County, with extended reach 30–45 miles into surrounding counties, including Caroline, Chesterfield, Henrico, King William, King & Queen, Louisa, New Kent, and Richmond.

Use:
Open to all licensed amateur operators, this repeater is typically used for general conversation. It is not linked via Echolink, Wires-X, Fusion, or similar services. Owned and maintained by Hanover Fire-EMS, this repeater can be immediately repurposed for emergency management operations during incidents. For example, during the January 2025 regional water crisis, which was caused by long-term deficiencies in the City of Richmond’s water system maintenance, net control operators used it to coordinate resources and distribute information.

Nets:
This repeater hosts the Hanover County Training & Preparedness Net on the first Saturday of each month at 3:00PM. This net is a monthly, scenario-based training net. Unlike traditional ragchew or comment nets, this exercise is designed to provide amateur operators with practical experience in message handling, tactical net discipline, and operating under realistic emergency conditions. Open to all licensed amateurs, this net emphasizes active participation to build confidence, strengthen operator skills, and enhance community readiness when normal systems fail.

Feed Information:
Audio is sourced from a Harris M7100 public safety radio, connected via custom DB-25 line-level audio cable to a Windows-based radio server running RadioFeed. While no backup power is currently in place, the system will soon utilize a Starlink node for internet connectivity in an effort to have increased resilience during ground-based network outages.