Repeaters

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FARC & Other Area Repeaters

The Frederick Amateur Radio Club operates two repeaters (2M and 70cm) offering good coverage in Frederick City and parts of Frederick County, and operating under the Club’s K3ERM callsign.

Output Freq/Offset/Tone	Callsign	Notes	Coverage
146.64 (-) (156.7)	K3ERM	Frederick Amateur Radio Club. There is a new hams net every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Check out the Net calendar.
448.425 (-) (100.0)	K3ERM	Fusion with a Wires-X Node, normally connected to America Link. You can change the room, it will return to America Link after a timeout period.

Several other Ham Clubs and individual Hams in the area operate repeaters that are accessible from Frederick County and the surrounding areas. Some of these are listed below. Note: We only list co-ordinated repeaters, there are a few that are on test frequencies as well.

Output Freq/Offset/Tone	Callsign	Notes
146.730 (-) (141.3)	W3ICF	Frederick Amateur Repeater Group
444.800 (+)	KB3YBH	(D-Star) Frederick Amateur Repeater Group D-STAR Repeater
147.060 (+) (146.2)	K3MAD	Mid Atlantic DX & Repeater Assoc.
224.200 (-) (123.0)	K3MAD	Mid Atlantic DX & Repeater Assoc.
448.125 (-)	K3MAD	Mid Atlantic DX & Repeater Assoc.
147.195 (+) (179.9)	N3EJT	(DMR) DMRMarc – David N3EJT
*Beyond Frederick County*
145.410 (+)	K3PZN	Carroll County Amateur Radio Club
146.940 (-)	W3CWC	Antietam Radio Association
146.955 (-)	KV3B	Montgomery Amateur Radio Club
147.000 (-)	K3WX	Tony K3WX – ARCS
147.030 (+)	W3DID	Baltimore Radio Amateur TV Society
147.090 (+)	W3CWC	Antietam Radio Assoc.
147.135 (+)	K3CUJ	Columbia Amateur Radio Assoc.
147.300 (+) (146.2)	WA4TSC	WA4TSC – Bluemont VA
442.750 (+) (156.7)	KV3B	Montgomery Amateur Radio Club
447.975 (-)	W3CWC	Antietam Radio Assoc.
449.875 (-)	K3PZN	Carroll County Amateur Radio Club

There are other frequencies that are good to know in the Frederick area. Below is a list of frequencies and the services that are available on them.