Frequencies
The following list of frequencies is used by Gwinnett ARES during training, public service and emergency events. Gwinnett ARES members should program all frequencies into their radios to be prepared for all events.  A pocket guide can be downloaded as a PDF or Excel (updated 10/20/07).

Note:  The 147.255 repeater on Lanier Mountain in Snellville has been out of service for an extended period of time.  It has been replaced with the 442.100 repeater located at the Goshen Springs site as an available ARES resource.

 
Gwinnett ARES Frequencies Freq Notes Enc/Dec
Gwinnett Primary Repeater 147.075+  PL 82.5     ED
Gwinnett Secondary Repeater 444.525+ PL 82.5 E
Gwinnett Portable UHF Repeater 440.800+ PL 100.0 ED
Gwinnett Portable VHF Repeater 147.045- PL 82.5 ED
Gwinnett Alternate UHF Repeater 442.100+ PL 100 ED
Gwinnett Alternate UHF Repeater 442.850+ PL 82.5 ED
Gwinnett Alternate UHF Repeater 444.000+ PL127.3 ED
Gwinnett VHF 1st Simplex 147.420 Simplex  
Gwinnett VHF 2nd Simplex 146.505 Simplex  
Gwinnett UHF 1st Simplex 446.100 Simplex  
Gwinnett UHF 2nd Simplex 446.150 Simplex  

  

Gwinnett D-Star Digital Repeaters
Lawrenceville VHF (2m) 145.550-
Lawrenceville UHF (70 cm) 440.550+
Lawrenceville 1.2 GHz (23 cm) Voice 1282.550-
Lawrenceville 1.2 GHz (23 cm) Data 1250.550

Frequencies utilized by nearby counties are listed below.  They are useful in supporting activities in those areas and in the event of an event covering a wider geographical area.

Other ARES Organizations Freq Notes Tone
Metro Atlanta ARES 146.820-  PL 146.2 E
Metro Atlanta MATPARC 145.410- No PL  
DeKalb ARES 145.450-  PL 107.2 E
Walton County ARES 442.050+ PL 77.0 E
Hall County ARES 146.670-  PL 131.8 E
Newton County ARES 146.925-  No PL  
Rockdale County ARES 147.210+  PL 162.2 E
Clarke County ARES 146.745-  No PL  
Forsyth County ARES 147.150+  No PL  
Jackson County ARES  147.225+  PL123.0 E
North Fulton ARES 145.470- No PL  

During Severe weather, WX4PTC operates a severe weather linked repeater system for the state of Georgia. Locally, the Atlanta Radio Club is linked in on 146.820- (PL 146.2 Hz)

*A special thanks to the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society for their support and the use of their communication system.

The Gwinnett ARES digipeaters operate on 145.03 MHz.  The current callsigns, aliases and node IDs are as follows:    

Location Callsign Alias Node ID
Buford WX4NET-6 BUF BUFGA
Lawrenceville WX4NET-7 LAW LAWGA
Snellville WX4NET-8 SNL SNLGA

Gwinnett Motorola Maxtrac Mobile Radio Programming
The table below indicates the channel programming of the 15 channel Motorola Maxtrac mobile radios converted by Gwinnett ARES.
  

Channel

TX Frequency

Comment

1

927.5125

KD4GPI - Downtown Atlanta Repeater

2

927.5250

N8EKA - High House Mountain Repeater

3

927.5375

(reserved by Atlanta Radio Club, not on air)

4

927.5500

WX4NET - Gwinnett Medical Center Repeater

5

927.5625

 

6

927.5750

Sweat Mountain Repeater - Cobb County

7

927.5875

 

8

927.6000

 

9

927.6125

 

10

927.6250

 

11

927.6375

 

12

927.6500

K4JPC - Lilburn moved to 927.6625

13

927.6875

Sawnee Mountain Repeater - Cumming

14

927.4875

Itinerant Repeater Pair

15

927.5000

Simplex