River Valley/Van Buren Repeater NA0D-R3

The amateur radio repeater is NA0D-R3, located in Van Buren, AR. It is designed to cover portions of Sebastian and Crawford Counties, and is currently on the air.  The repeater is a Kenwood TKR-820 UHF Repeater. The antenna is a DB404 fed with 7/8" Heliax up about 100' on a commercial tower. 

It is connected full-time to the Allstarlink Network using Hamvoip Software via a Raspberry Pi, as well as Skywarn Plus weather alerting system.  

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 Can be used for statewide and local ARES/RACES/SKYWARN/AUXCOMM traffic, general amateur conversation, as well as linked to other areas as needed via Asterisk.

Asterisk Node 472352 is the repeater and is connected to Hub 472350. To connect, use 472350.

There is also Echolink capability in the Hub, Echolink Node 196181 NA0D-R. Echolink will always be available at the Hub even if the repeaters aren't connected to it.  It is open to all licensed hams at all times. 

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