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It is great to hear the PEARS Radio Amateurs again on VHF in the Garden Route Area after several years of silence. No they are not coming through the Analog VHF/UHF Linked Repeater Network. PEARS now run a Echolink Node ZS2PE-R Node Number: 759221 which enable the Garden Route Hub Network to connect via AllStar to ZS2PE-R Repeater Node.
Who can still remember the great times we experienced when the VHF/UHF Repeater Network was in operation. Lots of activity on the linked network in days gone by. Thanks to Chris and the late Trevor Scarr who made this all possible.
The GR Hub Network will from time to time link to the PEARS Echolink Node. I already listened to several mobile stations having a chat in the early mornings. I will allocate a timeslot on the GRHub Network in the early morning whereby the Eastern Cape and Garden Route Area networks will be linked together. It would be great if a permanent connection could be established between the two networks aka PEARS Echolink Node and GRHub AllStar Node.
I would like to thank PEARS and all those involved for installing the Echolink Node and making it available. Hopefully we can once again establish the good times like we experienced in the past.
Lookout for further updates in this regard.
