honey pot Dixon, Illinois, 146.97, WX9WL Repeater

Dixon, IL

WX9WL
Repeater ID: 17-381

Downlink: 146.97000
Uplink: 146.37000
Offset: -0.600 MHz
Uplink Tone: 82.5
Downlink Tone: 82.5
County: Lee
Grid: EN51fu
Call: WX9WL
Use: OPEN
Op Status: ON-AIR On-Air
Coverage: Wide area coverage. 45 mi radius.
Antenna (AGL): 271 feet
EIRP: 362 watts
Sponsor: WX9WL
Features: Emergency power equipped.
FM: Yes; analog capable: 25.0 kHz (wideband)
EchoLink: 153725
πŸ‘ ON - IDLE
Nets: ARES: Monday at 20:00 (CDT)
Coordination: ILRA
ILRA Record ID: 84989
Last updated: 2025-06-07
Last reviewed: 2025-06-08

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Call Date Details
K0OCM (registered) 2025-06-08 Reported repeater was heard.
K0OCM (registered) 2025-03-16 Reported repeater was heard.
WX9WL (registered) 2024-09-15 updated repeater location callsign and grid square
N9EXR (registered) 2024-06-16 Reported no changes

(member) on 2017-10-01.

For someone traveling down 88, great coverage going west To Mississippi River. Spotty while mobile in the Quad Cities themselves, but on out skirts of town great coverage. I look forward to seeing how far east I can go and still hit this repeater.

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"Great Coverage"
Posted by: K9GVT