Mesilla Valley Radio Club (N5BL)

Website

This website is a placeholder until the replacement website is released. As such, this website page will be maintained with the latest issue of the "Local Oscillator", the monthly newsletter of the Mesilla Valley Radio Club (MVRC) and key contact information for several members of MVRC.

The current issue of the Local Oscillator can be accessed with this link. You can return to this page using your browser's back button.

November 2023 Local Oscillator

The President of MVRC is Pat Chambers (W6VJT) and he can be reached by telephone at +1-619-249-5616 or by e-mail at W6VJT@zianet.com.

The lead for the replacement website and this temporary website is Charles Combs (KG5BVE) and he can be reached by telephone at +1-575-649-1071 or by e-mail at KG5BVE@gmail.com.

E-Mail Reflectors

MVRC has an e-mail reflector list that is open to the public. The list carries communications among subscribers and notices of MVRC activities. To subscribe, send an e-mail to "Main+subscribe@MVRC-N5BL.groups.io" with your Full name, call sign, mailing address, and telehone number in the body of the message. The e-mail address originating the subscription request will be the e-mail address receiving reflector messages.

There are other MVRC reflector lists in addition to the "Main" list. Some are restricted to MVRC members and others open to the public. Visit http://www.rs.n5bl.org for full information on the MVRC reflector lists. Visit http://www.mvrc.n5bl.org for more about MVRC.

MVRC Membership

If you would like to join MVRC as a member, you can find an application form in the Local Oscillator.

MVRC Membership Meetings

MVRC has a clubhouse located at 6609 Jefferson Ln in Las Cruces where monthly meetings are held on the first Saturday of most months starting at 8:30 am and are open to the public. You can find the clubhouse by exiting US70 at Porter and head South to Jefferson, turn left and look for the clubhouse with all the towers and antennas on the left.

Membership Meetings can be attended remotely via the Zoom video service. Prior to each meeting a Reflector e-mail message is sent to all Reflector subscribers with details on accessing the meeting via Zoom. Access can be done from a desktop or laptop computer or a smartfone.

Repeaters

The standard offset for 145 is 600 KHz, for 444 it is 5 MHz, for 52 it is 1 MHz ( + or - as indicated in table)

The repeaters listed below can be easily accessed from Las Cruces. The list is divided into four groups based on ownership. The owners are MVRC, MegaLink, El Paso, and Demming.

Output Frequency Owner Status Notes Offset PL Location
146.64 MVRC In Service   - 100 Las Cruces
146.76 MVRC In Service   - 100 Caballo (T or C)
52.750 MVRC In Service   - 141.3 Las Cruces
448.20 MVRC In Service   - 100 Las Cruces
146.78 MVRC Out of Service 4 -   White Sands
147.18 MegaLink Out of Service 1 + 100 St Augustine Pass
146.88 El Paso In Service 2 -   El Paso
146.82 Demming Out of Service 3 - 88.5 Deming
223.940 WD8AJJ In Service - No PL Las Cruces

Notes

  1. The MegaLink repeater is being removed from St Augustine Pass because the site's power has been disconnected. A new location has not been ientified.
  2. This El Paso repeater is maintained by KB6CUB.
  3. The repeater has disapeared (stolen) and no one in Demming has a replacement.
  4. The power to this site has been disconnected and the repeater has been recovered and stored in the MVRC storage shed until a new site can be found.

The UPPER RIO FM SOCIETY runs a remarkable linked system which covers all of New Mexico and some of the surrounding territory. There is also available a map of the whole system. The information is here.

The UPPER RIO FM SOCIETY also has or supports a network of APRS DIGIPEATERS throughout New Mexico (Usually installed at most MEGALINK sites on 144.39 MHz FM.

There are also other frequency lists, some of which are a bit outdated.

http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/states/New-Mexico.asp

http://www.w5sf.com/repeaters.html
This website may be down.

MegaLink

A map of the MegaLink network is depicted in the following image.

MegaLink Network in New Mexico
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Questions and Answers

Occasionaly members of the public send an e-mail to MVRC asking a question that is not addressed on this webpage. When the questions are answered, they are added to this section. If you have a question about MVRC that you can't find an answer on this website, please send your question in an e-mail addressed to "INFO@mvrc-n5bl.groups.io". Our goal is to provide a response within 24 hours.

Q1

What is the URL of the MVRC website describing the MVRC Refector Lists?.

A1

The URL of the MVRC MVRC Refector Lists is http://www.rs.n5bl.org/.

FIELD DAY 2023

The operating time is from noon Saturday to noon Sunday, (June 24 & 25) this weekend. The set up will start Friday, after noon. The Location is the south east corner of Missouri and Don Roser Dr. There is a Mellon stand there, and on the corner is a firewoks stand. We set up in between. There are driveways off of Missouri. The contact is Steve Barkes (W5RRX) 575-640-2686.

Note: The Local Oscillator calendar shoulld state June 24-25 for Field Day.

The following pictures were taken by Dottie (KB5OAD) during the 2023 Field Day event at Bin's Field. The captions identify the people in the pictures from left to right and their (Call Sign), if known:

Dottie (KB5OAD), Steve (W5RRX)
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Dave (KI5TPH), Mike (KY6J), Rick (AI5DE)
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Dave (KI5TPH), Mike (KY6J), Rick (AI5DE)
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Martin (N5IY), Charles (KG5BVE), Rick (AI5DE), Dave (WA5DJJ), Pat (W6VJT), ? ()
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Steve (W5RRX), CoLC Fireman (1), CoLC Fireman (2), Dottie (KB5OAD), CoLC Fireman (3),
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME OUT TO "PLAY."

73, PAT (W6VJT)

73 Charles (KG5BVE)

Scene of New Mexico taken by the Chambers family on a visit 74 years (1949) ago. Thanks Pat.
1941 photo of NM

Questions and Answers

Below are questions asked by public for additional information not found on this webpage. Following each question is an answer provided by a member of MVRC. If you have a question that is not answered below, please send your question via e-mail to Send Email. Our goal is to answer all questions within 24 hours. Please include your full name, telephone number, and call sign if you have one, and how you would like to receive out response.