The Barron County Amateur Radio Association has 3 wide coverage repeater systems available for use by all licensed operators. All cover Barron County and surrounding areas well.
146.7150 PL 110.9 / NAC $455 is a wide area repeater located on a tower near Barron, WI. The repeater is a mixed mode analog and P25 digital repeater. The repeater does have Allstar Link and Echolink available for use. This repeater is linked via RF to the 444.4500 repeater near Rice Lake.
443.6500 DCS 351 is a wide area coverage Yaesu System Fusion repeater located on a tower near Dallas, WI. The repeater runs in AMS mode and automatically can switch between digital and analog.
444.4500 DCS 351 / NAC $455 is a wide area coverage repeater located on a tower in the Blue Hills east of Rice Lake. This repeater is a mixed mode analog and P25 digital repeater. This repeater is linked via RF to the 146.7150 repeater in Barron.
Allstar Link
BCARA has made Allstar Link available to all in the community. Node 48780 is available on the 146.71500 and 444.4500 repeaters.
Pine County MN
146.9550 PL 146.2 is a wide area coverage repeater located on a tower in Pine County MN near Askov. This repeater uses the KD9EJA callsign. The future plan is to link this repeater to the 146.7150 repeater at Barron.