Hot Springs Village Amateur Radio Club

​The Yaesu Wires-X is down, lost a static IP address, but I will kept this page active for information purposes only 

Yaesu Digital Repeater and Wires-X HRI-200 unit installed in Hot Springs

Two Yaesu Repeaters DR-1X have been installed in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. Another Digital Repeater has been installed in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All repeaters are in Auto mode (Analog/Digital)​

The new digital repeaters are made by Yaesu, model DR1-X. The units will handle both analog and digital formats.
Click here Yaesu DR1-X Repeater link for more information.
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The Yaesu HRI-200 Wires-X unit connects a ham radio data port to the Internet using a Windows computer, the software is free from Yaesu and the Wires-X is assign a control number on their server.  Below is a copy of my screen running on a Windows 10 tablet and connected to the Wires-X unit and my FT1500 Yaesu radio.  Each line is a room that I can connect to so as to have a conversation with them using my 2 meter HT radio.  ​Yaesu Wires-X repeater is located in Hot Springs Arkansas near the HWY 70 East tied to room America-Link – in Hot Springs the Freq. 442.565 offset to 447.565. Running in Digital mode only.

​HIGH PERFORMANCE DIGITAL AND ANALOG INTERNET LINKING TECHNOLOGY

The Yaesu WIRES-X HRI-200 (Wide-coverage Internet Repeater Enhancement System) enables Internet to RF communications that expands the range of amateur radio using internet enabled Voice-over-IP technology. With WIRES-X, an amateur node station connected to the Internet and Interfaced to the WIRES-X HRI-200 unit can communicate using VoIP over long distances reliably with ease.
Unlike any other internet linking technology, Yaesu’s HRI-200 is a simple to use plug and play internet linking solution. Included with the unit are pre-made cables that allow the end user to simply plug-in to any number of Yaesu radios and go; No soldering, cable building, or Router configuration required!*