Technical And Operating Resources
The links below go to technical articles, radio operating articles, websites, and other resources of interest to our club members. These are focused on topics that our members are likely to be interested in, high-quality tutorial web pages, and Colorado (and local) information.
Club Elmer Team Contact via Email
- Contact our Elmers with a question via an email sent to: wØtlm-elmer "at" wØtlm.org
- Please note we did not use the @ symbol on this page in the Elmer email address for cyber security reasons. You must replace "at" with @ for email address to work. Thanks for your understanding.
Learn Morse Code
Parks On The Air (POTA)
Summits On The Air (SOTA)
Digital VHF/UHF
- Colorado Digital
- Rocky Mountain Ham DMR Network
- Brandmeister Network (DMR)
- Brandmeister Talk Groups
- RadioID.net (database of radio IDs for DMR and other uses)
Resources
WØTLM Member Ham Radio Websites
- HamRadioSchool.com (Stu/WØSTU)
- KØNR Radio Site (Bob/KØNR)
- To The Woods (Jeff/KØDZU)
Programming Files for Radios (Codeplugs)
The standard WØTLM frequency list includes many of the common 2m / 70cm simplex and repeater frequencies for our area. These are provided as starting points for the initial programming of your personal radios.
Please bear in mind that some portions of these files may change. You may want to rename and personalize necessary labels per the programming instructions for your own radio.
WØTLM does not curate the listings included in any repeater directory. It is always prudent to compare and update your personal radio via the various available repeater directories.
Chirp radio programming software is available at: https://chirp.danplanet.com
If you encounter problems with Windows drivers, there is helpful info here.
New Rev 13 (18 May 2023)
Changed KØNR repeater to WØTLM repeater, added two memories for the WØTLM portable repeater, simplified the pdf file for easier reading, and reduced the number of simplex channels.
Note that the manufacturers often change their radio firmware (especially Baofeng) so the file above may not match the revision of firmware in your radio. If so, a good approach is to use Chirp (available at: https://chirp.danplanet.com) to download the existing radio programming, open the new programming file and do a copy-and-paste of the information into the existing radio file. This usually solves the firmware incompatibility issues.
Previous Revision
Here's the previous version of the files (Rev 12), in case we encounter any issues with the new files.