02/03/2016
ARRL has established an agreement with RFinder[1], the creator of a web and
app-based directory of Amateur Radio repeaters worldwide, to be its preferred
online resource of repeater frequencies.
RFinder is a steadily growing worldwide repeater directory with over 50,000
repeater listings in over 170 countries. An annual $9.99 subscription to
RFinder provides access to repeater data through its collection of apps for
Android and Apple devices, and from nearly any web browser. With one
subscription, users have access to repeater data worldwide from computing
devices on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Apple iOS, and popular GPS systems. A
growing list of third-party memory programming applications support radio
programming. RFinder provides integrated support for EchoLink on Android and
iPhone, allowing users a one-click connection to repeaters worldwide from the
directory.
"The RFinder team is honored to be ARRL's partner, providing the very latest
online repeater information and directory technology for radio amateurs in the
United States," said Bob Greenberg, W2CYK, creator of RFinder - The Worldwide
Repeater Directory. "We look forward to working with ARRL to make RFinder even
better for US hams."
ARRL will receive a portion of each annual subscription to RFinder. US radio
amateurs who subscribe to RFinder will have online access to its entire
worldwide directory while supporting ARRL.
ARRL will discontinue its own products that had supported digital listings of
repeater data including the TravelPlus for Repeaters? software and its own
apps. ARRL is working with RFinder on a plan to migrate existing ARRL app users
to RFinder, in order to support remaining subscription terms.
"Rest assured that the printed ARRL Repeater Directory, updated and published
each year, will continue to be produced," said ARRL Marketing Manager Bob
Inderbitzen, NQ1R. Inderbitzen explained that The ARRL Repeater Directory,
available in pocket-sized[2] and spiral bound desktop[3] editions, is
especially popular with new radio amateurs, mobile and portable operators, and
public service volunteers who rely on the printed copies when they are offline
and on the go. ARRL's source of repeater data for The ARRL Repeater Directory
is voluntarily contributed information from repeater owners and frequency
coordinators in the US and Canada. RFinder, on the other hand, assembles its
data from worldwide sources, including repeater owners, national and regional
coordinating bodies, and carefully reviewed crowd-sourced contributions.
RFinder uses dynamic data, allowing users to access listings that regularly
reflect new, updated, revised, and deleted information.
RFinder will have an exhibit at the upcoming Orlando HamCation[4]?, this year's
ARRL National Convention[5], February 12-14, at the Central Florida Fair and
Expo Park in Orlando, Florida. "We are excited and proud to announce our
partnership during the ARRL National Convention!" Greenberg said.
ARRL is the most recent national Amateur Radio society to establish a
partnership with RFinder. RFinder is the official repeater directory of Radio
Amateurs of/du Canada, the Radio Society of Great Britain, the Deutscher
Amateur Radio Club (Germany), and others.
Subscribe to RFinder by visiting http://subscribe.rfinder.net[6] from your
iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or from your Android smartphone or tablet. Those
without an Apple or Android device can subscribe using the link at the bottom
of http://subscribe.rfinder.net/[7].
[1] http://www.rfinder.net/
[2] http://www.arrl.org/shop/The-ARRL-Repeater-Directory-Pocket-size/
[3] http://www.arrl.org/shop/The-ARRL-Repeater-Directory-Desktop-Edition/
[4] http://www.hamcation.com/
[5] http://www.arrl.org/expo
[6] http://subscribe.rfinder.net/
[7] http://subscribe.rfinder.net/
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