RFinder
Service concerning amateur radio repeaters
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RFinder ("repeater finder") is a subscription-based website and mobile app. RFinder's main service is the World Wide Repeater Directory (WWRD), which is a directory of amateur radio repeaters. RFinder is the official repeater directory of several amateur radio associations. RFinder has listings for several amateur radio modes, including FM, D-STAR, DMR, and ATV.
World Wide Repeater Directory
Repeaters are listed in the directory along with its call sign, Maidenhead Locator System and GPS coordinates, transmit/receive offset ("split"), CTCSS and DCS squelch settings, and VoIP settings (IRLP and Echolink nodes). The directory has over 50,000 repeater listings in over 170 countries.[1]
Website
The RFinder website has several search options including for routes.
Forums
RFinder user forums is for help and support for the app and hardware. [2]
Mobile app
RFinder has mobile apps for Android and iOS. When using the mobile app, RFinder can display the distance to repeaters, based on the mobile device's current location.
ARRL Repeater Directory
The ARRL publishes the ARRL Repeater Directory which contains over 31,000 repeater listings for the US and Canada with listings provided by RFinder.[3]
Subscription
RFinder requires a subscription. A one-year subscription is US$12.99.[4]
Radio programming software
Radio associations
RFinder is the official repeater directory of the following associations:[4]
- Amateur Radio Society Italy[7]
- American Radio Relay League[1]
- Cayman Amateur Radio Society[8]
- Deutscher Amateur Radio Club[9]
- Federacion Mexicana de Radio Experimentadores[10]
- L’association Réseau des Émetteurs Français[11]
- Lietuvos Radijo Mėgėjų Draugija[12]
- Liga de Amadores Brasilieros de Radio Emissão[13]
- Radio Amateurs of Canada[14]
- Radio Society of Great Britain[15]
- Rede dos Emissores Portugueses[16]
- Unión de Radioaficionados Españoles[17]
