How-to

Shared frequencies

Every frequency, repeater, or digital talkgroup a net can use comes from one shared list, maintained on the Frequencies tab. Net creators pick from this list rather than typing a frequency by hand each time, which is the point. Without a shared list, one net calls it “146.940 ARES Repeater” and another calls the same machine “146.94 Portland Repeater,” and now your reports and your map don’t agree with each other. Keeping this list clean is the actual job here.

Adding an entry

Click the + button (bottom right) and fill in:

Frequency — e.g. “146.520 MHz.” Leave this blank for a digital-only entry (DMR, D-STAR, Fusion, and similar) that has no analog frequency of its own.
Mode — FM, AM, SSB, CW, GMRS, or one of the digital modes (DMR, D-STAR, YSF/Fusion, P25, NXDN, M17), plus VARA, Winlink, JS8Call, and Packet, Data for any other digital mode you’d run in a program such as FLDIGI (PSK31, Olivia, MT63), or Other. The net and schedule forms offer the same list.
Network — for a digital mode, the reflector or network name (Brandmeister, Wires-X, REF030C).
Talkgroup/Room — the talkgroup ID or room number, where the network has one.
Description — free text; this is what actually shows up next to the frequency everywhere else in the app, so make it recognizable (“Example County ARES Repeater (PL 100.0)” rather than just “Repeater”).

Either a frequency or a network is required, though not necessarily both, so a digital-only entry and a classic analog repeater are equally valid rows.

Editing and deleting

Editing an entry updates it everywhere it’s used, immediately, which is useful for fixing a typo in a description without having to touch every net that already picked it. Deleting is only possible once nothing references the entry at all: no net or schedule lists it, and no station’s check-in was logged on it. The Nets Using column shows the net count, and the delete icon stays greyed out while any of the three is in use, with a tooltip saying so. Only admins can edit or delete an entry; everyone else who creates nets can add to the list and pick from it, but not change it.

A frequency row in the shared frequency list reading 146.940, FM, "Example County ARES Repeater (PL 100.0)", with a "Nets Using" count of 3 and a delete icon, outlined in red, greyed out and disabled. — A frequency still in use can be edited but not deleted. The count shows how many nets use it.

There’s no merge tool for two entries that turn out to be the same repeater under slightly different descriptions. If you spot a near-duplicate, it’s worth cleaning up by hand before more nets pick the wrong one.

Not here

Choosing which frequencies a specific net actually uses, and which one is “active” during the net, happens on that net, not here; see net managers and net control.