System Status
This information does not update in real-time, but any known system issues will be posted here when practical. For fastest updates, sign up for e-mail notifications. Scroll down for more information.
To report a technical issue with a RATS system please contact the Technical Committee.
System Announcement E-mail Lists
We have established announcement-only e-mail lists for notifications of system outages, special events, configuration updates, and other news regarding the RATS repeater and digital data systems. These lists are open to the public.
Send a blank e-mail to:
rats-repeater-announce+subscribe@listserv.rats.net for announcements regarding our analog and digital repeater systems
rats-digital-data-announce+subscribe@listserv.rats.net for announcements regarding AREDN, APRS, Winlink, and other club-owned digital data systems
You'll receive an automated message asking you to reply or click a link to join the group.
Reply to that e-mail -- don't click the link, it doesn't seem to work reliably at the moment.
Major announcements will still be posted to the front page of our web site. These e-mail lists are updated frequently while outages are in progress and will likely contain more up-to-date and detailed information than you'll find on this web site.
No subscription is required to view the message history: rats-repeater-announce, rats-digital-data-announce
Standard Maintenance Window
Outages associated with the following recurring maintenance activities will not be individually announced or posted on the status page or mailing lists. Routine updates to the RATS IT network will be applied between 12 AM and 2 AM Saturday mornings. When updates are required, this will result in one or more (usually two) brief outages to network connectivity on the DMR, WIRES-X, and AREDN systems. The WIRES-X PC at the repeater site reboots every Saturday evening at 6 PM. This will result in a brief (less than five minutes) outage to WIRES-X and AREDN Winlink RMS-Relay services.