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| This page contains pictures of the famous K6KCP/KB6IQL repeater system. It started out as two separate systems, then (at the recommendation of several friends) we combined our equipment to make a really cool UHF repeater system. It covers the greater Sacramento, CA valley. We use a Linkcomm CLUB controller at the Hub site, and a Linkcomm RLC-1 at the transmit site. Currently, we have three receiver voting sites. This will be expanded as more sites become available. We currently have enough equipment to add two more receive sites. It currently covers most of the Sacramento Valley with a handheld running 2 watts. I run 1/2w on my HT at home, but I'm only a few miles from one of the receiver sites. Feel free to listen and use the system if you are in the area. We only require that you have an open mind and that you aren't boring. :) The repeater transmits on 440.350 with a tone of 179.9, and the receive frequency is 5 Mhz up from that. | |
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CLUB controller, GE Voter and 66 blocks
Dual-band remote, Phone line AGC visable near top |
Front view of HUB rack with link receivers |
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Chris (KB6IQL) mounting a DB Products UHF eight-dipole array. Our group has had excellent results with this antenna. We use it exclusively at all our sites. |
You too can grow up to be a radio amateur! |
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Chris mounting an 8-dipole array on a 45G tower |
Chris setting squelch on a MII. |
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Jim mounting a UHF cavity at the Mt. Vaca site |
Jim conferring with Chris on how to modify a GE Master II mobile for slow squelch action. |
Here are a couple of coverage maps. Click on them for a larger version. |
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I've also got a repeater near Downtown Sacramento on 441.850 (PL=179.9), and yet another repeater near the town of Zamora (approx. 20 miles north of downtown Sac) on 441.850 (PL=156.7) that covers North to Chico, East to Nevada City, and South to Sacramento. All of these repeaters are listed as "closed", but you are free to use them as long as you are licensed for operation on these frequencies. |
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