The N6ENV Repeater Group

Updated February 12, 2001 Unique Visitors since March 2000:
N6ENV Repeater Group

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Serving Radio Amateurs in Southern California 220 and 440 MHz

Our mailing address: N6ENV Repeater Group, P.O. Box 70, Agoura Hills CA 91376


November 3, 2000.
As many of you know, this group has become rather inactive of late. There have been no nets for several months. Frosty (N6ENV) had rarely been heard on here for quite some time before that. I have been informed that he is very busy these days with his work (at least three jobs, 6 days a week) and has little time at present to devote to the repeater system. He has been hoping someone would come forward to run the club and/or the net, but this has not happened.

Nevertheless...

  • The repeaters will remain operational for the time being.
  • Dues are suspended for the time being.
  • Present members may continue to use the autopatch and other features for the time being.
  • No nets are scheduled unless someone wants to step in and serve as net control station.
  • No meetings are scheduled unless someone wants to step in and do the job.
  • I will continue to maintain this page, if and when I'm notified of anything that needs to be updated.
David Bartholomew, AD7DB (ex-WB6WKB), your webmaster.


The N6ENV Repeater Group

The N6ENV Repeater Group supports the operation of several VHF and UHF FM Amateur Radio repeaters in Southern California. They are owned and operated by Forrest Oden, N6ENV, and maintained by a very dedicated bunch of volunteers.

Our mission statement is simple.

Provide the best open repeater system in Southern California. The key here is open. We are dedicated to maintaining a network of friendly, family-style amateur radio communications.

N6ENV Repeater Group members provide public service each year. We are a regular support team for the Rim of the World road rally race, assisting race officials with checkpoints and course monitoring using our amateur radio skills, all the while enjoying the race in a front row seat! We have also helped provide support in past years for the Hollywood Christmas Parade and other events.

Weekly Nets

At this time, there are no nets scheduled. The N6ENV Repeater Group nets are normally held Sunday nights at 8:00 PM Pacific Time. The net is held on both of the Oat Mountain repeaters.

The N6ENV Machines

Oat Mountain
Oat Mountain and the San Fernando Valley
Frequencies:
224.52 MHz,  offset down, CCTSS 156.7 Hz
447.025 MHz, offset down, CCTSS 156.7 Hz

(Soon to go to 447.020 MHz.)

Map of Sites

Oat Mtn Tower
The tower on
Oat Mountain

See a Map!

It covers San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, and can reach west into parts of Ventura County. It can also be heard well to the south into Los Angeles and portions of Orange County, and can also reach into the Palmdale area. But under special conditions you can get into it all the way from Central California to San Diego. The repeater is located on the highest peak on the mountain, elevation 3800 feet, well above all others.
We have a massive battery system with a capacity of over 1,200 amps at 13.2 volts, allowing the repeater to stay up without commercial power for 5 days or more. We also have a level-one emergency phone system that is on the same restoral priority as a hospital or police station. During the Northridge Earthquake disaster in 1994, we placed over 1200 emergency phone calls for free over our autopatch, when the regular phones were out. It's good to know it will all be there in time of real need, and that the system will stay on the air for a prolonged period of time.



Wow! Look at THAT!

What's Up On The Mountain?

Be prepared for moving on 70 cm from 447.025 down 5 KHz to 447.020 MHz, in accordance with the new SCRRBA 70 cm bandplan. The transmit offset will remain the same but the CTCSS tone may change. An announcement will be made when the change is complete.

Visit Forrest Communications for all sorts of goodies. Maha chargers and replacement batteries for most handheld radios and cellular phones. Kenwood Family Radios (no license needed). Scanners, GPS systems, lots of other stuff! Now a Motorola Authorized Dealer.

Buy the videos of Sarex, or "The New World of Amateur Radio", and proceeds will go to help support Newsline Report. Come on by the store! 5321 Derry Ave. #I, Agoura CA 91301. Phone 818-706-8220.

Local Activities

TRW Swap Meet, last Saturday of the month, Manhattan Beach CA. The swap meet starts at 7:00am and goes until 11:30am, always on the last Saturday of every month, rain or shine. To get there: Take I-405 to Rosecrans Avenue, go west to Aviation Blvd (where the big railroad bridge crosses the intersection), then south on Aviation to Marine and turn left - you're there, follow the cars going in. (This is a different parking lot from where they used to have it in past years.) More information is available at W6TRW's web page.

Membership Information

It's EASY to join! The N6ENV repeaters are available for use by all licensed radio amateurs, and are user-supported. We invite visitors and locals to use the machines for a reasonable period of time, but if you're still using the repeaters after a few months we would really appreciate it if you joined to help support the system. The operational costs are supported in large part by dues from Supporting Members and Autopatch Members. Click here for complete membership information..

Some Tips

boooEEEEEooooEEEEoooo... If you are experiencing any technical problems with the repeaters or remote bases, please contact Bob KD6KEZ, either on the air or at 661-298-0528.

Autopatch members: for information or assistance please contact Bill KN6OC, at 661-286-5083. Please include your name, callsign, and your telephone number, so we can call you if necessary.

 CTCSS (or "PL" tone) is required on most repeaters in Southern California, mainly to reduce interference. This really helps out in high density areas like Los Angeles where there is certain to be overlapping coverage.

The N6ENV repeaters have a 3 minute timer. This is turned off during nets and other special events.

Repeater use priorities go pretty much as follows: Emergency traffic, nets, autopatches, mobiles & portables, and finally base stations. (This is true of most other repeaters too.)

Newsletter Submissions

What we'd LIKE to see in the mailbox! Our newsletter editor, Bill, KN6OC, would like your articles and other submissions! If you have material for the next issue, you can send it on disk, by email, or just send your hardcopy to the Group P.O. Box address (see below). We can use anything you can write as long as it's got something to do with ham radio, repeaters, family or fun. If it's on disk, try to send it in plain ASCII or one of the popular word processing formats (such as WordPerfect).

Newsletter Back Issues


Recent Repeater News

Always work to do up there on the mountain! 447.025 to move to 447.020. Watch for it.

If you are willing to donate any of your time to help with repeater maintenance and improvements, please contact Bill, KN6OC, at 661-286-5083. No matter what your background, you can be of help!

N6ENV Repeater Group Officers

N6ENV ForrestRepeater Owner/Trustee
WD6FWZ JudyAutopatch Manager and Net Control Emeritus
W1NNR KenAlternate Net Control
N1CA JulianAlternate Net Control
KN6OC BillOperations Manager and Newsletter Editor
KD6KEZ BobSystems Manager
K6YPB MikeManager of Special Projects
AD7DB DaveWeb Page Editor
N6KUB RickLegal Advisor

Member Contact List

Click here to see a list of N6ENV Group members who have email addresses and/or web pages. If you're a member, we can add you too! Take a look to find out how!


Some Other Useful Information and Links


The N6ENV Repeater Group
P.O. Box 70
Agoura Hills, CA 91376


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