*
A little followup…both Victorvalley repeaters have excellent output
coverage. But the input sensitivity is not matched to the output
power. You can hear the repeaters full quieting but can't key them up
clean with a 60 watt mobile unless you're on top of them. One of the
repeaters shares the freg(s) with a Tijuana repeater.
Les
-----Original Message-----
FROM: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ON BEHALF OF Leslie Mayer
SENT: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:38 PM
TO: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: 'Scott Mayer'
SUBJECT: [roc-chat] Re: Amateur radio at rocstock
To All,
Here's a good website concerning the Victorville/Apple Valley
repeaters. I don't believe any of the 2 meter repeaters will get over
the hill to Lucerne but give it a shot. For lakebed ops, 146.535
simplex is best.
Leslie
www.vvarc.net [1]
-----Original Message-----
FROM: roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:roc-chat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ON BEHALF OF David Smith
SENT: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:30 PM
TO: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
SUBJECT: [roc-chat] Re: Amateur radio at rocstock
I think that 146.535 is fine for 2meter simplex on the lake bed.
As for repeaters to talk in along the various highways, there are
some wide coverage repeaters the might be useful.
I know there is a Big Bear repeater that has wide coverage on our
side of the mountains. Also a machine for Apple Valley that might
work.
If many folks have 222 gear the Edison Amateur Radio Network has a
number of repeaters linked together that covers pretty much all of
SoCal, southern Nevada, and western Arizona. If anyone is interested
I
can provide details.
I can look through my notes, and try to suggest a local repeater,
unless someone has a favorite.
We may want to see what repeaters have good coverage of the lakebed
and approach routes.
Congrats 0n the PADI cert! (I am NAUI myself...)
Dave
W6DPS
On May 20, 2013 1:24 PM, <rtd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And, I'm now back from vacation. (Cancun was awesome, thanks for
asking. I'm now PADI certified as an Open Water scuba diver, and have
an underwater housing for one of my cameras, which should both come
in
reeeeeeal handy out on the lake bed....)
In any case, I need to request the help and expertise of the ROC Ham
Community(tm). I was originally given those frequencies by Leslie
Seiders, but I, too, have never heard a peep on either one while
monitoring from the lake bed. I have heard a rumour (as of now
unsubstantiated) that the repeater in question suffered a lightning
strike at some point, and is down for the count. However, I don't
know
of a better repeater or simplex frequency to recommend that ROC hams
use to contact one another.
To keep things simple, perhaps we ought to do a bit of testing
on-site at ROCstock, and update the page to list *just* a single
repeater that we're able to verify is reachable from the lake bed, so
that everyone will be able to monitor and use a single frequency to
contact each other. Less confusion, and more likely to result in
successful contacts as people drive to and from the lake bed, as
well.
Are there any high desert hams here who could help steer us to a
good solution?
Thanks,
- Rick Dickinson
On 2013-05-15 09:48, Allen Farrington wrote:
Rick Dickinson handles that page on the website and he's on vacation
right now.
Allen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allen H. Farrington - L3
ROC Director and Secretary
NAR 73474, Tripoli 12280
K6AHF
http://www.allenfarrington.org [2] [1]
On May 15, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Peter Grace <pcg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
At the May 11th club launch I tried calling on 146.535 and on
146.940(- 0.6/pl 91.5)
Nothing heard. No activity on those frequencies was heard either.
Is the info on the club website still accurate?
What will be used at Rocstock 37?
73 de AI6PG Peter DM04pg
Links:
------
[1] http://www.allenfarrington.org [2]
--
ROC-Chat mailing list
roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
//www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat [3]
Links:
------
[1] http://www.vvarc.net/
[2] http://www.allenfarrington.org
[3] //www.freelists.org/list/roc-chat
