To All,
Here's the Big Bear repeater info
147.330, plus offset, pl 131.8
Les
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Leslie,
Do you know if any of the Big Bear area repeaters reach (and can be
reached from) the lake bed? Either 2M or 70cm would work for most
people....
Thanks,
- Rick D.
On 2013-05-20 15:01, Leslie Mayer wrote:
> *
>
> 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
>
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>
> 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]
>
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>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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> 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
>
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