Contacting Through Keller Pk

[Roger]

For my birthday I got a new high gain dual band antenna for my Jeep. (Don't ever - ever - ever waste money on a glass mount antenna). It is waaaayy better. I'm getting some of the repeaters full signal in areas where before I could hardly hear them.

So Scott -OU812 & John - Nipple Twister Let's try communicating again. I'll be monitoring the Keller Peak repeater -146.385MHz+ Pl 146.2Hz - between 6:15 - 7:00 AM and 5:00 - 5:45 PM M-Th. Starting tomorrow morning

Next we should try the Big Bear Machine.

Any other MJR Hams interested, just jump in and let's try it.

Roger - N6UJM

[OU812]

Awesome Roger. I am on my drive home at 5:00pm. Ill call out from you tomorrow evening.

[Roger]

Oceanside to Victorville via Keller Peak. That's a pretty good shot!

[Russ Chung]

I don't think you can reach Keller Peak from Oceanside; there are too many mountains in the way. If you have UHF, we can use the Winsystem linked repeaters:
http://www.winsystem.org
Victorville 448.900 (-) 162.2
Santiago Peak 448.060 (-) 100.0
Sunset Ridge (north of Pomona) 449.160 (-) 100.0
Loop Canyon (San Fernando Valley) 448.900 (-) 100.0
Vista 448.800 (-) 100.0

I can't reach Keller Peak from the San Fernando Valley, but I can get it via Echolink. I'll try to contact you in the morning.

[Roger]

Okay Russ!! I'll be listening. Scott says he has no problem getting into Keller Pk from Oceanside. I don't see how it's possible. But on the other hand, I can sometimes access Catalina Island repeater from Lucerne Valley, How is that possilbe!!??

Roger N6UJM

[OU812]

In Oceanside and Escondido and Carlsbad I am rarely in a place I can not get into Keller peak repeater. I get Catalina repeater well too of course.

[Roger]

Scott - I'll be listening for you at 5:00 PM or as soon as I can get out to my Jeep from my office!

Russ - I won't be able to add the WIN repeaters to my radio until this weekend. I'll let you know when I get it done.

[Old Fart]

Okay Russ!! I'll be listening. Scott says he has no problem getting into Keller Pk from Oceanside. I don't see how it's possible. But on the other hand, I can sometimes access Catalina Island repeater from Lucerne Valley, How is that possilbe!!??

Roger N6UJM

Roger, the AOR on the Catalina repeater is pretty severe - you'd be amazed at some of the places it covers. Just don't try hitting it from a sailboat at the Isthmus (BTDT)

[Russ Chung]

Roger, the AOR on the Catalina repeater is pretty severe - you'd be amazed at some of the places it covers. Just don't try hitting it from a sailboat at the Isthmus (BTDT)

I believe that the Catalina repeater is at the airport. It has great coverage along the coastline from San Diego to Ventura and quite a bit inland; I've been able to receive it from the San Fernando Valley, BUT I was talking to a guy on Catalina Island and he said that you can't reach it from Avalon because the hills are in the way! I believe that the Red Cross and the CERT on the island use a repeater on the mainland.

[Old Fart]

IIRC it's on Blackjack Peak, that's the primary transmitter site for Catalina. I know all the LA County stuff is there (climbed that tower many times back in the late 80's)

The antenna for 147.090 has a very high Angle of Radiation to assure hitting the meaty part of LA and Orange County. If memory serves me right (happens less and less these days) the Trustee lived in Orange.

[Roger]

Made contact with Russ this morning! He connected to the Keller Peak repeater through a system called Echo Link. He used his cell phone out in SFV to talk to me in the high desert through the Keller Peak repeater! Cool technology: http://www.echolink.org/

I didn't make contact with OU812 this afternoon. There was someone keying up the repeater but no audio. Scott if that was you, your signal wasn't enough to make it. Let me know!

[Russ Chung]

This afternoon I was in Santa Clarita. I didn't have internet access, so I couldn't use Echolink. The San Gabriel Mountains were between me and the repeater. Using my mobile transceiver, I could hear the Keller Peak repeater identify itself occasionally, but the signal was weak and it was very noisy. My transmitter was not strong enough to reach the repeater. I have a meeting in Big Bear in the morning, so I will be able to talk on the Keller Peak repeater on my way up the mountain.

[OU812]

Roger I am so bummed. I heard you calling out but I wasn't making it into the repeater. Yesterday I found a steal of a deal on a tent cot so I drove out to San Marcos on the way home. I guess although I can hear from there I didn't have enough power to open up the repeater. I know I have it programmed in correctly because I check into the Safety Net on Tuesday and the OAUSA net on Thursday. Usually I am in Oceanside where I know I can make it into the repeater.

[Roger]

Scott - I am pretty sure you were opening the repeater but just barely. Are you sure your radio is set to high power for that repeater?

I talked to a guy this morning who was located in Carlsbad. He was hitting the repeater with no problem. I also caught Russ again this morning.

[OU812]

I was set to high power. I made a contact thru the Keller Peak repeater on hwy 78 on the way out to San Marcos before I heard your call. He said I was quiet but readable.