Salinas Valley Repeater Group - W6DXW

As of 2:30AM PST, our link to the Meadow Lakes site went offline. Until further notice the W6DXW & N6WZ Meadow Lakes Fresno repeaters will be online but standalone.

We will be heading to the site shortly to diagnose the potential issue. We believe it is either the power supply on the linking computer, or we simply had an interruption in power and the system never recovered. One way or the other we will have an update for you later this afternoon.

Thanks for your understanding and patience while we address this issue!

The new antenna has been received from Telewave for the Meadow Lakes VHF repeater. Thank you all so much for your donations! We are tentatively planning to install it on may 28th.

We are now at 100% of our goal! Thank you to each and everyone of you who donated. As I mentioned before, we sincerely appreciate every donation, large or small. If you would like to donate to our group please click the link below!
https://fundrazr.com/e17SH0?ref=ab_65caub

The W6DXW Linked Repeater System has returned to normal operations. Thank you to all who participated in the Big Sur Marathon. It was yet another successful year.

All links have been restored.

147.735 + PL 110.9 Hz – W6DXW, Monterey.
147.180 + PL 94.8 Hz – W6WLS, Santa Cruz.
147.270 + PL 94.8 Hz – WB6ECE, Salinas.
146.940 + PL 94.8 Hz – KI6PAU, Big Sur.
147.300 + PL 94.8 Hz – W6DXW, Fresno.
440.125 + PL 110.9 Hz – N6WZ, Fresno.
442.750 + PL 110.9 Hz – W6DXW, Santa Cruz.
442.775 + PL 110.9 Hz – W6DXW, Prunedale. 
440.450 + PL 110.9 Hz – W6DXW, Monterey.
443.575 + PL 110.9 Hz – KE6STH, San Jose.
443.600 + PL 110.9 Hz – W6MOW, Hollister.
1287.200 – PL 88.5 Hz – KE6STH, San Jose.

The Big Sur International Marathon is this Sunday (4/24/2016), This will lead to some different system configurations to support marathon traffic. 
147.270(WB6ECE Mt.Toro)
146.940(KI6PAU Pt. Sur)
146.670(W6DXW Pebble Beach portable system)
442.750(W6DXW Empire grade)
Will be linked for marathon traffic.

The following repeaters can be used for normal system traffic but in different configurations.

W6WLS Empire grade will be standalone.

W6MOW Hollister will be standalone.

W6DXW Monterey and Prunedale will be linked to each other but standalone from the main system link.

KE6STH San Jose, W6DXW, and N6WZ Meadow lakes will be linked to each other but standalone from the main system link.

This will take effect 9PM Saturday(4/23/2016). 
The System will resume normal operation by 5PM Sunday(4/24/2016).

The W6DXW Meadow Lakes Fresno repeater has been moved to 147.300+ PL 94.8. Please check in with signal reports when able!

We are now at 72% of our goal in just a few short days! Thank you to each and everyone of you who donated. As I mentioned before, we sincerely appreciate every donation, large or small. If you would like to donate to our group please click the link below!
https://fundrazr.com/e17SH0?ref=ab_65caub

The W6DXW 147.360 Repeater has been disconnected from our linked system to reduce the amount of interference we cause to our co channel W6FM. This Repeater will remain off link until we have settled on a new frequency pair. 

Salinas Valley Repeater Group is raising funds to complete our VHF repeater installation at the Meadow Lakes tower site. Funds will pay for a new Telewave 2 bay dipole antenna and mounting hardware. To complete the installation, we need to acquire a commercial-grade antenna. We’ve chosen the Telewave ANT150D3 for its adjustable antenna pattern and its robust engineering. https://fundrazr.com/e17SH0?ref=ab_65caub

A very successful day at our meadow lakes tower site. We changed the frequency of our UHF repeater to (440.125) also launching our VHF repeater (147.360). The VHF repeater is on a temporary antenna until we can raise the money for a Telewave 2bay dipole antenna. We are unable to put the super station master we originally planned up there due to the spacing on the tower, its just too big of an antenna!
The frequency on the VHF repeater is also temporary due to possible interference that may be caused to our co channels on that pair. No tower climbing was done yesterday due to the rainy weather and I would also like to thank Bill K6WGJ  for helping out with an antenna to use on our VHF box. We would not be on the air on VHF with out his generosity!