Salinas Valley Repeater Group - W6DXW

Today marks a noteworthy moment for the Salinas Valley Repeater Group, as we put to rest the 2 Meter, 440, 900 Mhz repeaters located at our soon to be former site in Pacific Grove. This site gave us the start 5 years ago that brought W6DXW to the Monterey Bay. As we have expanded to cover areas I certainly never considered and gained tower sites I could only dream of this site has become outdated and under utilized.

Effective this afternoon, 
147.735, 440.450, 927.0375 are OFF AIR.

The frequencies and equipment from this site will bring forth new systems and locations in the future.
With our friends on the hill (WB6ECE RG) that provide the 2 key tower sites and the microwave backbone for covering the Monterey Bay, I am confident the discontinuation of this location will not hinder our coverage in the slightest and free up resources for our expansion in the future.

73 to PG.

Some of you guys may have heard or maybe haven’t – I am pleased to announce the addition of the KF6FGL repeaters to the Salinas Valley Repeater Group. KE6STH and KF6FGL have been working hard on adding two new repeaters to the network located at Bear Mt. (Fresno). One is linked analog and one is linked digital P25. 
This site brings two full time linked analog and digital systems allowing for simultaneous traffic in both modes at one site. Unlike some systems where the repeaters are configured in ‘mixed mode’ operation. Please give them a try! I will also be making coverage maps for the new site and hope to have them on the website some time over the weekend.

The Frequencies:
443.775 + 110.9 (analog) 
443.875 + NAC $293 (P25 Digital).

With a big round of applause for KE6STH for his relentless work to innovate our IP linking that makes our analog and digital audio sound great. I don’t think we would be half as cool with our his hard work.

I’l tell you guys there is nothing more satisfying after a hard days work at the tower site than hearing you all enjoy yakking it up about 40 different ways to BBQ chicken or how bad the traffic is on HW 17…