Southern California Six Meter Repeater Directory
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The information on this page is provided and maintained by me, KB6MIP. I make regular attempts to upgrade the information presented here, typically on a monthly basis, and seek input from trustees as I am able to communicate with them. If you have comments or suggestions regarding the information that appears on this page, please send them to me at kb6mip@sasquatchnet.org. The complete southern California directory is available for download. This is a spreadsheet originally created in Microsoft Excel but now maintained with an Open Office spreadsheet application called "Calc". The file is compressed (zipped) using the Windows XP compression utility. I also have directories of six meter repeaters for other states in the southwestern United States, but do not make claims for their accuracy. E-mail me if you're interested in those. |
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Repeaters shown as Closed are just that: Closed. Please do not use them without the permission of the trustee. Repeaters shown in bold type have been confirmed on the air by me or reported on the air by a reliable source (typically a trustee) within the past twelve months.
As I learn things of interest pertaining to six meter FM systems in the Southern California area I will post the information here with my monthly updates. This is a change in format from how I used to present this information. My intent is to leave the information available for reference by fellow trustees and users.
15 March 2008 Update! Steve and I were partially correct about the 52.780 W6LIE repeater. It is indeed back on the air, but has been relocated to Grapevine Peak, which overlooks I-5 between Lebec and Grapevine. For more information about this repeater, and the Kern County - Central Valley Amateur Radio Club (KCCVARC) which supports it, see the KVCCARC web site. Thanks to Dan N6BKL for pointing this out to me! Meanwhile I was on Johnstone Peak last Thursday, working on a company low-band repeater up there. Imagine my surprise when it turned out that not one but both of the new antennas we had on the tower were defective! We were able to cobb together something to get the system operational in a limited capacity, but will need at least one more visit with replacement antennas before we are done. While I was there I hunted for some elusive repeaters, and found the KA6GBJ repeater on 51.840 MHz in Pinyon Pines. I hadn't heard this since I was last on Detention Peak near Banning Pass, so I was glad to find it was still on the air.
10 March 2008 Back in January I received an e-mail from the trustee of the CERT repeater (51.820 MHz, WR6VHF) that used to be on Santa Ynez Peak in the central coast country. It has been removed from service, the reason given was "very little activity." I was saddened. Although I only spoke to one or two hams on that repeater, I called into it often as that part of the central coast is a favorite hangout of mine. The W6LIE repeater on McKittrick Peak is back! 52.780 MHz went operational 8 March while my "roving sleuth" Steve WD6CGF happened to be in the San Joaquin. Apparently he was one of the first hams to use it. Thanks for the tip, Steve! Also some rumor flying about the future of the K6FCF repeater on Tranquilloin Peak. Nothing is certain, so I won't propagate anything, but we'll be watching to see what develops.
20 February 2008 Not much to report in terms of new systems or major changes to existing systems since last month. I've been continuing my e-mail conversation with the K6ARN technical representative about their plans. That will be a system to watch! I have ongoing projects at various sites around southern California that will keep me busy as we move through spring into summer. As I visit these sites I will keep hunting for more distant repeaters. Also my roving sleuth Steve, WD6CGF, will be on the road up in the northern part of the state doing the same thing, so my northern California list may get some badly needed updates as well. I hope you all find the changes to the format of this page useful. Please share your thoughts and comments with me. Thanks, and 73 de MIP.
20 January 2008 I've traded some e-mails with the trustee of the W6KGB repeater in the Oxnard area. This repeater, on 51.900 MHz, is at low level while some system repairs and upgrades are being made, and will eventually deploy to a better site. While it is affiliated with the GRONK Radio Network, the trustee assures me that the six meter repeater will be an open system. More distressing news about the CERT system. It seems that the Santa Ynez outlet (51.820 MHz, CTCSS 127.3 Hz) is down. I have e-mailed the trustee offering my assistance, but received no reply. The Arvin and Fresno CERT repeaters are down as well, and have been for some time. Meanwhile I heard from a repeater I haven't heard from in ages, the WA6BFH repeater on 51.760 MHz. I'm not sure where this is located. It's supposed to be in Sky Forest, but I would be able to hear it from the repeater site in Yorba Linda if that were the case. (I can hear Strawberry Peak, Mount R, Crestline, and Keller Peak from Yorba Linda.) Yet the other day while I was out at the Box Springs repeater site I heard WA6BFH/R clearly identify itself in voice in response to my call. So it's back on the list as a known working system, at least for now. I also managed to hear the Pinyon Pines repeater on 51.840 MHz from Johnstone Peak recently. Nobody answered my call, but I caught the system ID in CW. Finally, I traded an e-mail with the technical contact for the K6ARN repeater on 52.700 MHz recently. He informed me that their system is temporarily off line pending what sounds like a complete system rebuild including a "new repeater, amplifier, antenna, [and] controller." From his descriptions it's going to be quite the "Sherwin Williams" system. (covering the world... the paint manufacturer's old byline. Get it?) I'll be keeping in touch with them to keep up to date on what's happening and will post updates as I get them. Meanwhile, the month's observations have been incorporated into the list here. 73, MIP
27 December 2007 Apologies for the long delay in updates. It's been quite busy the past three months. I've been on a few mountain tops in the interim, and managed to come by some interesting information about a few repeaters along the way. Last month I traded e-mails with the trustee of the WA6VPL repeater on 52.880 MHz up near Lompoc. Jim has had some access problems with his new site, and has also had other issues keeping him away from working with the system as much as he'd like to. But he assures us that "We're down, but not out! I'm sure we'll be back on Sudden [Peak] someday soon and working better than before." I will of course monitor this situation for changes and update the list as soon as they happen. I've also heard about the Tranquillon repeater on 52.940 MHz in the same general area of soCal. It seems that Eric WB6FLY has had some troubles with the controller for his repeater. The latest information I had, also about a month old, was that the repeater was still off the air. I wasn't able to raise it from Santiago Peak last week. While at Santiago Peak I did reacquaint myself with a couple of systems which I hadn't myself heard in a while. One was W6NWG repeater on 52.680 MHz on Palomar Mountain. Another was the 51.840 MHz KA6GBJ Pinyon Pines repeater. I am normally not able to access these repeaters from Yorba Linda or metro Orange County. Another catch, more elusive, was the N6CRF repeater on 52.820 MHz. As this repeater is located at Santiago Peak, I should be able to hear it everywhere, but I hadn't heard from this repeater in many months. I suspect there may be a transmitter issue at work, as very soon after leaving Santiago Peak I was no longer able to hear the repeater signal. I will attempt to get in touch with the trustee to see what's up. Finally, I traded e-mails with the trustee of the 52.580 MHz repeater, which used to be up on Silver Peak east of Bishop. W6IY tells me that the repeater was removed a while back due to insurmountable noise issues at the site, and is stored fully serviceable in his garage. He is mildly entertaining the idea of redeploying the repeater at another site, but has made no decisions. I know that Silver Peak is not in the SCRRBA coordination area, but even so W6IY/R was a system I used with regularity as I am a repeating visitor to that area on a regular basis. So expect me to publish information about it here, even though it doesn't appear in the list. More info as news comes to me. I hope 2008 is for each of you everything you hope and dream it can be. Happy New Year! |
Output |
Input |
Call |
Tone |
Location |
Status |
Notes |
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51.740 |
51.240 |
103.5 |
Fullerton Hills |
Open |
B |
|
51.760 |
51.260 |
WA6BFH |
Sky Forest |
Open |
C |
|
51.780 |
51.280 |
K6PYP |
82.5 |
Brentwood / Westwood |
Open |
|
51.780 |
51.280 |
W6AJP |
167.9 |
Heaps Peak |
Open |
D |
51.820 |
51.320 |
127.3 |
Santa Ynez Peak |
Open |
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51.840 |
51.340 |
KA6GBJ |
107.2 |
Pinyon Pines |
Open |
|
51.840 |
51.340 |
WB6ZCO |
82.5 |
Camarillo Hills |
Open |
E |
51.860 |
51.360 |
82.5 |
Santa Clarita Valley, Valencia |
Open |
||
51.880 |
51.380 |
W6LMU |
Loyola Marymount University, Westchester |
Open |
F |
|
51.900 |
51.400 |
82.5 |
Plains Knoll |
TBD |
R |
|
51.940 |
51.440 |
WB6RHQ |
82.5 |
Buzzard's Roost (Santa Monica Mountains) |
Open |
G, H |
51.960 |
51.460 |
82.5 |
Blue Ridge |
Open |
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51.980 |
51.480 |
82.5 |
Oat Mountain |
Open |
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51.980 |
51.480 |
100.0 |
Mount Disappointment |
Open |
||
52.500 |
52.000 |
W6ZOI |
107.2 |
Mount Wilson |
Open |
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52.525 |
52.525 |
National FM Simplex Frequency |
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52.560 |
52.060 |
N6BKL |
82.5 |
Frazier Mountain |
Open |
H |
52.580 |
52.080 |
WA6QIW |
103.5 |
East Los Angeles |
Open |
|
52.600 |
52.100 |
K6JCC |
107.2 |
Cuyamaca Peak |
Open |
I |
52.620 |
52.120 |
103.5 |
Loma Ridge, Orange County RACES |
Open |
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52.640 |
52.140 |
KB6CJZ |
Huntington Beach |
Open |
||
52.660 |
52.160 |
WB6TTS |
82.5 |
Palmdale |
Open |
|
52.660 |
52.160 |
KD6GNB |
107.2 |
San Diego EOC |
Open |
J |
52.680 |
52.180 |
N6BCE |
82.5 |
Barstow |
Open |
H |
52.680 |
52.180 |
107.2 |
Palomar Mountain |
Open |
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52.700 |
52.200 |
National Test Pair Channel |
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52.700 |
52.200 |
K6ARN |
82.5 |
Santiago Peak |
Open |
|
52.720 |
52.220 |
KF6HKM |
82.5 |
Contractor's Point |
Open |
|
52.760 |
52.260 |
KC6N |
Mount Otay |
Closed |
||
52.780 |
52.280 |
KD6GNB |
107.2 |
Kearney Mesa, San Diego |
Open |
K |
52.800 |
52.300 |
82.5 |
Sasquatch Peak, Santa Ana Mountains |
Open |
L |
|
52.800 |
52.300 |
WD6APP |
107.2 |
San Diego |
Open |
|
52.820 |
52.320 |
N6CRF |
Santiago Peak |
Closed |
||
52.840 |
52.340 |
WA6DVG |
94.8 |
Mount Wilson |
Open |
|
52.860 |
52.360 |
KD6JTD |
Contractor's Point |
Open |
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52.880 |
52.380 |
WA6VPL |
82.5 |
Sudden Peak, Lompoc |
Open |
|
52.900 |
52.400 |
82.5 |
Yorba Linda |
Open |
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52.920 |
52.420 |
K6BVA |
82.5 |
Santa Barbara |
Open |
|
52.940 |
52.440 |
82.5 |
Tranquillon Peak, Lompoc |
Open |
H |
|
52.960 |
52.460 |
82.5 |
Baldwin Hills |
Open |
Q |
|
52.980 |
52.480 |
82.5 |
Red Mountain, Ventura |
Open |
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52.980 |
52.480 |
103.5 |
Mount R, Running Springs |
Open |
||
53.540 |
53.040 |
KC6FLG |
82.5 |
Mount Wilson |
Open |
M |
53.560 |
53.060 |
KD6AEA |
107.2 |
North Mesa, San Diego |
Open |
|
53.580 |
53.080 |
N6LXX |
107.2 |
Blue Ridge |
Open |
N |
53.580 |
53.080 |
N6LXX |
103.5 |
San Miguel Mountain |
Open |
N |
53.620 |
53.120 |
N6LXX |
107.2 |
Mount Harvard |
Open |
N, O |
53.640 |
53.140 |
WA6TFD |
100.0 |
Los Angeles |
Open |
P |
53.660 |
53.160 |
KR6FM |
107.2 |
San Miguel Mountain |
Open |
|
53.680 |
53.180 |
114.8 |
Flint Peak |
Open |
P |
|
53.760 |
53.260 |
K6LRB |
82.5 |
Oat Mountain |
Open |
Notes:
A) Reported in various issues of the ARRL Repeater Directory and/or Karl Pagel's Repeater Guide. While most of these have been on the air at some time or other, I have not been able to confirm the existence of any of them for several years now. Most recently they were reported in the 2005/2006 ARRL repeater directory.
B) N6ME six meter repeater fully operational 20 June 2002, but receiver seemed down 18 July 2002, and has been that way since then. Two meter traffic is repeated to six meter transmitter. In August 2006 observed that only the controller of the system is keying the transmitter to ID, no inputs are repeated to the six meter transmitter. Have not been able to see the transmitter operate since then.
C) Heard clearly identifying in voice from Box Springs repeater site 14 January 2008. Unable to hear at all from the Yorba Linda repeater site.
D) KC6ZTB UHF repeater is located in Moreno Valley, probably linked elsewhere in addition to the W6AJP six meter repeater. I have been told I was being heard on a two-meter repeater near Christmas Tree Pass, west of Laughlin.
E) Site reported down for service and construction of UHF repeater link by trustee 15 May 2000. While I have maintains sporadic contact with the trustee since then, no indication has been given regarding returning this system to service.
F) System under construction per trustee February 2003.
G) This is the host system for the SCSMC Thursday evening nets at 1930.
H) CARS links the following systems together:
- 51.940 WB6RHQ Buzzard Peak
- 52.560 N6BKL Frazier Peak
- 52.680 N6BCE Barstow
- 52.940 K6FCF Tranquillon Peak
I) Multiple input site with multiple CTCSS tones as follows:
- Palomar Mountain input CTCSS 103.5 Hz.
- Cuyamaca Peak input CTCSS 107.2 Hz.
- Lyons Peak input CTCSS 114.8 Hz.
NOTE: Heard the system clearly using the Cuyamaca input (107.2 Hz CTCSS) 16 August 2006.
J) Per information from the trustee dated 22 March 2007, this machine is relocating to eastern San Diego County and is currently off the air.
K) Reported by trustee as low elevation testing pending eventual deployment to a high site.
L) While the six meter repeater is open, the UHF repeater is closed. SARS There is a link to the 224.120 N6CRG repeater in the Whittier Hills which is not always active.
M) Location reported by trustee April 2007.
N) All repeaters in the N6LXX system are normally linked full time. The system is linked to the 53.010 MHz WB6TNP repeater (using a -1 MHz offset, carrier squelch) on Low Potosi in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as the N6LXX repeater in Rosston, Texas on 53.13 out, 52.13 in. There are also several 900 MHz repeaters (-25 MHz offset) in the greater southern California area linked into the system, among them:
- Low Potosi (Las Vegas, Nevada) 927.5625 MHz (CTCSS 123.0)
- Mount Harvard 927.5625 MHz (CTCSS 123.0)
- Oat Mountain 927.5875 MHz (CTCSS 131.8)
- San Diego 927.5750 MHz (CTCSS 151.4)
Additionally, the system is linked to the 224.920 WB6FYR repeater (CTCSS 94.8 Hz) on Flint Peak, and the 224.220 WB6RYR repeater (CTCSS 94.8 Hz) in Tehachipi.
The system is linked to an open ten meter repeater on 29.66 MHz (-100 kHz offset, CTCSS 107.2 Hz), also located on Mount Harvard.
O) Multiple receivers throughout southern California voted to this transmitter.
P) Reported as "applications pending" during contacts with SCRRBA February 1998.
Q) Heard weakly from Saddle Peak above Malibu 24 April 2007 and 5 July 2007. Can not hear from the ridge above Yorba Linda, or from Pleasant Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains, or from the north Orange County area.
R) Open repeater is at low level in the Oxnard area and is affiliated with the GRONK network.
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