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The 147.300 repeater is locate at Sacrifice Cliffs or RF Hill in Billings. The
repeater consists of a Micor radio, RLC-4 link controller, 6 can duplexer and a 4 pole
antenna at 150 feet. This repeater is linked to the Red Lodge repeater on 147.360
and then on to Little Wolf repeater on 147.240 near Colstrip, MT.
Going North from this site the repeater is linked to the Bull Mountain repeater
on 145.410. All repeaters use a 100hz PL.
This site is also the home of the remote base repeater on 449.250 and the local packet
nodes and backbone.
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Here's Bob (Jumpers) WB6EHV working on some of the packet
gear at the site. |
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At the top of this tower is a 4 pole dipole array for the 2
meter repeater. If you look close you can see several single dipoles
that are used for packet and a cross band repeater. Also you can see
several UHF yagi's that are used for linking to the different sites.
The 20gHz dish is used for a local TV microwave link. |
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his is the small 10 X 10 building that houses all the
equipment. |
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The 150 foot tower and building. |
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On the left is the Micor and Mitrex radios used for the
repeater and the UHF links. The controllers are in the middle and on
the right side is 449.250 remote base repeater and UHF 9600 baud packet
backbone. |
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Here is the 6 can homemade duplexer. Under the bench
you can see the power supply for the repeater and links. |
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