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Written by Kevin Hester
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It may be that repeaters can be a valuable resource for folks trying to do retrieves in cell free places. To do this you need to know how to find and use them.
How to find repeaters The following site shows repeater locations on a google map: http://k5ehx.net/repeaters/qrepeater.php
For Potato, I've verified that at least the first repeater below has good coverage - from launch, to stonyford to the highway:
147.105+ 100PL, Elk
147.045+ 156.7PL, Maxwell
How to use repeaters Most modern Yaesu & Icom handhelds make this pretty easy. You first need to dial in the frequency (147.105 in my example). You can ignore the + or - sign after the listing, your radio will probably take care of it.
That strange "100PL" notation may seem strange to some of ya'll. This means you want to dial in 100Hz as the 'tone squelch' setting for that frequency - you'll need to figure this out for your radio by playing with it at home with the manual. You'll also need to turn tone squech on for both transmission and reception. On my radio it says "TSQL BOTH".
Because of all this setting futzing, I recommend programming this at home while the manual is out the first time. Probably good to save the channel in the radio's memory.
If you'd like to test at home, the Stanford repeater is 145.230- PL100.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 June 2009 )
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