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2009 Utah VHF Society Swapmeet announced: Mark your calendars: Saturday, February 28, 2009 is the day of the 2009 Utah VHF Society Swapmeet. This annual event is one of the largest ham-radio events in the state where you can lay eyes on those with whom you've been talking on the radio as well as buy/sell your junque! While the date has been set, details on the location of the swapmeet are yet to be announced, so stay tuned! Navajo Mtn. Repeater now linked to the intertie On September 12, 2008, John Lloyd (K7JL), Don Blanchard (WA7GTU) and several other volunteers connected the 146.96(-) repeater to the Intertie. In addition to this, several other problems were also corrected, such as low power (about 2 watts) from the final amplifier and some minor antenna problems. After visiting this site, they also visited Blowhard Peak (site of several repeaters - including the 146.80) and performed various maintenance tasks there. This repeater once again has excellent coverage of the area around Lake Powell and large swaths of the center of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Additional information - such as pictures - will be added soon. On the evening of August 12, 2008, John Lloyd (K7JL) and Larry Mahoney (KB7YAF) made a trip to Scott's Hill. There, they replaced (and reprogrammed) the repeater controller as well as relacing a failed power supply. Additional battery backup power was installed onsite as well. This repeater (145.27-, 100.0 Hz tone) is currently working normally, connected to the Intertie. As of August 19, the 147.02(+) Intertie repeater at Bear Lake is online, thanks to efforts by John, K7JL and Eldon, K7OGM. While onsite, several repairs were made, including the replacement of the repeater's 2-meter power amplifier Levan Peak
repeater online
This repeater is part of the Intermountain
Intertie - a system of linked repeaters that cover parts of Utah,
Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona. Many of the repeaters in the
Intertie are supported, at least in part, by the Utah VHF Society.
The Levan Peak repeater is on 145.27 with a negative offset and a subaudible tone of 103.5 Hz. The primary coverage area of this repeater is along the Interstate 15 corridor from Santaquin to south of Fillmore. It covers large portions Juab and Sanpete counties plus portions of Utah, Tooele, and Millard counties. Please note that this repeater shares the same frequency as two other Intertie repeaters, namely the Scotts Hill and Mount Harrison repeaters, so please refrain from using any of these three repeaters outside their primary intended coverage area. Intermountain Intertie work projects
John Lloyd, K7JL, has published a list of projects currently underway pertaining to the upgrading and maintenance of the Intermountain Intertie. If you are curious as to what is planned - and if you wish to find out what you can do to help, read about it here. |
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The Utah VHF Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 to promote and coordinate the installation and use of VHF/UHF amateur repeaters throughout Utah. The society also provides financial support for aligned repeaters and serves as the recognized Frequency Coordination entity for the state of Utah. The society, however, does not offer financial support for autopatches, as that is considered to be the responsibility of the autopatch users. With your dues, please mention your callsign (if you are licensed) and whether or not you would like to be placed on the roster for the VHF Society's weekly swap net, held on the 147.12(+) repeater (100.0 Hz tone) and carried on the Intermountain Intertie. Dues are $12
per year.
Membership runs for the
calendar year,
so all members (except those who have paid for multiple years) will be
current through December 31 of the same year.
Dues may be sent to: Utah VHF SocietyP.O. Box 482 Bountiful, UT 84011-0482 |
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Thanks to all our members!!!! As your
president I would
like to take a moment to express my
appreciation to all those who are members of the Society. We have
experienced many issues this year that have required us to spend a
great deal of funds to assist with a number of repeater site repairs,
upgrades, and to build new sites. Without your support none of
this
would have been possible, thanks for your dues and continued
membership. In addition we appreciate your membership as we have
grown
to the point now where we have become the largest Amateur Radio
Organization in the State of Utah. Thanks again and please
continue to
invite and encourage your fellow hams to become part of the Utah VHF
Society.
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"Paper repeater" recycling still in
progress:
As you probably know, the bands are
becoming increasingly crowded while
the demand for frequencies for repeaters is also increasing. It
is for this reason that more strict observance of various aspect of repeater coordination
will occur, such as:
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