YARS co-sponsors an open 70cm repeater that covers most of Yolo County and surrounding areas.
Callsign: KC6UDS
Frequency: output 440.475, input 445.475
CTCSS: 192.8
Transmitter Location:
Yolo County Communications Emergency Services Agency (YCCESA), Woodland.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to alleged interference to the Beale AFB PAVE PAWS radar, this repeater, along with many other Sacramento Valley UHF repeaters, has been asked to reduce power output to a level that makes functioning as a useful repeater nearly impossible.
Therefore, the repeater went off the air on August 30, 2007. This shutdown is necessary to prevent interference to the PAVE PAWS radar. At this time, it is unknown if this shutdown will be permanent or not. The technical challenges to meeting the non-interference requirements while operating a useful repeater are very high. We are exploring various options to reconfigure or replace the repeater (potentially with a repeater operating in another band).
Read more about the PAVE PAWS interference issue at the ARRL Website.
The repeater radio is a converted Motorola Micor base station controlled by a LinkComm RLC-1 repeater controller. The duplexer is a Cellwave 6 cavity mobile unit.
The antenna is a Diamond X-200 at approximately the 130 foot level of YCCESA's Woodland tower. The antenna is fed via 7/8" & 1/2" hardline. The antenna is located on the east side of the antenna tower.
Due to the shut down, the weekly YARS net has moved to another repeater.
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