The 146.98 / 9600 bps Packet Repeater

First 9600 bps Repeater in the Pacific Northwest!

Photos:

Left: View mountaintop from a distance.
Center: Site where our equipment is located.
Right: Our antenna is the one that appears to stick out of the top of the small microwave dish at the center.
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The 146.98 repeater is located on Baldy Mountain, east of Enumclaw, Washington. The heavy-duty home-brew J-Pole antenna is at an approximate elevation of 4000' (1200m) above sea level. ERP is 30 Watts. Generator and battery emergency power is provided.

The repeater was built in the summer of 1992, and installed in the fall of 1992
The repeater consists of:

GE Mastr II mobile radio, modified for repeater operation
TAPR 9600 bps modem and a minimally populated TNC-2
6-cavity duplexer, bandpass filter, isolator, feedline, and antenna, as in the photo above.

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Thanks to Scott Cronk, N7FSP for the photos.