The Utah VHF Society
Repeater Photo Gallery
This page contains pictures taken at various
repeater
sites, in no particular order.
Some of these pictures are full-sized, so loading times may be
somewhat long if you have a really slow connection.
Utah Repeaters
Scott's Hill
Site of the 145.27- repeater, north of Brighton
For more info about this repeater, go here.
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The picture on the left shows a
view of the top
of the tower on Scott's Hill. The two white fiberglass antennas
on
top are for the 2 meter and 70 cm antennas. This picture on the
right
shows a view of the Scott's Hill complex. The site with the '27
repeater
is on the right, the UARC site is on the left, and a USFS site is in
the
background - just to the right of the UARC site.
Click on either image for a larger version.
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This is a view of the rack
containing the 145.27
and 449.525 MHz repeaters as well as the Intertie linking gear.
Click on the image for a larger version.
Farnsworth Peak
Site of the 147.12+ repeater, south and west
of of Salt
Lake City
For more info about this repeater, go here.
Top left: Racks containing
the 147.12 repeater and link radios. Top center:
Another tower containing some of the link antennas. Top right:
A nighttime view of the tower complex at the KSL Farnsworth site.
Bottom left: John, K7JL, working on one of the repeaters.
Bottom center: A nighttime view to the west from the repeater
site (traffic on I-80 may be seen.) Bottom right: A
nighttime view of the Salt Lake valley as seen from the repeater site.
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Levan Peak
Site of the 145.27- repeater, near Levan, Utah
For more info about this repeater, go here.
Top left: John, installing a
run of coax from one of the link antennas. Top center:
Clint, KA7OEI, having just completed installation of a run of a cable
run to one of the link antennas. Top right: John,
installing one of the coax hangers for the cable run.
Bottom left: John, installing a connector on one of the
coax runs while talking to Don, WA7GTU. Bottom center:
John, preparing to do a performance check on the radios. Bottom
right: A sunset-time view of the tower with its many antennas.
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Laketown (Bear Lake)
Site of the 147.02+ repeater, just south of
Bear
Lake
For more info about this repeater, go here.
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The picture on the left shows
Eldon (KB7OGM) next
to the building with the '02 repeater and the picture on the right
shows
a more complete view of the site itself.
Click on either image for a larger version.
Idaho Repeaters
Jumpoff Peak
Site of the 146.85- repeater, about 60 miles
Northwest
of Idaho Falls.
For more info about this repeater, go here.
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These two pictures show Ken
(W7NPO,) Dwight (K6LOV)
and Bliss (WB7RUG) at the Jumpoff Peak 70cm link antenna mast.
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Sawtelle Peak
Site of the 145.23- repeater, near West
Yellowstone.
For more info about this repeater, go here.
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Dwight (K6LOV) peering cautiously
into the repeater's
controller
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This is what Dwight was looking
at...
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A front view of the repeater's
rack showing the
power supply, the radio, and duplexer.
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An outside view of the Sawtelle
peak facility.
The repeater is in the dark building in the center of the
picture.
The tall antenna in the middle is the repeater's antenna.
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Winter-ish views from Sawtelle: The left picture
shows
the repeater building during some antenna work. Dwight (K6LOV) is
on the ground and Bliss (WB7RUG) is on the pole. The picture on
the
right shows a view from Sawtelle, in the direction of the Cardwell
(Montana)
link.
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On the left Bliss (WB7RUG)
installing a UHF link
antenna. The picture on the right shows the finished installation.
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Mount Harrison
Site of the 145.27- repeater, about 16 miles
Southwest
of Burley, Idaho.
For more info about this repeater, go here.
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The picture on the left shows
another view of
the Mount Harrison site. The picture on the right shows a view of
the tower - including a VHF yagi originally used - later replaced with
a shorter fiberglass antenna.
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A closer view of the tower on
Harrison showing
some of the UHF link antennas
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The Malad "Remote" site
Site of the 146.43 (simplex) remote, near
Malad,
Idaho.
For more info about this site, go here.
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The picture on the left shows John, K7JL, working on the
antenna
system at the Malad site. The picture on the right shows the
equipment
for the Malad link in the new building.
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The picture on the left shows the
new building
(on the left) and the old building (on the right) while right picture
shows
Don (WA7GTU) and John (K7JL) standing in front of the old building at
the
Malad site.
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War Eagle Mountain
Site of the 145.23 (-) repeater near Silver
City.
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The picture on the left shows the view into Silver City
from War Eagle mountain, while the picture on the right shows a view
toward the southeast, toward Mt. Harrison.
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The tower at War Eagle mountain.
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For more info about this site, go here.
Other pages of
possible
interest:
More pictures and info will be added - check this page again in
the
future!
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This page was last updated on 20080225
