For notes concerning the format and content of this page, see below.

• UVHFS:  11/07.  Work has been completed at Farnsworth Peak and the link to Levan Peak is now operational.
  
• UVHFS:  10/07.  The replacement of the tower at Frisco Peak has been completed with the old antennas transferred and the old tower has been removed.  Repairs were also completed on the link radios and the 146.94 repeater.
  
• UVHFS:  10/07.  Work on the Levan Peak repeater and link has been completed and is operational.
  
• UVHFS:  10/07.  The Dixie ARC's aligned repeater on 146.82 is being replaced with one on 145.49 and $500 was approved for their purchase of a new antenna for this repeater.
  
• UVHFS:  10/07.  In response to an emergency request, the Utah VHF Society has made available $980.00 to the Sinbad Desert Amateur Radio Club (SDARC) for emergency replacement of radio gear that had been destroyed by lightning.  The SDARC, although not large in numbers, maintains a linked repeater system that covers most of southeastern Utah.  Even though the SDARC is not currently a UVHFS-aligned organization, this request was granted due to the importance of this system to the amateur population in general.
• UVHFS:  9/07.  A power transient damaged the controller at the Hidden Peak (a.k.a. Snowbird.)  The controller was taken down to the valley and repaired, but awaiting full testing and enough time time to visit the site.  Because this radio site is accessible year-round, priority has been placed on completing work at those other pending sites that do not have winter access.
  
• UVHFS:  2/24/07.  At the annual Utah VHF Society Swapmeet and business meeting.   Several items of business were conducted during this meeting.  By acclamation, the previous years' officers were re-elected.  These officers are:  President, Mel Parkes, NM7P;  Vice President, Don Blanchard, WA7GTU;  Secretary, John Mabey, W7CWK;  Treasurer, Danny Fullerton, KC7RUF;  and Frequency Coordinator, John Lloyd, K7JL.

Additional items voted on by the membership were:

• Unanimous vote approving the revised Utah VHF Society Bylaws.
• Appropriation of monies for other projects.
  

• UVHFS:  2/25/06.  At the annual Utah VHF Society Swapmeet and business meeting.   Several items of business were conducted during this meeting.  By acclamation, the previous years' officers were re-elected, with no other candidates having been proposed for office.  These officers are:  President, Mel Parkes, NM7P;  Vice President, Don Blanchard, WA7GTU;  Secretary, John Mabey, W7CWK;  Treasurer, Danny Fullerton, KC7RUF;  and Frequency Coordinator, John Lloyd, K7JL.

Additional items voted on by the membership were:

• Unanimous vote to provide a sum of $1000 to the Ogden Amateur Radio Club for upgrades to their club repeaters.
  
• Unanimous vote to provide purchase a new set of duplexers for the 146.80 MHz Blowhard Peak VHF Repeater.  No fixed dollar amount was set, but this is expected to be under $2000.
  
• Unanimous vote to provide "seed" money for a planned 2006 WIMU Hamfest in the amount of $250.
• Unanimous vote to more rigidly enforce frequency coordination rules to reduce the number of "paper" repeaters.
  

It was also announced to the membership present that it had been proposed to replace the Utah VHF Society Bylaws with updated instruments - See the next item, below.

• UVHFS:  2/06.  Mel Parkes, the Utah VHF Society president, has proposed a significant revision of the documents that govern the Utah VHF Society in order to both clarify and modernize them.  A proposed draft may be see online at the following link:  Proposed Utah VHF Society Constitution.  This document will appear at this link for the next several months, revised as necessary according to suggestions and need, and will be voted upon by a quorum of members over the next several months.  If you wish to suggest changes to this document, please send an email to the Utah VHF Society President or another Utah VHF Society officer.
  
• UVHFS:  1/06.  The Utah VHF Society Website now has a new URL:  utahvhfs.org.  The old URL will continue to work for the foreseeable future, but I'm sure that you agree that the new one is much easier to remember.
  
• UVHFS:  11/05.  With the help of Gordon, K7HFV, the repeater listing database is once again automatically updated and a "raw" data file is available once again.  One of the more useful new features is a "detail" page for each repeater that displays information that simply would not fit in a simple listing, such as:
• The latitude/longitude of the repeater itself.
• The site elevation.
  
• Various details of the repeater operation, such as autopatch, weather, open/closed, internet linking, wide area coverage, etc.
• The name of the sponsoring organization of the repeater, rather than just an acronym.
• Expanded details related to the footnotes in the database.
• A description of the approximate coverage area of the repeater.
• A link to a web site with more information about the repeater.

For many repeaters, not all of this information is available so if you can supply missing or updated information about a particular repeater, or if you have comments about how the information is presented on these pages, please contact the frequency coordinator with that information.  Please note that work on these pages continues, so the format and layout may change slightly over time.

• UVHFS:  10/05.  The script that is used to automatically update the repeater listings is once again in operation.  This script takes the frequency coordinator's database and formats it into web page format as well as producing a "raw" data file for use by others.  Additional enhancements will follow in the coming months...
• WA7GTU:  9/05.  Don, WA7GTU, has completed repairs and replacement of equipment and antennas on Frisco Peak and the Intertie's UHF link between southern and northern Utah is once again in operation.
• K7HEN:  5/05.  Mack, K7HEN is in the process of relocating the 147.24(+) Tabby Mountain repeater.  This relocation has been necessitated by the recent requirement of a $3000 fee (having to do with School Trust lands) that cannot be borne by the volunteers that support this system.  The new site will be on Cedar Mountain (near Fruitland) and will offer coverage very similar to that of the Tabby Mountain repeater and it will also be linked to a site near Lewis Peak and to Butterfield Peak.  This reconfiguration of the system is expected to occur sometime over the summer.
• WA7GTU:  5/05.  Don, WA7GTU reports that as of 5/19/05 the "Cedar City" 146.94(-) repeater (actually, it's closer to Milford) is down due to equipment failure - possibly a 2 meter receiver.  For safety, the transmitter and the other links have been turned off until repairs can be made.  This failure effectively severs the link between the Wasatch Front and points southward, into St. George and Las Vegas.
• UVHFS:  3/05.  John, K7JL, reports the failure of a link transmitter that ties the Intermountain Intertie's main hub repeater on Snowbird Peak (147.18+) to the 147.12(+) repeater on Farnsworth Peak.  The failed transmitter, on Snowbird Peak, will be replaced as soon as time and weather permits.
• UVHFS:  2/05.  The body of the Utah VHF Society Membership voted, at the annual meeting held in conjunction with the swapmeet, to align the following repeaters with the Utah VHF society:
• 146.70, Ensign Peak.  This repeater covers the Salt Lake valley and Davis counties and is operated by Salt Lake County ARES.
• 449.90.  This repeater, located in the foothills of the Oquirrs, shares the site with the already-coordinated 146.88 repeater operated by Salt Lake County ARES.
• Two other repeaters, one of them in the Cache valley area, were considered for alignment, but this was shelved pending further developments on the parts of the repeater operators.
• K7DSN:  9/04.  A repeater on 447.400 has gone into operation from Teat Peak.
• UVHFS:  4/04.  A repeater on the under-utilized 222 MHz band is scheduled to be installed at Mt. Harrison north of the Utah-Idaho border.  This repeater will have wide coverage extending into large portions of Box Elder, Weber, and northern Davis counties.
• UVHFS:  4/04.  There are increasing numbers of "incidents" involving "simplex" IRLP/Echolink nodes and/or crossband repeaters.  There have been several recent occasions where one of these types of systems will suddenly appear on the air with no apparent means of control.  On several occasions, these have disrupted repeater operations and/or simplex operations on the frequency.  Please remember that such unattended operations with no means of control are illegal - and, at the very least, represent poor operating practices.  Several of these systems have had no apparent ID - a fact that makes it more difficult to contact the responsible party.  Reports of such systems are routinely forwarded to our local Official Observers.
• UARC:  4/04.  Work continues on interfacing the 146.76 UARC repeater (on Lake Mountain, west of Orem) to IRLP.  See the UARC IRLP page for more info.
• KB7OGM:  4/04.  Eldon reports continued progress on installing a new "intertie-linked" repeater near Montpelier Idaho near the north end of Bear Lake.  This repeater will be on 147.12+ and fill in the gaps in coverage at the northern end of the lake.
• UVHFS:  4/04.  There is increasing pressure on our 2 meter simplex frequencies.  Please remember that these frequencies are a resource shared amongst all parties.  Please refer to the Simplex Frequency Assignments page for more info on who is on which frequency and when.
• UVHFS:  4/04.  Work is resuming on the 145.27 repeater to be installed at Levan Peak.  This repeater will be part of the Intermountain Intertie and will provide an additional link to the intertie's repeaters in the southern part of the state.
• K7QEQ: 3/04.  Royce, trustee of the Moab 146.76 repeater, requests "de-alignment" from the Utah VHF Society as he has made no requests for UVHFS support for well over a decade.  Because this requires a vote by a quorum of members, it is likely that this will not officially happen until the next vote at a UVHFS Swapmeet.
• UVHFS:  2/04.  At the swapmeet, it was voted that two of the packet repeater frequencies, 145.190 and 145.170, be made available for voice repeater operation.
• KJ7YE:  1/04.  Robert reports that he has put the 223.880 repeater on the air from Eden.
• K7OJU:  11/03.  Dave reports that the trustee of the 448.000 and 1285.000 MHz repeaters, W2IO, has moved from the Salt Lake area and that he has assumed responsibility of these repeaters.
• IHC Radio Club:  11/03.  The Intermountain Health Care Radio Club (W7IHC) purchased the 448.550 repeater and has installed it at their station in West Valley.  This repeater was re-coordinated as necessary.
• WA7GTU:  Don Blanchard reports that as of 9/03, the 146.34-94 repeater on Frisco Peak is not using a subaudible tone decoder.  This means that, for the moment, a tone is not required to access this repeater.  The tone decoders were damaged by lightning and the feature was disabled.  It is expected that tones will be required in the future, once the decoders are replaced/repaired.
• WA7GTU:  The following is an update from Don Blanchard, WA7GTU:   "Because of interference from other sources at Frisco Peak, the 100 Hz PL on 146.34-94 has been activated, at least for the present time.  In the event that you do not have PL it is still possible to use the repeater and link system.  Sending the command *870 will turn the PL requirement off and *879 will turn the PL requirement back on.  Keep in mind that you will not get a squelch tail until it is functioned off.  Please turn the PL back on when you are finished.  When the control codes are properly decoded you will get a command complete beep.  There may be a timer function in the software (not verified) that will turn the PL back on automatically after a period of time."  (12/20/02)
• WA7GTU:  On 12/13/02 Don Blanchard, WA7GTU, made a trip to Frisco Peak to work on that site's connection to the Intermountain Intertie, among other things.  Various adjustments were made which allowed the North/South link that connects Northern and Southern Utah to be put back online.  Please note that this link is still experiencing occasional fades, but is generally working well.  Further improvements are planned as time/weather permits.  (12/02)
• UVHFS:  Beginning January 2003, the weekly Utah VHF Society Swap and Traffic Net will be held on the 147.12+ repeater.  The '12 repeater has better coverage of the northern part of the Wasatch Front  than the 146.94 repeater and it is linked to the Intermountain Intertie.  This increased coverage will allow a greater number of people to participate in the net.  (12/02)
• UVHFS:   The annual UVHFS swap meet is to be held on Saturday, February 22, 2003 in the Zion building at the Utah State Fairpark.  Doors open at 8:00 A.M.  (12/02)
• OARC:  As of 9/2002, two repeaters of the Ogden Amateur Radio Club (OARC) have returned to the air:  146.82, Mount Ogden and 146.90, Little Mtn.
• UVHFS:  The 145.35- repeater was voted by the membership to be aligned with the Utah VHF Society.  This repeater has been on air testing intermittently.  This repeater will be installed at one of three locations: 1)  Summit Park area along I-80 near Park City.  2)  Point of the Mountain between Lehi and Draper.  3)  In the foothills of the Oquirrh mountains along highway 111 in the vicinity of 5400 South. (Date of action:  2/24/2001, at the 2001 UVHFS swap meet.) As of 12/2002, this repeater has not been installed in a permanent location.
• UVHFS:  As of 6/2002, permission was obtained by the UVHFS to place a repeater on Levan Peak.  This repeater will be part of the Intermountain Intertie and operate on 145.27, a frequency shared by two other repeaters in the same system.  The two other repeaters are on Scott's Hill - near Guardsman Pass near the town of Brighton, and Mount Harrison in southern Idaho.  Analysis shows that there should be minimal overlap amongst these sites in populated areas, with any overlap being at least partially mitigated by the fact that they will all generally carry the same audio source.  This repeater will provide additional coverage in the center of the state, including Sanpete Valley to the east, and to the west of Delta.  (Date of action:  8/2002, by the UVHFS officers.)
• UVHFS:  The 146.80- repeater was voted by the membership to be aligned with the Utah VHF Society.  This repeater is located atop Blowhard Peak in southern Utah.  This repeater provides coverage into Panguitch, Kanab, and other communities.  This repeater is normally connected to the Intermountain Intertie.  (Date of action:  2/24/2001, at the 2001 UVHFS swap meet.)
• UVHFS:  The 147.22+ repeater was voted by the membership to be de-aligned with the Utah VHF Society.  This repeater was formerly located at the point of the mountain (one of the suggested sites of the 145.35 repeater above.)  Recent gravel mining required that the original site be relocated and the owner of this repeater (WA7YZR) chose not to locate his repeater at the new site and moved it to his personal residence.  The membership decided that this repeater no longer meets the requirements for UVHFS alignment. (Date of action:  2/24/2001, at the 2001 UVHFS swap meet.)

The intent of this page is to keep the UVHFS membership, and the Amateur Radio community in general, apprised of various changes.  Changes within the purview of this document include, but are not limited to:

• Recent repeater coordinations and requests for coordination
• Proposed changes in Coordination policy
• Proposed changes in UVHFS policy and/or bylaws
• New or updates concerning UVHFS-owned and/or aligned repeaters
• Noteworthy news concerning any repeater/system in Utah and the surrounding states
• Other Amateur Radio-related items, as deemed appropriate

If you have an item that you feel should be added, please direct it to the email address below.

The organization of this page:  This pages is organized as a register - that is, the most recent items are at the top, proceeding backwards chronologically as one goes down the page.  Older items are not generally edited or except to correct gross typographical or factual errors:  Updates are added as new items at the top and old items will be deleted as deemed necessary to maintain a manageable page size.  The source of the item is noted at the beginning of the entry in bold type.  The date of this item is noted in parentheses at the end of the item.

A complete list of all known Utah repeaters is online here.

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