The Utah VHF Society

Repeater Photo Gallery

This page contains pictures taken at various repeater sites, in no particular order.
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Utah Repeaters

Scott's Hill

Site of the 145.27- repeater, north of Brighton
For more info about this repeater, go here.


A view of the tower showing two amateur radio antennas on the top A wider view of the Scott's Hill site
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.
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A view of the rack containing the 2 meter and 70 cm repeaters
This is a view of the rack containing the 145.27 and 449.525 MHz repeaters as well as the Intertie linking gear.
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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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Rack with the 147.12 repeater and link radios
Smaller tower with several of the linking antennas
The KSL site at night
John, K7JL, working on one of the repeaters
Nighttime view to the west from the repeater site
Nighttime view of the Salt Lake valley from the repeater site




Levan Peak

Site of the 145.27- repeater, near Levan, Utah
For more info about this repeater, go here.




Levan Peak

Site of the 145.27- repeater, near Levan, Utah
For more info about this repeater, go here.


John, securing one of the coax lines to the tower.
Clint, KA7OEI, just completing the installation of one of the link antenna's feedlines
John, K7JL, securing one of the coax lines in the hangers
John, K7JL, installing a connector on one of the heliax lines while talking to Don, WA7GTU.
John, K7JL, preparing to do a performance check on the radio gear
At sunset - a view of the tower on which the repeater's antennas are mounted




Monroe Peak

Site of the 146.84- repeater, in Central Utah near Monroe and Richfield.
For more info about this repeater, go here.


Antennas at the Monroe Peak site The equipment rack at the Monroe Peak site
Left:  The antennas at the Monroe Peak site.  The blue vertical is the 2-meter omin for the repeater.  Right:  Some of the radio equipment at the Monroe Peak site with the link radios near the top of the rack and the 2 meter repeater itself just below it.
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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.


Eldon (KB7OGM) standing near the building at the Bear Lake site A view of the Bear Lake TV Translator/Repeater site
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.
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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.


Ken, Dwight and Bliss at the Jumpoff Peak 70cm link antenna mast Another picture showing Ken, Dwight and Bliss at the Jumpoff Peak 70cm link antenna mast
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.


The controller being inspected.
Dwight (K6LOV) peering cautiously into the repeater's controller

 
The repeater's controller drawer.
This is what Dwight was looking at...

 
Front view of the rack containing the repeater and associate equipment.
A front view of the repeater's rack showing the power supply, the radio, and duplexer.

 
An outside view of the building housing the repeater, showing the antenna.
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.

 
Winter-ish view of the Sawtelle facility
A view from Sawtelle toward the Cardwell, MT site, to the north
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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Bliss, WB7RUG installing a UHF link antenna Finished antenna installation of the UHF antenna
On the left Bliss (WB7RUG) installing a UHF link antenna.  The picture on the right shows the finished installation.
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Antenna work party at Sawtelle Peak on September 12, 2017.  Abandoned
feedlines, etc. were removed and antennas repaired/secured.
Antenna work at Sawtell, September 12, 2017 Antenna work at Sawtell, September 12, 2017
Antenna work at Sawtell, September 12, 2017 Antenna work at Sawtell, September 12, 2017
Antenna work at Sawtell, September 12, 2017


Mount Harrison

Site of the 145.27- repeater, about 16 miles Southwest of Burley, Idaho.
For more info about this repeater, go here.


View of the Mt. Harrison site View showing the top of the tower, including a VHF yagi
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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Closer view on the tower showing some of the UHF link antennas
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.


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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Former sites:



War Eagle Mountain

Former site of the 145.23 (-) repeater near Silver City.

This repeater was removed from this site in 2016:  These pictures 

are here for archival/historical purposes/

    

A view into Silver City from War Eagle mountain
A view toward the southeast from War Eagle mountain
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
The tower at War Eagle mountain.
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For more info about this site, go here.



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This page was last updated on 20180705