Ham Radio

The following information was provided by David Book, 12/28/2007:

I haven't used 70 CM up there but my repeater directory says theres a repeater at Gerlach (Maybe at Fox mtn? I've heard it's down....) on 441.7000/ pl 146.2. There's a large Washoe county repeater on Fox Mtn.

I normally use 2 meter repeaters on Virginia Peak (near Nixon) at 146.030/pl 123 or Toulon (near Lovelock) at 147.390/ pl 123 when in the Black Rock. The Virginia Peak repeater gets used by folks in Reno and the Lovelock repeater is linked to the Reno area through another repeater at Ophir, near Virginia City. Look at a shaded relief map and you'll see the problem, the mtn ranges all run north and south so line of sight isn't so good either direction.

Both of these repeaters are spotty but often go in & out over the course of a few miles so keep trying. I can't hit them with a handheld, even with a mag-mount antennna but can with a mobile & a mag mount. I've also been told you can hit a Susanville repeater up there but have never had any luck. You'll see the issues if you look at a CA/NV/Oregon/Idaho map & start drawing circles, there's just not much around there.

Also, note that there's a Fox MOUNTAIN in the Granites NW of Gerlach and a Fox RANGE to the SW of Gerlach...

Otherwise, it's upgrade to the General, easier since they dropped the code requirement.

David, KD7YIM