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    how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    there are books out there to help you find repeter locations, but i find this to be the easiest so far. its still a bit of a pain, but this is a google overlay to show you pushpins for the general loction of most of the repeters out there. the pain is not all of them are listed and not all of them listed are active. If anyone has an easier method please share.
    http://k5ehx.net/repeaters.kml

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    This is my go-to repeater list: http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/. The initial screen gives instructions on how to use it, but it's pretty simple. Click on a state in the map at top and an interactive google map with some, but not all, of the repeaters pops up. Below that is a list with all the repeaters. I find it easiest to leave the list ordered alphabetically by city and copy/paste what I want into an Excel sheet (I use Open Office Calc because it's free - highlight, copy, "Insert Sheet").

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    I found a few places online that have been really helpful. I have 2 books I've made. One is 8 1/2" X 11" and about 20 pages. The second is the same thing and about the size of a quarter sheet of paper. Each book has all the repeaters for CA, OR and NV. I have a database of more states but this is good enough for me right now. Each state has the frequencies from bottom to top and then the same ones organized by county. At the end I have a map with all the counties.
    If and when I need to talk I look up the PL and offset, put it in and I'm set.

    The small one is for use with my handheld and the larger one is in the map pocket. I'm traveling right now and have already busted it out twice to see where the repeater is located.

    The lists were posted from a link on Expo and are Excel files so you can organize edit easily.

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    Quote Originally Posted by corax
    This is my go-to repeater list: http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/. The initial screen gives instructions on how to use it, but it's pretty simple. Click on a state in the map at top and an interactive google map with some, but not all, of the repeaters pops up. Below that is a list with all the repeaters. I find it easiest to leave the list ordered alphabetically by city and copy/paste what I want into an Excel sheet (I use Open Office Calc because it's free and Insert Sheet).

    hey thats a great link! thank you

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    The google ones I've found have a lot of inactive repeaters. The repeaters close to me, less than 50 miles, are low power and not all that active. The larger more powerful ones are close to 75 miles away and are much better because they have 4-6 voter sites that allow use in what seems like 150 mile radius.

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    Quote Originally Posted by corax
    This is my go-to repeater list: http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters/. The initial screen gives instructions on how to use it, but it's pretty simple. Click on a state in the map at top and an interactive google map with some, but not all, of the repeaters pops up. Below that is a list with all the repeaters. I find it easiest to leave the list ordered alphabetically by city and copy/paste what I want into an Excel sheet (I use Open Office Calc because it's free and Insert Sheet).

    Yep this is the one I use from Expo. My excel sheet has 144 and 440 sorted (county and another by freq) and it's super handy. Excel also makes it easier to add and edit the list. Google the station name or sign to find out more about it. If it is linked or has voter sites I make a note of it as it'll keep me connected longer. I'm in the Northern CA valley but there are repeaters linked from the bay area to Tahoe and into Nevada as well as the Rubicon. With crossband repeat and the correct frequencies you can talk to the SF Bay area on a 5w HT from the Rubicon.

    Like I mentioned before I've got one in the 4Runner and a reduced size to fit in my front pocket when mobile with the HT. Fun stuff.

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    It's a good directory I use it as well. Win-System on 70 cm works great nationwide and the have a lot of linked up machines all over California.
    ...Wheeling since 1989...

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    winsystem is amazing. its pretty much the whole reason i had to buy duel band.
    heres the coverage map for those that havnt seen it. this is the basics of the system. internet connections to anywhere in the world are common
    http://www.winsystem.org/System_Info...erage_map.html
    notice socal is redundantly covered in most areas

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    Re: how to find Ham repeters when planing a trip

    Quote Originally Posted by troyboy162
    If anyone has an easier method please share.
    If you have a GPS and can upload custom points of interest try this: http://www.poi-factory.com/node/11561
    08 Taco 4X4 AC

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    thats pretty slick. Steve-o get your licence so you can load these up haha

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