All W6NWG repeaters are club-owned, sit on Palomar Mountain, use standard offsets and a 107.2 Hz CTCSS tone, and are open to every licensed amateur. Club membership is not required.
W6NWG voice repeaters
| Frequency (MHz) | Offset | Tone (Hz) | Call sign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.680 | −500 kHz | 107.2 | W6NWG | VHF-Lowband repeater – give 6 meters a try! There’s no band like lowband! |
| 146.730 | – | 107.2 | W6NWG | System Fusion enabled. (See Note 1) |
| 147.075 | + | 107.2 | W6NWG | System Fusion enabled. (See Note 1) |
| 147.130 | + | 107.2 | W6NWG | System Fusion enabled. (See Note 1) |
| 447.000 | – | 107.2 | W6NWG | System Fusion, FM Mode only – EchoLink enabled: Node Callsign W6NWG-R |
Packet
| Frequency (MHz) | Offset | Tone (Hz) | Call sign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145.050 | Simplex | Carrier | W6NWG-1 | Packet BBS, linked to Metro 9600 |
| 146.700 | – | Carrier | W6NWG-3 | Packet digipeater (full-duplex!) |
Affiliated and neighboring repeaters
These repeaters belong to other clubs and are open to the general amateur community.
| Frequency (MHz) | Offset | Tone (Hz) | Call sign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147.030 | + | 103.5 | KD6DCF | ECRA Palomar Mountain (East) VHF Repeater |
| 447.800 | – | 88.5 / NAC $293 | KF6AJM | ECRA Palomar Mountain (West) UHF Repeater. P25 enabled. (See Note 2) |
| 224.900 | – | 107.2 | WD6HFR | Convair/220 Amateur Radio Club Palomar Mountain |
| 224.380 | – | 107.2 | KK6KD | HARS (Hispanic Amateur Radio Society): Palomar Mountain |
| 224.940 | – | 107.2 | KK6KD | HARS: Sharp Hospital (Chula Vista) |
| 145.260 | – | 107.2 | KK6KD | HARS: San Diego |
| 147.945 | – | 107.2 | KK6KD | HARS: Mt San Miguel, (Southern San Diego County) System Fusion enabled. |
| 448.460 | – | 151.4 | KK6KD | HARS: Mt. San Miguel (Southern San Diego County) |
| 145.460 | – | 110.9 | XE2DXA | HARS: Tijuana, Mexico |
| 146.970 | – | 107.2 | KB3PX | Vista (MetroNET) |
| 224.440 | – | 156.7 | KB3PX | Vista (MetroNET) |
| 224.020 | – | 156.7 | KB3PX | Rainbow (MetroNET) |
| 146.175 | + | 107.2 | N6FQ | Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club; linked to 445.600 (Red Mountain) |
| 445.600 | – | 107.2 | N6FQ | Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club; linked to 146.175 (Red Mountain) |
Notes
System Fusion repeaters need a 107.2 Hz tone to access and also transmit 107.2 Hz, so you can turn on tone squelch (CTCSS receive) to shut out noise and other repeaters. Control operators can switch Fusion repeaters to FM only; if you can’t bring one up in C4FM digital mode, try FM.
In FM mode the Fusion repeaters time out after 3 minutes of continuous transmission and announce it. To avoid timing out, wait for the courtesy beep after someone finishes talking; it means the timer has been reset.
ECRA 447.800 (P25): ECRA is testing Project 25 digital on this repeater. Use NAC 293 for transmit and receive, with standard C4FM modulation (not CQPSK or WIDE). This is not the same C4FM as System Fusion. Analog FM works with an 88.5 Hz tone.
Using these repeaters, or any amateur frequency, requires a valid FCC amateur license or a reciprocal foreign license covering the US Amateur Radio Service (47 CFR Part 97). That includes emergencies.
VHF coverage
The PARC radio site is at 5,560 feet above sea level and 2,132 feet above average terrain. It covers most of San Diego County and beyond, into Mexico and out to sea, but is shielded to the north; there is some coverage there in higher terrain. Bernie (N6FN) produced these coverage maps:
Maroon areas are strong signal (usually handheld coverage); yellow is marginal (usually mobile coverage).
Scheduling an event on PARC repeaters
If your organization would like to use PARC repeaters for a scheduled event, email the details to board@palomararc.org as early as you can. We need at least 3 days’ notice for non-emergency events. Scheduled special events are announced on the events page.