Beatty Repeater

[737mech]

Does anyone know what this repeater might be part of? It's not listed as an Amateur repeater? Location is Springdale Mountain near Beatty,NV. Easy to drive up to. I didn't notice any signs or labels. This was back in the day a NASA radar site used to track things like the U-2 and the SR-71. The Yagi points south toward Beatty. Maybe weather related with the dome thing next to it?

 

[mmckenna]

Not a repeater.

| Earthscope

It's a high accuracy GPS receiver with a really good antenna (the grey dome in the background). The Yagi is pointed (likely) at a cell site. The data is sent back to earthscope where the very precise locations of those stations are plotted to track movement of the earths crust.

There's a lot of these all over the country, but especially a lot of them in California and Nevada.

 

[mmckenna]

Not sure what the vertical whip is on top. Never seen one of those at an Earthscope site before. Might be a another way to tie into the cellular network.

 

[mmckenna]

Here ya' go:

https://www.unavco.org/instrumentation/communication/communication.html

 

[737mech]

Thanks for the info! Learn something new everyday!

 

[pyeman99]

One near TTR Northern boundary, has Vsat also Booker Mtn UHF yagi.