Anyone know what's going on with the Lassen VNP repeaters? I'm in the park and not copying
any sigs on the repeater output 170.075-MHz. All three repeaters (Lassen Peak, West
Prospect Pk, Mt Harkness) used the same repeater pair, 170.075-MHz output and 169.725-MHz
input. Each repeater had a different input PL-tone. They were all working during my visit a year
ago, but now I'm not hearing anything, even with carrier squelch (instead of tone squelch) on my
radios. The Park was acquiring modern digital radios the last several years. I spotted a modern
RELM base stn radio in the park's Loomis Museum and suspected they went to P25, but I'm not
hearing anything, not even P25 digital, on 170.075-MHz. Seems unlikely all three repeaters are
down during the summer tourista season. Maybe they replaced the repeaters to go 12.5-KHz
narrowband and also changed freqs at the same time? They interoperate with USFS, the
sourrounding counties, CDF, etc. So it would seem that changing frequencies and/or going
digital would be a lot of work.
TIA, Larry
any sigs on the repeater output 170.075-MHz. All three repeaters (Lassen Peak, West
Prospect Pk, Mt Harkness) used the same repeater pair, 170.075-MHz output and 169.725-MHz
input. Each repeater had a different input PL-tone. They were all working during my visit a year
ago, but now I'm not hearing anything, even with carrier squelch (instead of tone squelch) on my
radios. The Park was acquiring modern digital radios the last several years. I spotted a modern
RELM base stn radio in the park's Loomis Museum and suspected they went to P25, but I'm not
hearing anything, not even P25 digital, on 170.075-MHz. Seems unlikely all three repeaters are
down during the summer tourista season. Maybe they replaced the repeaters to go 12.5-KHz
narrowband and also changed freqs at the same time? They interoperate with USFS, the
sourrounding counties, CDF, etc. So it would seem that changing frequencies and/or going
digital would be a lot of work.
TIA, Larry
