The tone is 156.7 which is Torrey (Torrey Mtn), a popular location for public service xmtrs (CHP, county fire, F&G, etc) which is in the mountain range between Piru & Simi Valley. This location serves the south end of LPF.
The broadcasts are for SLO, SBA, & VNC counties.
Here is a list of the repeaters :
T = Tone, F = Forest Net, A = Admin Net, S = Service Net, RD = Ranger District
List is arranged from north to south---all have T8 on output
Chews Ridge T10---F, A
Anderson Peak T13---F, A
Cone Peak T8---F, A, S
Alder Peak T4---F, A, S
Manuel Mtn. T4---F (on Monterey RD only)
Calandra T15---A only
Tassajara Peak T9---F, A
Black Mtn. T5---F, A , S
Plowshare T11---F, A
Tepusquet Peak T12---F, A
Figueroa Mtn. T14---F, A, S
Santa Ynez Direct T8---Remote Base-Use Forest Net Simplex (Channel 1) and Admin Net Simplex (Channel 7) to call dispatch. Works on the Santa Barbara RD only
La Cumbre T3---F, A, S
Mt. Pinos T7---F, A, S
Frazier T1---F, A
Sisar Peak T2---F, A
Torrey Hill T6---F, A, S Ojai RD
Piedras Blancas T6--F, A Monterey RD
Santa Cruz Island T16---F only
Tranquillon Mtn T16---S only
Nordhoff Peak T15---F only, Ojai RD only
They lied, this is not completely a north-south listing. The last 4 repeaters are somewhat new, so they threw them at the end. 20 repeaters that can be worked from one remote base--amazing! Especially the Monterey RD repeaters. I think this is largely due to the coastline continually moving east as you move south. Open water is a great extender of coverage.
Tones
1--110.9
2--123.0
3--131.8
4--136.5
5--146.2
6--156.7
7--167.9
8--103.5
9--100.0
10--107.2
11--114.8
12--127.3
13--141.3
14--151.4
15--162.2
16--192.8
The first 8 were standardized in California sometime in the late 70's or early 80's. FIRESCOPE probably got involved. The list was expanded to 16 sometime in the early 90's. This to the best of my memory. Sometime around 2010 or later, this list, along with its numerical labeling was issued as a national standard by NIFC. Some regions are still using non-standard tones and some label them starting with the lowest freq first, 100.0, then 103.5, etc. The most common non-standard tone is 179.9. Varying the labels can cause some mix ups. Someone coming from R5 and other units in other states that have them entered with the national standard might be told, "Forest Net Tone 1" and their radio will transmit 110.9 and the repeater recognizes 100.0 only. I don't understand why other regions and units have to mix this all up. I think it will change slowly and if NIFC issues mandatory compliance it will go faster.
In the last few years FIRESCOPE standardized a 32 tone list. Since the Bendix-King is the radio of choice on wildland fires and natural resource agencies and it has a 16 tone capacity use of the second 16 is not happening in the wildland community. The USFS/NPS/Cal Fire vehicles I've been in have a 16 position external tone box. NIFC has only standardized the first 16 anyway.
As you might be thinking, my late Hubby and I really got into the comm systems of land management/natural resource agencies. We hiked and drove in remote places as much as we could. We found it interesting and beneficial to understand the comm systems we would encounter when we traveled. I know that this might seem as though a woman would not be interested. Late Hubby and I were interested in each others pursuits. I could almost hike as well as he could and we almost always went together. Listening to the radio systems was fun and at times useful. BTW, I taught him to sew!
I hope this post is useful for some people.
