This system is located in south Salem on Prospect Hill off of Skyline Road at an elevation
of 1,100 feet, and is housed by Slater Communications. The site can be seen when
traveling along I-5 near the Turner Exit - just look for the north most tower in the large
cluster. You can also see it from Highway 99E north of Corvallis looking to the
northeast.
The repeater is a Spectrum Communications 25 watt Amateur repeater and is controlled
by a S-Comm 6K controller system. The transmitter is run through a set of duplexer
cavities and then through an isolator and band-pass cavity to minimize intermod on the
system. Final power output at the antenna is about 18 watts.
The system supports autopatch, 911 access, DTMF and two-tone paging and a number of
other features like its sister system (146.86). The repeater views the south Willamette
Valley and can be accessed from as far south as Cottage Grove and north to the
northeast Portland area. The system is powered by a set of hi-capacity 6-volt batteries
which are kept charged by a float charging system and will run the system with normal
use for a period of three days should commercial power completely fail at the site.
The 145.33 repeater identifies as W7SRA (SRA club callsign).
For further information,
contact Frank Hoonhout, system operator at:
