Napa Area Repeaters Echolink

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The W6CO system

The W6CO repeater system is made up of 5 repeaters located at two sites in the Napa Valley.  All the repeaters in the system are open for use by any licensed operators.  Their primary purpose is to support Emergency Communications.

Mount St Helena

•  147.180  (STH) This repeater is located on the South Peak of Mt St Helena at 4,143 feet (asl) and uses a PL tone of 151.4. The primary coverage area is the Napa Valley and Lake County.  Secondary coverage includes Eastern Sonoma County from Santa Rosa North to Cloverdale.

• 441.900   This repeater is also located on the South Peak of Mt St Helena and uses a PL tone of 151.4.  Stand-alone coverage is the Northern part of the Napa Valley.

Mount Veeder

• 147.180  (VDR) This repeater is located on the Eastern flank of Mt Veeder near the Napa/Sonoma County line  and uses a PL tone of 91.5 Hz. The primary coverage area is the central and southern portions of the Napa Valley.
   

•  441.800   The transmitter and one receiver is located on the Eastern flank of Mt Veeder near the Napa/Sonoma County line and uses a PL tone of 151.4.  Additional receivers in a voter configuration are located on the Valley floor to enhance use by mobiles and handheld radios.  This system is also equipped with a remote base to permit access into several nearby repeaters which are not part of our system.  See below for details.  The primary coverage area (unlinked) is the Central and Southern part of the Napa Valley with secondary coverage into parts of the Sacramento Valley (Fairfield/Rio Vista), and Southern Solano County (Vallejo).  This repeater is also equipped with an Echolink node.  See below for additional details

• 440.050   This is a digital system, (D-Star module-B) also located on Mt. Veeder.  This repeater can only be accessed by using D-Star compatible equipment.  See Icom America's website for more information.

If you currently have D-Star equipment, or are contemplating buying it, you will need to register before you can use some administrative features of this or any other D-Star repeater.  You should register with the gateway nearest your home address.  Registration is free, quick and easy and once you are registered you can use any D-Star gateway.  To register send an email to the repeater trustee,  W6BIS .  Be sure to include your full name, address, current amateur callsign, and email address.  Please note: It is important that users register with only one gateway!  If you are not sure of your registration status, check status here .
A complete  directory of D-Star repeaters can be found at http://www.dstarusers.org

The W6CO Dstar system uses Dplus software.  We are often linked to one of the popular reflectors for extended coverage.  The Western Reflector, REF014 provides nearly seamless coverage from the northern Sacramento Valley to Bakersfield.  Linking functions are available to all registered users.

Nailed-up Links

To enhance coverage the 441.800 repeater is normally linked full time to the 147.18 repeater located on Mt. Veeder.  It is also linked to the 441.900 repeater on Mt St Helena.  This is necessary because the UHF transmitters are equipped with directional antennas to mitigate interference to PAVEPAWS in the Sacramento Valley.  This architecture permits continuous coverage from all the Valley communities.  The link connections can be reconfigured using DTMF codes for special operations.  To manually configure the system, see the code matrix below:

The Remote Base

The Remote Base is located on the Valley floor at the 441.800 control point.  Users can operate the RB to link to several nearby VHF repeaters.  All functions use DTMF via the 441.800 repeater.

These frequencies are also available through the Remote base: ===>>