The “golden screwdriver” is a radio term (It seems to have originated from CB radio) meaning “someone who thinks he or she knows what they are doing inside of a radio, and in turn messing it all up.” This is… Read More ›
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New 435 “official” Facebook Page
There is a new 435 “official” Facebook group. There are several other Facebook groups about 435, but they seem to be mostly inactive. Please join us here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/906004234163104 Spread the word. I invited 700+ people from around the world where I had… Read More ›
The Bong Hit Net is Back!
Daily Bong Hit Net Every day at 4:20 PM PTHosted by Tammi Prager (N6UBY) & Tommy Prager (KD6CQS) See https://your435.com/nets/ for updates. You can check in by: The 147.435 Bong Hit Net (BHN) is a daily net to discuss the… Read More ›
August 16, 2023 Repeater Repair
We hit the hill again to RX/TX duplex the lower VHF antenna and improve the 2m RX. The shelter owner demanded we abandon the higher level RX antenna. We replaced the destroyed 440 antenna and missing 220 antenna with a… Read More ›
May 7, 2023 Repeater Repair
The only road open to the Santiago Peak repeater site was the Silverado / Maple Springs Road on the Orange County side. With the help of BB and Jonny from the next door SPARC repeater, we replaced the RF TX… Read More ›
Repeater Maintenance, March 14, 2018
We serviced the 435 repeater on Wednesday March 14, 2018. It had been nearly eight months since we were last on the mountain. It took awhile to get to the top of the mountain… some drama. We arrived at Indian… Read More ›
SCE Santiago Power Outage
That sucked, but it shouldn’t have mattered. Today around 12:30pm-5:30pm, Southern California Edison cut power to the entire Santiago Peak for repairs. 435 remained up during the power outage with some glitches. 435 is designed to survive commercial power loss… Read More ›
Snow at the Repeater Site
Snow today at the 435 repeater site on Santiago Peak. Click for more pics.
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