Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club
Repeaters
General Information
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club maintains a club station and several repeaters in the Santa Barbara area. The club station and all repeaters operate under the K6TZ callsign. All club repeaters are open to general use by licensed amateur radio operators.
The trustee for K6TZ is Bill Talanian (W1UUQ) who can be reached at (805) 964-7432.
Club Station and Voice Repeaters
Voice repeaters| Call | Location | Output Freq | Input Shift | PL |
| K6TZ | La Vigia hill (S.B.) | 146.790 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | La Vigia Hill (S.B.) | 446.400 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Diablo Peak (Santa Cruz island) | 223.920 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | W. La Cumbre Peak (County) | 224.080 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Santa Ynez Peak | 224.120 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | UCSB | 224.160 | Minus | 131.8 |
| K6TZ | Portable ARES | 145.240 | Minus | 131.8 |
| W6YJO | Santa Ynez Peak | 145.180 | Minus | 131.8 |
The Repeater Details page has a complete list of all equipment found at each repeater site.
Courtesy tones are used on all voice repeaters. The courtesy tones are as follows:
- One Beep - Normal operation; the repeater is open to general use and standard repeater etiquette is expected.
- Two Beeps - Club Net; access to the repeater should be made using the guidelines provided by the net controller at the beginning of the Net.
- Three Beeps - ARES Net; access to the repeater is limited to ARES traffic only and is under the control of assigned net controller.
Autopatch privileges are available on some of the voice repeaters. Autopatch codes are distributed to club members with membership cards and are never to be given out over the air.
Packet Repeaters
APRS network| Location | call | freq | software | TNC | specs |
| La Vigia | K6TZ-10 | 144.390 | javAPRSServer | KPC-9612 | 1200 baud, APRS I-Gate |
| Diablo peak | K6TZ | 144.390 | WXTrak | TinyTrak 1200 baud, WX xmit only | |
| La Cumbre | K6TZ-11 | 144.390 | WXTrak | TinyTrak 1200 baud, WX xmit only | |
9600 baud backbone
| Location | call | freq | software | TNC | specs |
| La Vigia | K6TZ-13 | 438.950 | G8BPQ | MFJ+mod | 9600 baud |
| Santa Ynez peak | K6TZ-11 | 438.950 | TheNet | Tapper tiny-2 | 9600 baud |
Local access network
| Location | call | freq | software | TNC | specs |
| La Cumbre Cox | K6TZ-3 | 145.050 | not installed | 1200 baud | |
| La Vigia | K6TZ-13 | 145.610 | G8BPQ | ISA card | 1200 baud |
The Repeater Details page has a complete list of all equipment found at each repeater site.
The Packet Operations page has some (somewhat out of date) tips and notes on packet operation.
Repeater Photo Galleries
The following photo galleries show some of the SBARC Repeater Sites:
Santa Cruz Island Repeater 2004 - Weather Stations Installation
Santa Cruz Island Repeater 2002
Santa Cruz Island Repeater 2000
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