Gold Creek Repeater and Site

The Gold Creek UHF repeater is located about 4 miles south of Gold Creek, Montana on a hill with an elevation of 4,962 feet. The site sits south of Interstate 90 and looks west into the canyon east of Missoula and east towards Avon. The site covers parts of I90 from north of Butte through Deer Lodge and Garrison. The repeater is a Motorola MSF 5000 operating at 40 watts and has an ARR GaAsFet receiver preamp. The antenna is a Decibel Products DB-408 with 6 db gain in a omni-directional pattern. The antenna is on top of the 50 foot tower. The repeater will be permanently linked to MacDonald Pass. The repeater is on a frequency of 444.300 input and 449.300 output and requires a CTCSS tone of 131.8hz.

Repeater Location: North 46-32-12.2 West 112-54-7.0 (NAD 27 Datum)

70 CM Repeater Specifications:

Receive Frequency (Input): 444.3000 Mhz

Transmit Frequency (Output): 449.3000 Mhz

Transmit Output Power: 40 Watts

Effective Radiated Power: 135 Watts

PL Tone Required: 131.8 Hz, repeater encodes tone

Call Sign: WR7HLN (Mac Pass Repeater Group)

Antenna Gain: 6.0 Db

Antenna Pattern: Omni-directional Pattern

Backup Power: 200 Amp Battery (approximately 3 days with 3 hours transmit per day)

Time Out Timer: 3 minutes resets on input signal drop

Repeater Photograph

Tower and Antenna Photograph

DB-408 Antenna Closeup

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