Lookout Pass Repeater and Site
The Lookout Pass UHF repeater
is located at an elevation of 6,060 feet on the Mullan Pass/Lookout Pass
Mountain ridge right on the Idaho and Montana border just north of Interstate
90. Coverage is very good in almost all directions from Washington to Missoula.
The antennas are Celwave PD-1151 Station Masters with 8db gain at the top
of the 40 foot tower. The repeater is a Motorola MSF 5000 operating at 110
watts and has an ARR GaAsFet preamp on the receiver. This site is the furthest
from Helena and will be linked to the University Mountain site near Missoula.
The repeater operates on a frequency of 449.2 input and 444.2 output and
requires a CTCSS tone of 131.8 to access. The site is difficult to get to
in the winter and reliability is the goal.
Repeater Location: North 47-27-16.8
West 115-39-28.9 (NAD 27 Datum)
70 CM Repeater Specifications:
Receive Frequency (Input): 449.2000 Mhz
Transmit Frequency (Output): 444.2000 Mhz
Transmit Output Power: 110 Watts
Effective Radiated Power: 675 Watts
PL Tone Required: 131.8 Hz, repeater encodes tone
Call Sign: WR7HLN (Mac Pass Repeater Group)
Antenna Gain: 8.0 Db
Antenna Pattern: Omnidirectional
Backup Power: 300 Amp Battery (approximately 4 days with 3 hours transmit per
day)
Time Out Timer: 3 minutes resets on input signal drop
Repeater Photograph
Tower and Antenna Photograph
Antenna Closeup
