North Hills Repeater
The North Hills repeater is
located about 12 miles north of Helena, Montana. It is at an elevation of
4,680 feet and on a 150 foot tower. The repeater is a UHF Motorola SLR5700
50-watt station. The repeater antenna is a Decibel Products DB-420 8-bay
omni-directional antenna located at the top of the tower and fed with Inch
and 5/8s heliax. The repeater covers the entire Helena Valley as well as
US Highway 12 to Townsed, and down Highway 287 to I-90. It also covers all
of the 3 large lakes along the Missoula River. This repeater is permanently
linked to the MacDonald Pass Repeater Group using the BrandMeister Network.
In 2021, the repeater was replaced with a new Motorola DMR Digital repeater.
and operates in DMR Only! The Digital system has more information to our
Digital Website at www.dmr-montana.net.
Repeater Location: 46.770538
-112.029205
70 CM Repeater Specifications
Repeater Receive Frequency (Input):
443.9000 Mhz
Repeater Transmit Frequency (Output):
448.9000 Mhz
Transmit Output Power: 50 Watts
Effective Radiated Power: 400 Watts
DMR Color Code: 1
Static Primary Talk Group Time Slot
2: MPRG 1, Talk Group Number 31301
Static Secondary Talk Groups Time Slot
1: MPRG 2 Talk Group Number 31302,
BGV TG# 31303, MPRG Cluster TG# 8, MT Statewide TG# 3130 on Saturday 7-8
PM
ALL OTHER DYNAMIC TALK GROUPS: TIME SLOT 1 ONLY
Repeater Dashboard: North Hills
UHF Repeater BrandMeister Dashboard
Call Sign: WR7HLN (Mac Pass Repeater Group)
Antenna Gain: 10 db
Antenna Pattern: Omni-Directional
Backup Power: 200 Amp Battery (approximately 3 days with 2 hours transmit per
day)
Time Out Timer: 3 minutes resets on input signal drop
Repeater Photograph
Tower and DB-420 Antenna Photograph
DB-420 Antenna Closeup
Tower and Microwave Dish
North Hills Propogation Map
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