Toston Repeater and Site
The Toston repeater is located
on Lombard Mountain about 7 miles southeast of Toston, Montana. It is at
an elevation of 4,575 feet and on a 100 foot tower. The repeater antenna
is a Decibel Products DB-413 8 bay semi-directional antenna located at the
top of the tower and fed with inch and 5/8s heliax. The antennas pattern
is oriented directly West toward Townsend and East Helena while still providing
plenty of omnidirectional gain as well. Testing has showed that the repeater
easily covers Bozeman, Belgrade, and much of I90 towards Butte, as well
as US12 and State Route 287 from Winston to Three Forks and into Helena.
The repeater is a Motorola SLR5700 installed July 19, 2020 and is connected
to the Brandmeister DMR Network. The Digital system has more information
to our Digital Website at www.dmr-montana.net. Additionally we operate an APRS digi-peater ("TOSTON")
at the site and feeds an Decibel Products DB-222E oriented with 6Dbd gain
towards the West to Townsend and Helena.
Repeater Location: 46.116852
-111.381020
70 CM Repeater Specifications
Repeater Receive Frequency (Input):
444.3000 Mhz
Repeater Transmit Frequency (Output):
449.3000 Mhz
Transmit Output Power: 50 Watts
Effective Radiated Power: 500 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: Toston
(Lombard Mountain) UHF Repeater BrandMeister Dashboard
Call Sign: WR7HLN (Mac Pass Repeater Group)
Antenna Gain: 13db Front, 8db sides, 5db rear
Antenna Pattern: Cardiod Semi Directional
Backup Power: 150 Amp Battery (approximately 36 hours with 3 hours transmit)
Time Out Timer: 3 minutes resets on input signal drop
Repeater Photograph
Tower and Antenna Photograph
DB-413 Antenna Closeup
Toston Propogation Map
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