Repeater Site Information

CATHERINES PEAK

147.360Rx	147.960Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
444.500Rx	449.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located at 18º 04' 29”N 76º 42” 13”W with elevation of 1,532 meters in the hills of St. Andrew. All remote sites across the Island can access this site; it is for this reason we use this site as the hub for our Repeater Network. It provides excellent coverage for Kingston and St. Andrew to include sections of St. Catherine and Clarendon.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF external duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TKR–850-K1 UHF as the link repeater.
• The UHF repeater uses a Celwave RFS 633-6A internal duplexer.
• Decibel DB404-B UHF Omni directional antenna for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

MARLEY HILL

147.300Rx	147.900Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located at 17º56'55”N and 76º 53' 17” W with elevation of 170 meters in Portmore St. Catherine. It provides coverage for Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, sections of Kingston & St. Andrew and St. Thomas in the east.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF external duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Cushcraft A449-6S Yagi antenna for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

SPUR TREE

146.280Rx	146.880Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located approximately 17º 59’45.5”N and 77º 33’00.1W with elevation of 725 meters in the hills of Manchester overlooking the town of Mandeville. This site provides coverage from May Pen to Mandeville, Spalding, Christiana, and intermittently along the south coast into Santa Cruz.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF external duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Cushcraft A449-6S Yagi antenna is used for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

SHAFTON

146.160Rx	146.760Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located approximately 18º 10’21 1”N and 77º 59’35 8”W with elevation of 730 meters; in the hills of Westmoreland overlooking the district of Bluefields. Coverage is provided along the South Coast from Black River to Savanna-La-Mar and Negril

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF external duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

FLOWER HILL

146.360Rx	146.960Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located approximately 18º 29’34.0”N and 77º 50’59 9”W with elevation of 405 meters in the hills of Montego Bay, St. James. Coverage is provided from Lucea to Montego Bay, Falmouth and intermittently along the North Coast to Discovery Bay.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Cushcraft A449-6S Yagi is used for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

SOLOMON'S PEAK

146.100Rx	146.700Tx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located approximately 18º 23’47”N and 76º 55’51.5”W with elevation of 259 meters in the hills overlooking Oracabessa, in the Parish of St. Mary. Coverage is provided from Ocho-Rios, Boscobel, Port Maria and Annotto Bay to Port Antonio.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Cushcraft A449-6S Yagi is used for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

WINCHESTER

147.840Tx	147.240Rx	-600Khz 79.7Hz
431.000 Simplex	431.000 Simplex	-0MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located approximately 17º 58’ 167”N 76º 17’ 793”W with elevation of 546 meters in the hills of Rolandsfield, in the Parish of St. Thomas, Coverage is provided from Manchioneal, Hectors River, Golden Grove, Port Morant to Morant Bay.

Equipment used are:

• Kenwood TKR-750-K2 VHF repeater.
• Sinclair Q2220E VHF duplexer.
• Decibel DB224E VHF Omni directional antenna.
• Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radio.
• Cushcraft A449-6S Yagi is used for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.

BOWDEN WHARF

449.500Rx	444.500Tx	-5Mhz 88.5Hz
431.000 Simplex	431.000 Simplex	-0MHz    88.5Hz

This site is located at Bowden Wharf in ST. Thomas (At the Jamaican Coast Guard facility) 17º 53’ 05.8”N 76º 19’ 02.2”W with an antenna elevation of aproximately 7 meters. It has been specially setup so as to give the Winchester site access to Catherines Peak as there is no line of site between the both.

Equipment used are:

• Two Kenwood TK-8180-K2 UHF mobile radios.
• Two Cushcraft A449-6S Yagis are used for the link.
• Astron Power Supply/Charger.