To: Local Santa Barbara recipients
From: Bill Talanian
Subject: 145.16 SYP Repeater

By now everyone on the sbarc listserver received an email from wd6eby with an update on the 145.16 Santa Ynez Repeater.

The 145.160/144.560 K6TZ repeater at Santa Ynez Peak achieved a milestone on Thursday 22 April 2021. The repeater is now full time RF linked with wd6eby at South Mountain, Ventura. No network services or complex link codes to operate. Operate the repeater as a local system. Keep in mind your being heard throughout Ventura, Oxnard, and Thousand Oaks and are able to communicate with users over a broad geographic area. In time we shall post the various area wide nets and special interest groups with their times of operation for local Santa Barbara amateurs.

Repeater PL In 127.3
Repeater PL Out 146.2

Our plan since day one was to stay clear of network based systems and fragile connectivity. The link between our systems is traditional point to multipoint analog radio based with no complex ip addressing. This effectively serves the emergency services infrastructure and redundant power systems. In time we hope to branch out to San Luis Obispo County for a robust KISS Tri-County analog radio system within the Santa Barbara Section.

Thanks to the many who helped along the way to make this system a reality.