Repeater
The Comm Reserve maintains a two meter amateur repeater whose primary purpose is to provide emergency communications during times of disaster. The repeater is located in the mountains above Forest Ranch at 3500' and provides wide-area coverage of the north county, including the towns of Paradise, Magalia, Chico, Cohasset, Forest Ranch, and the northern Sacramento Valley.

The Comm Reserve repeater is open for use by any licensed amateur radio operators in the Butte County area when it is not being used for emergency operations.

Repeater details:
Callsign: W6SCR - Sheriff's Comm Reserve
Frequency: 145.290(-)
Tone : 110.9Hz
Users are encouraged to use 110.9 as CTCSS decode due to distant repeaters on the same frequency.

Callsign: K6FHL - Friends of the High Lakes
Frequency: 146.700(-)
Tone: 110.9Hz
Users can use 110.9Hz as CTCSS decode for this repeater.
   
  The Comm Reserve maintains a two meter amateur repeater whose primary purpose is to provide emergency communications during times of disaster.

The repeater is located in the mountains above Forest Ranch at 3500' and provides wide-area coverage of the north county, including the towns of Paradise, Magalia, Chico, Cohasset, Forest Ranch, and the northern Sacramento Valley.
     
  Also located at the repeater site is an APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) Digipeater. This device receives data from users in the field who report their location via a GPS connected to their ham radio. This data is then retransmitted and received by a station in Chico which forwards the information onto the internet.

This protocol is also used to forward weather station data, informational beacons, and text messaging between stations.
     
  APRS Digipeater is a Byonics TinyTrak4 and a Yaesu FT-2600m. More information on APRS can be found at: http://info.aprs.net/.
     
  A work party performs an equipment upgrade at repeater site. From left: Mike Kaliczak, Captain, Steve Eatough-Smith, Lieutenant-Operations, Bill Afflerbach, Lieutenant-Administration, Gerry Vroomman, Training Sergeant, and Anthony Jacinth, Lieutenant-Training.
     
  The Comm Reserve repeater is linked to the Friends of the Highlakes two meter repeater. This repeater covers remote areas of Butte County near the Plumas County line, including Butte Meadows, Jonesville, Philbrook Lake, High Lakes, and even parts of Chester and Lake Almanor. Linking these two repeaters together drastically increases safety in these remote areas, as it gives a means of reliable emergency communications in an area where radio coverage is generally poor.
     
  Tower at Platte Mtn. repeater site.