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* ''Repeaters seem to be mixed mode, each having a DPL tone & NAC.  Each are used randomly from different rangers.''
 
* ''Repeaters seem to be mixed mode, each having a DPL tone & NAC.  Each are used randomly from different rangers.''
 
{{largetable}}38.06651N 78.79884W
 
{{largetable}}38.06651N 78.79884W
||''172.4500'''  ||  '''''025 DPL / NAC 160 ?''  '''||  '''''''''Bear Den Mtn''.'''''.'''  ||  '''''38.06651N 78.79884W''''' ||
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||''172.4500'''  ||  '''''025 DPL / NAC 160 ?''  '''||  ''''''Bear Den Mtn''.'''''.'''  ||  ''''''''38.06651N 78.79884W'''''''' ||
 
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| 172.7250 ||    025 DPL / NAC 160  || Rocky Mtn. ||  37°47'43.00"N  79°10'50.00"W ||
 
| 172.7250 ||    025 DPL / NAC 160  || Rocky Mtn. ||  37°47'43.00"N  79°10'50.00"W ||

Revision as of 09:18, 3 July 2014

NEW Blue Ridge Parkway Repeaters

  • Repeaters seem to be mixed mode, each having a DPL tone & NAC. Each are used randomly from different rangers.

Template:Largetable38.06651N 78.79884W ||172.4500 || 025 DPL / NAC 160 ? || 'Bear Den Mtn.. || '''38.06651N 78.79884W''' || |- | 172.7250 || 025 DPL / NAC 160 || Rocky Mtn. || 37°47'43.00"N 79°10'50.00"W || |- | 172.7500 || 025 DPL / NAC 160 || Apple Orchard Mtn. || 37°31'2.00"N 79°30'36.00"W || |- | 173.7625 || 031 DPL / NAC 150 || Poor Mtn. || 37°11'51.00"N 80° 9'8.00"W || |- | 172.7250 || 031 DPL / NAC 150 || Grassy Hill || 37° 0'60.00"N 79°54'17.00"W || |- | 172.4500 || 032 DPL / NAC 140 || Fishers Peak || 36°33'34.00"N 80°49'22.00"W || |- | 172.7500 || 047 DPL / NAC 130 || Doughton Mtn. || 36°27'41.00"N 81°13'22.00"W || |- | 173.7625 || 023 DPL / NAC 130 || Rich Mtn. || 36°18'5.00"N 81°43'26.00"W || |- | 172.7250 || 051 DPL / NAC 120 || Mt. Mitchell || 35°45'54.00"N 82°15'54.00"W || |- | 172.7500 || 065 DPL / NAC 110 || Mt. Pisgah || 35°25'32.00"N 82°45'23.00"W || |- | 173.7625 || 026 DPL / NAC 110 || Cowee Bald || 35°19'40.00"N 83°20'11.00"W || |- |} Repeaters listed in order from north to south

Please list any confirmed analog/digital tones during mixed mode transmissions


OLD Blue Ridge Parkway Repeaters

Template:Largetable ||Output Frequency || Input Frequency || Tone|| Channel || |- | 167.1750 || 166.3750 || 103.5 PL || F-1 (Repeated) || |- | 167.1750 || 167.1750 || 103.5 PL || F-2 (Direct) || |}

  • Some maintenance units are reported still using the old 167 repeater, especially during snow closings.
  • Some units ran CSQ on occasion, there didn't seem to be a pattern, so possibly operator error.


Blue Ridge Parkway Districts/Units

Template:Largetable || Milepost Range || Units || District || |- | 000 - 106 || 100 Units || Ridge District || |- | 106 - 217 || 200 Units || Plateau District || |- | 217 - 305 || 300 Units || Highlands District || |- | 305 - 384 || 400 Units || Pisgah District (North of BRP HQ) || |- | 384 - 469 || 500 Units || Pisgah District (South of BRP HQ) || |- | || 850 Units || Radio Technicians / Mt. Mitchell State Park Rangers || |- |}

  • Dispatch is refered to as "800".
  • Dispatching is done at BRP HQ at MP 384 in Asheville, NC during the day.
  • Dispatching is handed off to Buncombe EOC in Buncombe County, NC at night.
  • Units 01-20 are subdistrict 1 rangers.
  • Units 21-40 are subdistrict 2 rangers.
  • Units 41-60 are subdistrict 3 rangers.
  • Units 60+ are reported as park maintenance personnel.


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