SANDRA maintains 12 repeaters at 6 different locations, providing crystal clear coverage across San Diego and Imperial Counties as well as Orange and Los Angeles Counties.  You do not need to be a member of SANDRA to use SANDRA repeaters, but if you are a frequent user, we would very much welcome your support.

SANDRA NETS

SANDRA nets are open to members and non-members alike.  You are welcome to list for sale and wanted items on SANDRA nets as long as they are ham radio related.  Amateur Radio Newsline is featured after roll call on the Sunday night net.

When SANDRA nets are held, the 2m, 220 and 440 repeaters on each hilltop are linked together.  You can listen and check-in from any three of the repeaters on Otay or Laguna.  The repeaters are only linked during nets and in emergency situations.  Normal status for the repeaters is for each one to operate independently of the other.

• Sunday night (8:00 PM) SANDRA Net:  Mt. Otay (146.640, 224.200 and 449.500)  Newsline immediately follows roll call.
• Wednesday night (7:30 PM) SANDRA Net:  Mt. Laguna (147.150, 224.060 and 449.200)

Call Sign Location Input Output Notes Status WB6WLV Mt. Otay 146.040 146.640 WB6WLV Mt. Otay 222.600 224.200 Linked to Hi-Pass WB6WLV Mt. Otay 444.500 449.500 WB6WLV Mt. Otay 144.760 145.360 Echolink Node 145360 W6RHV Mt. Otay 1270.300 1282.300 Down for Repair WB6WLV Mt. Laguna 147.750 147.150 WB6WLV Mt. Laguna 222.460 224.060   WB6WLV Mt. Laguna 444.200 449.200 K6GAO Hi-Pass 144.680 145.280 224.200 Otay Link W6SS Lyon's Peak 146.865 146.265 K6AIL Sharp Hospital 147.285 147.885 / Phone Patch ** WB6WLV San Diego 442.320 447.320  / Kearny Mesa   Repeater Issues 06/26/2008:  The Otay node appears to be down.  This includes the 1200 BPS 2M node, the high speed 432 county link and the 6M long-haul link.  The technical committee will address this during the next Otay site visit, date TBD. Update: 06/29/2008 Without any effort to make repairs, the Otay node appears to be up again. The cause of the temporary failure is unknown and will be investigated during the next Otay site visit.  Status of the Otay node on this page will remain "yellow", as the node is possibly operating intermittently. 06/29/2008:  The Mt. Laguna 220 power amp was taken out of line and removed from the repeater site for repair.  The repeater is operating on limited power output, pending the repair of the power amp. Packet / Digital   Call Sign Location Freq Baud Notes Status WB6WLV-11 Mt. Laguna 144.390 1200 APRS digi-peater WB6WLV-1 Mt. Otay 145.010 1200 Node:  OTAY   Emergency Power Available   On the air and operational.   Technical problems; down for repair.   Off the air due to failure; serious site issue. All SANDRA Repeaters use PL 107.2 **  If CTCSS of 100.0 is used, you will access the Otay remote receiver for the phone patch.

If you would like this repeater listing emailed to you, send a blank email message to repeaters@wb6wlv.com.

OTHER CLUB & ORGANIZATION NETS

Many local clubs and organizations use SANDRA repeaters for nets, drills and other activities.  SANDRA supports equal access on a non-exclusive basis to its repeaters for all local clubs and groups who first request to use SANDRA repeaters for their activities.

SANDRA has a responsibility to maintain a list of all groups that use SANDRA repeaters for formal activities, including the days, times and duration of scheduled use.  This helps assure there are no scheduling conflicts between two or more groups, and it also helps assure that our repeaters are continually accessible by our members, since no single group is permitted to have exclusive use of any repeater at any time.

EMERGENCY USE OF REPEATERS

In actual emergency situations, SANDRA defers to FCC part 97.101, subparagraph (c):

§97.101 General standards. (c) At all times and on all frequencies, each control operator must give priority to stations providing emergency communications, except to stations transmitting communications for training drills and tests in RACES

Please note also that ARES will be given priority but not sole use of the repeaters during actual emergency conditions.

For more information about SANDRA policy related to repeater use, nets and operations, please refer to the SANDRA club operating policy manual, Section 1, Paragraphs 2 and 3

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