Condor Connection System Status

THE CONDOR CONNECTION

MT. VACA, serving the Sacramento, Ca. Valley and is line of sight to San Francisco. In addition, it serves a large area north of San Francisco rather well.
The repeater is fully operational, and is sounding great. New owner is Greg Gordon, AC6VJ

CASTLE ROCK, serving the Santa Rosa area.
The repeater is new into the system and is connected via a link at The Geysers to Mt. Vaca.

MT HAMILTON, serving San Jose, Ca. and the greater San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay areas.
The repeater is back in operation, linked to the rest of the system and sounding great.

GOAT MOUNTAIN, serving the San Joaquin Valley. Coverage along Highway 99 is from Bakersfield in the south to Modesto to the north. Along I-5 from Buttonwillow in the south to Tracy to the north. The Condor Connection is accessible from many locations in Yosemite Park.
The repeater continues to operate flawlessly.

SHIRLEY PEAK, serving Lake Isabella, Ca. and the San Joaquin Valley.
The repeater is back on the air and is sounding great. Thanks Bobby Mooneyham, WB6BRU, and Paul Lemmon, NV6B.

FRAZIER MOUNTAIN, serving Gorman Ca., the Grapevine and the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Antelope Valley, Lancaster and Palmdale, Ca.
The hub repeater is operating very well and the system is back to its clean, quiet operation.

QUARTZITE MOUNTAIN, serving Victorville and Hesperia, Ca. and the High Desert.
The repeater is back on the the air and sounding great. Thank you Gil and your helpers.

RASNOW PEAK, serving Ventura County, Ca.
Continues to operate without fail.

SANTIAGO PEAK, serving Orange and parts of Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties and parts of the Los Angeles Basin.
The repeater is operating flawlessly.

TORO PEAK, serving the Lower Desert and parts of San Diego County, Ca.
The repeater is back up and sounding like its' old self, maybe even a little better. We have replaced the little make-shift antenna with a full size mountain top model.

LYONS PEAK, serving the Southern half of San Diego County, Ca.
OOH! LA! LA!, The San Diego Port is back and operational after some serious difficulties accessing the mountain top site. Thank you, Bob Boehme, glad to have you back on the air.

WHITE TANKS, serving central Arizona, w/prime coverage of the Phoenix area.
The repeater is fully operational but disconnected from the rest of the system due to a failed link transmitter on Guadalupe Peak.

GUADALUPE PEAK, serving west central Arizona and south eastern California, w/prime coverage of the Quartszite, Arizona area.
The repeater is operational and connected to the rest of the system via link to the Toro Peak repeater. However, it is not linked to the White Tanks site due to a failed link transmitter.

If you are aware of any problems not listed here and you'd like to report it, please contact Duane Ehrlich.AD5E If you'd like to volunteer your skill and or time for maintainance or system upgrades, you may also contact Duane, and he will pass along your name, callsign and phone number to the respective party.
Last up-dated 05/15/08, D. Ehrlich,AD5E