The canonical source of repeaters in the area is nerepeaters.com. This page is a compilation of ones I’ve got programmed in the radio.
6 meters
Need to set up a radio here! But in theory, these should be good. Standard offset is 1 MHz.
| Location | Frequency | Tone (in) | Tone (out) |
|---|---|---|---|
| W1BST Ossipee, NH | 51.64 (input 51.14) | 131.8 | 131.8 |
| N1YHS Barnstable, MA | 53.01- | 173.8 | 173.8 |
| K1FFK Mt. Greylock, MA | 53.23- | 162.2 | 71.9 |
| W1FRS Framingham, MA | 53.27- | 71.9 | 100.0 |
| WC1MA Mt. Wachusett, MA | 53.31- | 71.9 | 100.0 |
| KC1HO Norwell, MA | 53.33- | 71.9 | 71.9 |
| N1IMO Brookline, NH | 53.41- | 88.5 | 88.5 |
| W1JY Gilford, NH | 53.77- | 71.9 | 100.0 |
| W1BRI Marlborough, MA | 53.81- | 71.9 (100.0 aux) | 71.9 |
| WB1EWS Fitchburg, MA | 53.83- | 71.9 | 71.9 |
| N1UEC Danvers, MA | 53.85- | 71.9 | 71.9 |
| N1MNX Pepperell, MA | 53.89- | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Coverage Plots for 6 meters
These are based on Radio Mobile Online and set to show 80% reliability to a mobile station. Note that these aren’t all using the same base map / zoom level.
These read horizontally. It seemed like a good idea at the time…
51.64 Ossipee
Weird 500 kHz split. I wish more clubs gave detailed information on their repeaters like this. I’m not really in its coverage area, but it’s otherwise a quite wide area.
53.23 Mt. Greylock Coverage Prediction
This makes a lot of uninformed (but hopefully reasonable) assumptions about antenna height, power output, and gain.
Even down at 6 meters, the model shows 25 dB path loss to my QTH, but it ought to arrive right around -100 dBm.
53.27 Coverage Prediction
Assuming this is on Nobscot Hill, and inferring a 100′ AGL height. Could be optimistic. But a great site.
53.31 Mt. Wachusett
There’s not a whole lot known about this repeater. But assuming a 4 dBi antenna, 50W out, and an antenna 4m AGL, coverage is… very good.
53.41 Brookline
Seems to overlap a lot with the Pepperell machine, but with a little better coverage to the east.
53.77 Coverage Prediction
CNHARC’s prediction is considerably more conservative.
53.81 Coverage Map
It looks like it’s on a small pole, but between the site and the 350W output power, this seems to get out. A PL of 100.0 Hz instead of 71.9 Hz uses the receive site at Marlboro West.
53.89 Coverage Prediction
The N1MNX site provides some good details so this should be somewhat realistic.