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Located in Vista approx. 35 Miles North of San Diego just south of Camp Pendleton. The link covers about 15-20 Miles Radius at 3.5W TX PWR.

Coordinates:   33.22629º North

                     117.24761º West

                     DM13jf

KJ6ZD is a member of the SCARS Amateur Radio Service member E0848

The 2m Transmitter feeds about 3W into a 6dBi Gain Antenna which results in about 7.5W ERP.

The repeater Transmitter on 70cm feeds about 60W to the Antenna, which results theoretically in about 400W ERP.

This system is active since Sep-2003.

The primary node number in use is #135548.

Local Command codes:     

Download a list of commands for the SVXLINK system.

You can download and print any of the Documents for easy reference

Click Here to get the complete command list or get a Quick Chart as PDF

Macro connect Quick List

The document above contains the Shortcut List unique to this system.

Phone Pad Layout

Use the button "Link Status" below to check on the status of nodes that operate near Vista. This page will show all nodes in the neighborhood, active or inactive. Click at Call to get a more precise location info.

Either System can be linked into the Echo-Link system via a Multi port repeater controller.  The 2m Transceiver is constantly linked with the Computer system.

According to some articles I found on the Internet, it is legal to retransmit NOAA weather alerts and other public alert messages. This applies to alert messages only! It is not legal to re-transmit regular scheduled  weather information. This is something one could simply receive on Amateur Radio gear that covers the Weather Radio channels.

The repeater port can be linked together with the simplex transceiver and Echo-Link port. In this way HAM's that have only 2m available can talk to users on the repeater. Repeater user can also use the SVXLINK-Link system through the repeater. There is a slight difference in usage, due to the enabled DTMF mute feature, DTMF tones don't reach the SVXLINK-Link port directly. Received tones are regenerated and then send to the SVXLINK-Link. This is only on the repeater side of the system. To access and use the SVXLINK-Link from the repeater, you would have to link all ports first DTMF (52) from the repeater side. Once successfully linked your transmission will appear on the Host Computer and on the 2m simplex side. To send DTMF to the Link Computer, you would have to use a pound sign DTMF (#) preceding any SVXLINK-LINK command. ex.: #29999# entered from the repeater while all ports are connected, would activate the Echo-Link module and connect to the Echo-Link Test Server. To disconnect: DTMF #(send to port 3) #(Disconnect Node(s)) #(De-activate Echolink) e.g.. DTMF (###) would disconnect and deactivate Echo-Link.

Unfortunately the "D" is used with the repeater controller and does not allow shortcuts from the repeater side.

 KJ6ZD has now voice logging installed where a conversation can be recorded and stored on the FTP server for later retrieval. The new command is 81# (start recording) or 80# (stop recording) when no module is active. This means that you can even record local input only. I ask to use this feature with common sense, because the wave files can become rather large and eat up Harddisk space quickly. If any module is active you'll have to use *81# or *80# to start/stop. The recorded file can be accessed and downloaded via FTP.

An other new module, that isn't completely setup yet, is to retrieve Metar Information from Airports around the World. This module can be activated by sending DTMF 5# followed by a number e.g.. 1# for San Diego metar Info. A third new module is a Propagation Monitor that can be activated via DTMF 10#, however hasn't configured correctly yet. Also a new module for Selective Calling is installed, but again time hasn't allowed me to look into this one yet.

The KJ6ZD SVXLINK has been upgraded to the latest and greatest SVXLINK server software. Along with this upgrade the latest Ubuntu release has been installed and configured. It seems so far it is working stable after some start up hick-ups.

A second identical Hardware (Computer) is planned to be cloned and set up as a backup system, in case something happens to the primary. The systems can be switched within minutes and be back on the air.

In the course of cost savings kj6zd does now perform it's own Domain Name Service. I have been busy with configuring and setup of the before mentioned services and I can tell it was a challenge.