NR2V - Mount Morris,
New York:
Mount Morris is located
in the Adirondack Park area of New York State about six miles south of
Tupper Lake. A three-hundred-and-sixty-degree view is provided from the
summit of this 3,163-foot mountain. The site is a privately-owned, commercial
communications site hosting a variety of two-way radio, paging, cellular
telephone, FM broadcast and television relay equipment. Included in this
complement of equipment at this site are two amateur repeater systems.
A VHF repeater that operates on 147.330/147.930 and a UHF repeater operating
on 444.700/449.700. A 100 hertz tone-coded squelch tone is needed to access
either of these two repeaters. The UHF repeater is linked to the Mt. Killington
system in Vermont. This link is part of the original linking system that
started in Long Island back in the 1980s. Because of the rugged terrain
found in this area, reliable communications coverage from this mountain
is about a thirty-mile plus radius. Greater coverage can be expected
in some directions, depending on the location of the station attempting
to access either of these repeaters. (Up date, 10/05) The UHF system is presently
off the air. The
equipment, which had been located in the cab of the fire tower,
suffered water damage when a window blew out of the cab. An equipment
up date and reinstallation is presently in the works. The call sign that had been in use for this station, NR2V,
will also be changed.
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Located at this
site is the first forest fire lookout tower ever built in the state
of New York. The amateur station is located in the cab. |
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you can see some of the other antennas located at his site. |
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