Wide area coverage means all of Western Washington. This includes all of the outer Washington Coast as well as coastal areas in Northern Oregon and the outer coast of Vancouver Island.
For the Mariners, K7PP covers ALL waterways in Western Washington. This includes the entire Washington Coast as well as the Columbia river up to Camas and the Straits of Juan de Fuca including all of Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia up to Cambell River, BC.
The K7PP Repeater is an open machine with amazing coverage but must require a user to operate with a little extra power and a good antenna.
There are several repeaters connected together but situated between cities, not near them. This means that hand held coverage is difficult.
The Puget Sound Basin uses one frequency. 147.200 mhz with a plus offset.
A knowledge of the proper tones is necessary in order to obtain access in all areas of Western Washington.
Stay on the one frequency and change tones as you travel from area to area.
The only exception is the outer coastal repeater which uses 147.28 mhz with a plus offset.
No command tones are necessary because the repeaters are linked together at all times.
If you can get into one, then you come out on all the others at the same time.
