For the last couple of months, I’ve been working to gather data on all the repeaters in the Intermountain Intertie. I wanted to make a nicer looking presentation of this linked repeater system than the other ones that I’ve seen. I also wanted to add some other useful artifacts like a Google Map showing the locations and links of all the repeaters, and a CSV file that you can download into CHIRP and then program into your radio. I also want this data to always be current and up to date.

Today I added three new Arizona repeaters to my Intermountain Intertie page. Thanks to the Arizona Repeater Association for their work to link these repeaters to the Intertie. Large portions of Northern and Central Arizona, including the Phoenix metropolitan area now are covered by repeaters linked to the Intertie.

There is more work to be done: each repeater will eventually have it’s own page with pictures, a description, and history of that repeater site.

I got tired of updating WordPress, so I built a new static website using Jekyll. I think it looks better than the old one, it’s faster, and I dumped Google Analytics so there is no tracking or cookies. Even the fonts are served locally.

Maybe this will inspire me to write here more often.