Kern Emergency Radio Network
Serving Kern County and Surrounding Areas
About KERN System
Our Mission
Our Core Group
Our Expertise
We are a group of repeater owners who have built a system configurable in the event of an emergency. It is a smaller system that covers part of California.
The system is opened to all licensed Amateurs. Due to some repeaters being strictly solar powered, we ask that conversations be kept to a maximum length of 20 minutes.
We also ask that
We are a group of repeater owners who have built a system configurable in the event of an emergency. It is a smaller system that covers part of California.
The system is opened to all licensed Amateurs. Due to some repeaters being strictly solar powered, we ask that conversations be kept to a maximum length of 20 minutes.
We also ask that during a conversation you wait a second before keying up and speaking. This serves two purposes: First, it allows someone to interrupt in case of an emergency. Second, your voice will not be clipped at the beginning of your conversation due to delays in the system.
If you are listening and hear a "B" in Morse code for the courtesy tone (- ...), that means Frazier has lost power and is on battery back up. Frazier repeater will be down, but the 420 link will be working on battery. If this happens, we will need to keep our QSOs short due to the fact that if the 420 link at Frazier dies due to dead batteries, NO repeaters will be connected.
ENJOY!
Our Expertise
Our Core Group
Our Expertise
With over 50 years of combined experience in the radio communication industry, our group has the knowledge and expertise needed to maintain this system. It requires regular maintenance and repairs. Sometimes due to weather or other circumstances, a repeater may be down for a period of time. We will try to keep the System Status page updated to keep you informed.
Our Core Group
Our Core Group
Our Core Group
Meet our core group:
Lee Bouchard, KI6HHU
Ron Thome, K6RET
Steve Hess, K6KGE
Jon Wilhem, WA6KLB
Jerry Garis, KK6AC
Lee has been with me ever since the inception of the KERN System and has been with me thick and thin.
Ron has been the backbone of the system, keeping it in good operation technically. A special thanks to him for that!
Steve has pion
Meet our core group:
Lee Bouchard, KI6HHU
Ron Thome, K6RET
Steve Hess, K6KGE
Jon Wilhem, WA6KLB
Jerry Garis, KK6AC
Lee has been with me ever since the inception of the KERN System and has been with me thick and thin.
Ron has been the backbone of the system, keeping it in good operation technically. A special thanks to him for that!
Steve has pioneered (along with Ron) newer technology into the system like the newer digital technologies.
Jon contributes much toward putting up new machines and maintenance.
A special thankyou goes to each!
Repeater Frequencies
Permanently Linked
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
Permanently Linked
- KK6AC Frazier 447.860 - PL 141.3 8000'
- KK6AC Oak Flat 441.950 + PL 141.3 5000'
- KK6AC Buckrock 442.950 + PL 141.3 8500'
- KK6AC Pelato 442.350 + 151.4 4700'
- KK6AC Frazier 447.860 - PL 141.3 8000'
- KK6AC Oak Flat 441.950 + PL 141.3 5000'
- KK6AC Buckrock 442.950 + PL 141.3 8500'
- KK6AC Pelato 442.350 + 151.4 4700'
- KI6HHU Double 446.320 - PL 151.4 8000'
- KI6HHU Cummings 442.925 + PL 141.3 8000'
- KI6HHU Channel Islands 445.760 - PL 141.3
- K6KGE Taft 441.125 + PL 141.3
- K6RET Double 224.780 - PL 100 8000'
- WA6KLB 440.600 Benito + PL 141.3 5300'
- KE6JZ Mt Stevenson 223.820 - PL 114.8
- 5300'
Linked On Demand
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
Permanently Linked
- K6RET Round Mountain 927.1325 - PL 203.5
- K6KGE Taft 927.0875 - PL 100
- K6RET Cummings 927.0750 - PL203.5
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
- K6RET Shirley Pk 443.000 +, TS1 Dynamic CC=1 Brand Meister
- K6RET Tehachapi 442.675 +, TS1 Dynamic CC+1 Brand Meister
- K6KGE Taft 441.575+ TS 2 Dynamic
- CC+1 Brand Meister
- KERN Emergency Radio Network is now "Bridged" to DMR Talk Group "310675". Talk Group "310675" is labeled as "KERN System DMR". Use T
- K6RET Shirley Pk 443.000 +, TS1 Dynamic CC=1 Brand Meister
- K6RET Tehachapi 442.675 +, TS1 Dynamic CC+1 Brand Meister
- K6KGE Taft 441.575+ TS 2 Dynamic
- CC+1 Brand Meister
- KERN Emergency Radio Network is now "Bridged" to DMR Talk Group "310675". Talk Group "310675" is labeled as "KERN System DMR". Use TS1 on Shirley / Tehachapi DMR repeaters for Talk Group 310675. KERN DMR Talk Group "110688" is available for local DMR traffic (Do not confuse with "KERN System DMR" Talk Group). Use TS2 on Shirley / Tehachapi DMR repeaters for KERN DMR Talk Group 110688 (No connection to KERN Emergency Radio Network analog repeaters)
Stand Alone Repeaters
Allstar / Echolink Info
DMR Repeaters (Brandmeister Servers)
- K6RET Adelaide 444.750 + PL 141.3 3500'
- K6RET Adelaide 927.125 - PL 203.5 3500'
- K6KGE Taft 147.975 - PL 110.9 Linked to WA6IPZ (Bear Mt, Fresno) 52.8400
Allstar / Echolink Info
Allstar / Echolink Info
Allstar / Echolink Info
- Allstar: Node = 570150
- Echolink: K6RET-R (Node = 887598)
- NOTE: The Allstar / Echolink Node and DMR Bridge are only functional from 5:30 AM to 9:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. This is being done to conserve battery power on several of our solar powered sites. The Allstar / Echolink node has a 60 sec timeout timer.
Yaesu Fusion
Allstar / Echolink Info
Allstar / Echolink Info
- K6KGE Taft 441.6 + Linked to LA Repeater Room
Repeater Site Pictures
Buckrock Repeater Site
Buckrock Looking E Toward High Sierras
Buckrock 4 Bay Sinclair Antenna
Buckrock Lookout Tower
Closer View of Buckrock Lookout Tower
Double Mt Repeater Site
