we have 8 repeaters in a 20 miles radius of CF
3 - Fusion/AllStar analog 2M machines
2 - AllStar UHF machines
2- analog VHF
1 - Dstar VHF on 19B fulltime
plus another 4 if you stretch that circle to the Holcombe ridge
1- AllStar VHF
1 - 6M analog
1 - analog UHF
1 - analog VHF
so there is not a lack of repeaters
and I would think you could get into most of them well from Cadott
with minimal equipment.
with your ClearNode you can connect to any of the AllStar repeaters listed
you can find them on the maps http://stats.allstarlink.org/maps/allstarUSAMap.html
or
http://stats.allstarlink.org/maps2/index.html
those links are right off the allstarlink.org website
instead of a repeater (and all of the expense and pain they entail)
one could build out a simplex node (Raspberry Pi,audio interface,VHF or UHF radio that puts out lower power (5-10 watts) on a off beat simplex frequency
with a antenna just 15 or 20ft up you could cover quite a bit of the surrounding area.
My simplex nodes cover most of the city Chippewa proper even though I am behind a cliff
lots of documentation on the web on setting up a proper simplex node.
remember your Clearnode is a simplex node of low power so it should work just the same, but right in your yard
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