Anvil Mountain Repeater

Rptr Trans: 147.15 - 30 watts
Rptr Recvs: 144.55
RX. Offset: -2.6 mhz
TX Coordinates: 64-33.8' x 165-22.1'
Antenna: Aprox 5 db gain, 85 ft AGL
Ground Elevation: 1,055 ft MSL

Just north of Nome is the famous Anvil Mountain. The left peak has the distinctive "anvil" rock, and the right peak houses several radio and seismic efforts.

Anvil Mountain was developed as a Distant Early Warning System site in 1952, as a communications relay for the radar station at Cape Prince of Wales, near the Bering Strait. Some of the structures are still there. Shown here are two of the four parabolic dishes; the repeater is housed in one of the four, just out of sight to the right.

Picture courtesy Tom Busch, NL7H

At aproximately 1055 ft elevation, this site covers the Nome area with alternative coverage to the downtown SPARC repeater. It also has excellent coverage east to the Safety and Topkok areas, and some of the nearby valleys.

Due to Monument Mountain to the west, and Newton Peak to the east, there are some "dead spots" in the coverage area. Hard to believe, but some of these areas are better covered by the downtown repeater. Nevertheless, Anvil Mountain remains as one of the most powerful and capable of the SPARC repeaters. Boats, in particular, have been able to reach it from many miles out to sea.

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