The KDØCI Repeater System
Call Sign Trustee: Kenny Broshofske, KJ9W
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KDØCI/R – Ogilvie Minnesota
Kanabec County’s Emergency Repeater
147.240 MHz – PL 146.2 Hz
Kanabec County’s Open and Friendly Repeater
ABOUT THE REPEATER:
Supported by:
The Mora Open Repeater Association
Hosted by:
The Minnesota Department of Transportation
Sponsored by:
Kanabec County Emergency Management
Custodian & Call Sign Trustee:
Kenny Broshofske, KJ9W
Repeater Engineer:
Jerry Whitaker, WBØOFB
Assistant Engineer:
Erv Kleinschmidt, AEØKE
Skywarn & MORA Tuesday Evening Net UHF Link:
Located near Lena Lake. Opened October 3rd 2019
REPEATER COVERAGE:
KDØCI Repeater Coverage Map – Courtesy of RepeaterBook
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HISTORY:
At 11:30 AM on Thursday August 21st 2008, after a year and a half of planning, the Kanabec County Amateur Radio VHF Repeater came on line at the old [and since demolished] County Radio Tower located 4 miles north of Ogilvie Minnesota along Highway 47.
The original plans included a Skywarn Link to Duluth and a Hospital Net Link into St Cloud, and until recently lack of resources put those plans on hold. Currently, the Skywarn Net UHF Link at Lena Lake in Pine County and the Central Minnesota Regional Hospital Net UHF Link at Milaca are under construction.
When repeater operations began, Kenny Broshofske was asked to act as Custodian. As a result, the repeater was assigned his call sign – which at that time was KDØCI.
During May of 2013, the repeater was relocated to a new and improved site 5 miles north of Ogilvie, resulting in improved coverage across Kanabec and surrounding counties.
On August 22nd 2013, the call sign of the repeater was changed to KJ9W to correspond with Broshofske’s own call sign change. This change was considered to be temporary until the Mora Open Repeater Association could acquire its own call sign.
On August 6th 2015, the KDØCI call sign became available for assignment as a Vanity Call in the Federal Communications Commission’s database. On October 10th, the Mora Open Repeater Association filed an application to acquire KDØCI as its club call sign, and on October 23rd, the FCC officially approved the application.
On January 14th 2016, the KDØCI call sign once again became the ID for the repeater under MORA sponsorship, with Broshofske continuing to serve as Repeater Custodian and Call Sign Trustee.
The primary purpose of the repeater is to provide emergency backup communications for Kanabec County, facilitate Skywarn Spotter activity across the repeater coverage area, and enable general communications for radio amateurs.
During normal propagation conditions, mobile coverage is very good for up to 35 miles from the repeater site in all directions, while basic home station access is considered reliable from as far away as Aitkin and McGregor to the north, Danbury and Siren Wisconsin to the east, the northern suburbs of the Twin City Metro area to the south, and St Cloud and Little Falls to the west.
The repeater is shielded to the southeast to protect the 147.240 repeater near Eau Claire Wisconsin.
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KDØCI/R – Duxbury Minnesota
Pine County’s Emergency Repeater
146.910 MHz – PL 146.2 Hz
ABOUT THE REPEATER:
Supported by:
Pine County ARES
Hosted by:
The Minnesota Department of Transportation
Sponsored by:
Pine County Emergency Management
Supported by:
The Mora Open Repeater Association
Previous Call Sign:
KEØACL
Repeater Engineer:
Erv Kleinschmidt, AEØKE
Engineering & Technical Support:
DSC Communications, Superior Wisconsin
Skywarn & MORA Tuesday Evening Net UHF Link:
Located near Lena Lake. Opened October 3rd 2019 [Activated only during Nets]
REPEATER COVERAGE:
KDØCI – Courtesy of RepeaterBook
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SKYWARN® NET LINK
ABOUT THIS LINK:
The Kanabec Area Skywarn Link is a VHF/UHF Link located at Lena Lake. Its primary purpose is to connect the Ogilvie and Duxbury repeaters during Skywarn Nets to provide spotter information and support to the Duluth office of the National Weather Service during severe weather.
This link is also activated during emergencies, such as during the COVID19 Virus Outbreak of 2020.
This link was activated for the first time during the MORA Tuesday Evening Repeater Net on October 3rd 2019, providing extended net coverage across Pine County, and into Northwest Wisconsin.
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KANABEC AREA SKYWARN®
The Kanabec Area Skywarn “stand alone” website was officially released in March 2019. This followed the transfer of the domain from its creator Jason Becht, KEØBMA, to Kanabec Area Skywarn Coordinator Marc Johnson, KDØTCR.
The new Skywarn website has been updated and includes Skywarn information previously posted on the MORA website.
With Kanabec Area Skywarn now having it’s own website, MORA has reconstructed its former Skywarn page into an exclusive Repeater page, which includes a link to the new Skywarn site.
To visit the new Kanabec Area Skywarn site, click on the Kanabec Area Skywarn banner above.
OTHER REPEATERS IN OUR AREA :
2 METERS
ASKOV: NØJOL – 146.995 MHz, PL 146.2 (Fusion – No PL)
FORESTON: NØGOI – 146.745 MHz, PL 107.2 Hz
GIESE: KBØQYC – 146.865 MHz, PL 146.2 Hz
ISANTI (CAMBRIDGE): NØJOL – 146.640 MHz, PL 146.2 Hz
ISLE: WØREA – 146.610 MHz, PL 141.3 Hz
MAHTOWA: WØGKP – 147.000 MHz, PL 103.5 Hz
MILACA: KDØJOU – 145.350 MHz, PL 141.3 Hz
PRINCETON: KØSCA – 146.775 MHz, PL 146.2 Hz
RUSH CITY: KØECM – 145.330 MHz, PL 146.2 Hz
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