Backbone BBSs provide routing and other services to all agencies in the county.
Call Sign Host.Domain 2m Access 1.25m Access Location Comments W6XSC-1 w6xsc-1.ampr.org 144.990 223.620 Santa Clara Co Office Bldg (San Jose) JNOS; 24/7; UPS W6XSC-2 w6xsc-2.ampr.org 145.730 -none- Crystal Peak (South County) JNOS; 24/7; UPS W6XSC-3 w6xsc-3.ampr.org 144.310 223.540 Mountain View JNOS; 24/7; UPS W6XSC-4 w6xsc-4.ampr.org 145.690 223.560 Frazier Peak (above Milpitas) JNOS; 24/7; UPS W6XSC-5 w6xsc-5.ampr.org varies varies Extra - for training, back-up, etc. JNOS Contact: The Santa Clara County ARES/RACES Packet Committee manages the country packet backbone nodes. Send e-mail to: pktcmte at scc-ares-races dot org.
Connect/Login Instructions:
- All users: Connect to the primary BBS for your agency. If the primary is down, connect to the secondary.
- Individual ARES/RACES users: Log in with your FCC call sign.
- Cities and agencies: Log in with your designated tactical call. Consult your EC if you do not know your tactical call. Agencies within the county may define additional tactical calls beginning with their assigned prefix.
# Agency Prefix Primary BBS (2.1) Secondary BBS (2.2) Santa Clara County Cities and Agencies 1 CalFire VIPs - Santa Clara Unit SCU W6XSC-2 W6XSC-1 2 Campbell, City of CBL W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 3 County Communications Center CCC W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 4 Cupertino, City of CUP W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 5 Gilroy, City of GIL W6XSC-2 W6XSC-1 6 Hospitals (all SCCo) & DEOC HOS W6XSC-2 W6XSC-1 7 Loma Prieta Region LMP W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 8 Los Altos, City of LOS W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 9 Los Altos Hills, Town of LAH W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 10 Los Gatos, City of LGT W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 11 Los Gatos Red Cross LGR W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 12 Milpitas, City of MLP W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 13 Monte Sereno, City of MSO W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 14 Morgan Hill, City of MRG W6XSC-2 W6XSC-1 15 Mountain View, City of MTV W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 16 NASA/Ames NAM W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 17 Palo Alto, City of PAF W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 18 Palo Alto Red Cross PAR W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 19 San Jose, City of SJC W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 20 San Jose Red Cross SJR W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 21 San Jose Water Co SJW W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 22 Santa Clara, City of SNC W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 23 Santa Clara County XSC W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 24 Santa Clara Valley Water District VWD W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 25 Saratoga, City of SAR W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 26 Stanford University STU W6XSC-3 W6XSC-1 27 Sunnyvale, City of SNY W6XSC-1 W6XSC-3 Other Agencies 28 CalEMA - Coastal Region COS W6XSC-1 29 Alameda County XAL W6XSC-3 30 Contra Costa County XCC W6XSC-1 31 Marin County XMR W6XSC-1 32 Monterey County XMY W6XSC-2 33 San Benito County XBE W6XSC-2 34 San Francisco County XSF W6XSC-1 35 San Mateo County XSM W6XSC-3 36 Santa Cruz County XCZ W6XSC-2 Notes:
(2.1) Severai agencies on W6XSC-1 will soon be redistributed to balance the load across all BBSs.
(2.2) Secondary BBS assignments will also change when the primary is changed. The agencies assigned to each primary BBS will have their secondary assignments distributed among the remaining BBSs so that the overall load from one failed BBS is shared by the remaining BBSs.
| Frequency | BBS Call | Digipeat Call | Location | Contact | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144.950 | KF6ZSQ-4 | San Jose DEOC | Phil Henderson, KF6ZSQ | ||
| 144.910 | KI6DHU-1 | KI6DHU | North Palo Alto | Mark Foster, KI6DHU | 24/7 - Timewave PK-96, 5W |
| 144.910 | K6SNY-1 | Sunnyvale | Andreas Ott, K6OTT | 24/7 - KPC-3 TNC BBS | |
| 145.050 | K6FB-2 | K6FB-1 KA-Node: KF6FB-7 |
Castle Rock Ridge | Skip La Fetra, AA6WK | 24/7 - Battery Backed up, KPC-3 TNC |
| 145.050 | AA6WK-1 | AA6WK KA-Node: AA6WK-7 |
Suburban Sunnyvale | Skip La Fetra, AA6WK | No Battery backup, KPC-3 TNC |
| 144.310 | K6LOS-1 | K6LOS | North Los Altos | Jim Clark, N6JRC | KPC-3 BBS |
| 144.310 | K6MTV-1 | K6MTV | Mountain View | Jerry Haag, K6GAC | KPC-3 BBS |
| 145.050 | W6SJC-1 | San Jose | Craig Anderson, N6YXK | BBS and APRS | |
| 144.930 433.370 (9600 baud) |
N0ARY-1 | San Jose | Gary Mitchell, WB6YRU | Sun System BBS, SW written by Bob Arasmith, N0ARY |
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| 145.010 | N6SPB-10 | San Jose | Scott Santana, N6SPB | RMS Packet | |
| 145.010 | W6EI-10 | Palo Alto | Bob Iannucci, W6EI | RMS Packet | |
| 145.730 | K6ATH-10 | Atherton | Paul Jemelian, KG6JLE | RMS Packet |
An Acrobat table of Packet stations in Santa Cruz County can be found at: http://ares.santa-cruz.ca.us/MRYBAYpacket.PDF
Band Plan: The complete digital band plan for Northern California can be found on the Northern California Packet Association website at: http://www.n0ary.org/ncpa/
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This page was last updated on 23-Mar-2011