Backbone nodes provide routing and other services to all agencies in the county.
Call Sign 2m Access 1.25m Access Location Comments W6XSC-1 144.910 (1.1) 223.660 (1.1) San Jose JNOS; 24/7; UPS K6MTV-1 144.310 223.540 Mountain View JNOS; 24/7; UPS TBD (1.2) 145.690 223.700 West County JNOS; 24/7; UPS TBD (1.2) 145.730 TBD South County JNOS; 24/7; UPS Contact: The Santa Clara County Packet Committee manages the country packet backbone nodes. Send email to pktcmte at sunnside dot com.
Notes:
(1.1) The access frequencies for W6XSC-1 are temporarily maintained on their historical frequencies to ease user transition to the new backbone nodes. These frequencies will migrate to new frequencies (144.990 and 223.620) as soon as practical.
(1.2) Two additional backbone nodes are currently being tested and will be added in a future phase of deployment.
Cities and agencies: Login to your designated node with your designated tactical call. Consult your EC if you do not know your tactical call. Mail can be directed to these tactical calls from anywhere in the network and it will be automatically routed to the proper location.
Individual ARES/RACES users: Login to your city's designated node with your FCC call sign.
Agency Primary Node (2.1) Secondary Node (2.2) 1 Campbell, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 2 County Communications Center W6XSC-1 TBD 3 Cupertino, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 4 Gilroy, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 5 Loma Prieta Region W6XSC-1 TBD 6 Los Altos, City of K6MTV-1 TBD 7 Los Altos Hills, Town of K6MTV-1 TBD 8 Los Gatos, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 9 Los Gatos Red Cross W6XSC-1 TBD 10 Milpitas, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 11 Monte Sereno, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 12 Morgan Hill, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 13 Mountain View, City of K6MTV-1 TBD 14 NASA/Ames K6MTV-1 TBD 15 Palo Alto, City of K6MTV-1 TBD 16 Palo Alto Red Cross K6MTV-1 TBD 17 San Jose, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 18 San Jose Red Cross W6XSC-1 TBD 19 San Jose Water Co W6XSC-1 TBD 20 Santa Clara, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 21 Santa Clara County (XSC) W6XSC-1 TBD 22 Santa Clara Valley Water District W6XSC-1 TBD 23 Saratoga, City of W6XSC-1 TBD 24 Stanford University K6MTV-1 TBD 25 Sunnyvale, City of W6XSC-1 TBD Other Agencies 26 Monterey County (XMY) W6XSC-1 TBD 27 San Benito County (XBE) W6XSC-1 TBD 28 Santa Cruz County (XCZ) W6XSC-1 TBD Notes:
(2.1) In the past, all agencies accessed W6XSC. In this initial phase, six agencies will be moved off of W6XSC. This will reduce traffic and frequency contention for all users of W6XSC. Future phases will move more cities to other nodes.
(2.2) Each agency will also have a preconfigured backup node which can be easily tested on a regular basis and accessed in the event the primary node fails. Alternate routing to additional backup is also possible. The backup node configurations will be completed in a future phase of deployment.
Santa Clara County contains eleven hospitals plus the DEOC. They currently use KF6ZSQ-4 on 144.950, located at the San Jose DEOC. They will be migrated to the new plan in a future phase.
| Frequency | BBS Call | Digipeat Call | Location | Contact | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144.950 | KF6ZSQ-4 | San Jose DEOC | Phil Henderson, KF6ZSQ | 24/7 - Used for Hospital Net communication | |
| 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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| 145.090 | W6EW-10 Telpac |
Alameda | Kit Blanke, WA6PWW | Winlink RMS node (may be off the air) | |
| 145.690 | WA6LIE-10 Telpac |
Salinas | Scott Avery, WA6LIE | Winlink RMS; May not be reachable from South Bay |
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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