GRONK
Radio Network©®™ Welcome to our home on the web. The
GRONK
Radio Network is a remote base intertie headquartered in Southern
California. We operate many sites interconnected by full-duplex radio
pathways, some with steerable remote base radios on other bands such as
2-Meters (144MHz). We sponsor a few open repeaters serving localized
areas as well. "The
Network" or "GRONK" as we call it, is a private radio system where
membership
is by invitation and sponsorship. Please visit our membership section
for more details.
Our affiliates partner with us in the spirit of mutual interest and cooperation to further the Network and the amateur radio hobby. Affiliated radio systems continue the spirit of camaraderie and innovation by extending our coverage areas & diversity of participants. Together with the parent GRONK organization & radio system, the Network can continue to be the enduring institution it has been for decades. The GRONK Radio Network (as the radio system and parent organization) is owned and operated by Matt, W6KGB under a "benevolent dictatorship" model. Ownership of affiliates is independent, though maintainence, construction and installation of radios is often a cooperative effort between groups. Radio systems survive when people work together.
Beginning by the inspiration & efforts of Terry Downey (W6TD) our founder & friends in the 1960s, GRONK is the oldest network of its kind. It predates Cactus and other groups & pioneered wide-area fully duplexed linking. Cactus then took these efforts to the next level in subsequent years. GRONK was at one time large when Cactus was young. Through a few cycles of (in)activity it never grew to the proportions Cactus eventually evolved into. It remains as an institution however, having survived these 40+ years. Now in a new phase of rebirth, the goal is to carry it another four decades hence or more.
Our affiliates partner with us in the spirit of mutual interest and cooperation to further the Network and the amateur radio hobby. Affiliated radio systems continue the spirit of camaraderie and innovation by extending our coverage areas & diversity of participants. Together with the parent GRONK organization & radio system, the Network can continue to be the enduring institution it has been for decades. The GRONK Radio Network (as the radio system and parent organization) is owned and operated by Matt, W6KGB under a "benevolent dictatorship" model. Ownership of affiliates is independent, though maintainence, construction and installation of radios is often a cooperative effort between groups. Radio systems survive when people work together.
Beginning by the inspiration & efforts of Terry Downey (W6TD) our founder & friends in the 1960s, GRONK is the oldest network of its kind. It predates Cactus and other groups & pioneered wide-area fully duplexed linking. Cactus then took these efforts to the next level in subsequent years. GRONK was at one time large when Cactus was young. Through a few cycles of (in)activity it never grew to the proportions Cactus eventually evolved into. It remains as an institution however, having survived these 40+ years. Now in a new phase of rebirth, the goal is to carry it another four decades hence or more.
Membership
Information
Why
are we Private?
Assorted
Internet Links
Tributes to Fallen Heroes (coming soon)
Contact
GRONK Radio Network
Sites: Blue
Ridge Mazourka Peak Jordan
Peak Silver Peak Little Lake
Crimea Peak Plains Knoll Mt.
Wilson Mt. Lukens Sierra Peak Palos
Verdes Sage Peak Palomar Mountain
Fallbrook (DRA) Secret Site 9 (KGBRG)
Sponsored Open Radios: Mazourka Peak 146.76- 100.0 (1Z) Little Lake 147.21+ no PL (linked) Plains Knoll 51.90- 82.5 (YZ)
The 146.76 and 147.21 repeaters are linked, serving the Owens Valley and greater Ridgecrest/Inyokern areas.
These radios operate under the K6RFO callsign of the Lo Inyo Amateur Radio Society, sponsored subsidiary of
the GRONK Radio Network. K6RFO was first issued to Jim Downey (SK), father of Terry Downey (W6TD).
These stations serve as a memorial to Jim and the inspiration he gave Terry.
Sponsored Open Radios: Mazourka Peak 146.76- 100.0 (1Z) Little Lake 147.21+ no PL (linked) Plains Knoll 51.90- 82.5 (YZ)
The 146.76 and 147.21 repeaters are linked, serving the Owens Valley and greater Ridgecrest/Inyokern areas.
These radios operate under the K6RFO callsign of the Lo Inyo Amateur Radio Society, sponsored subsidiary of
the GRONK Radio Network. K6RFO was first issued to Jim Downey (SK), father of Terry Downey (W6TD).
These stations serve as a memorial to Jim and the inspiration he gave Terry.
--Affiliated
Radio Systems--
De Luz
Remote Association (DRA)
High Desert Radio Network (HDRN) *
TWE's Magnificent Amateur Radio System
(TWEMARS) *
* denotes non-linked affiliates
Last edit: KGB - 09/04/2006
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Matt Lechliter W6KGB. All Rights Reserved.