jerry

+1 for Oct. 17th, Saturday cool and cloudy JT

+1! Count me in for the help. Many thanks to MT!

Here's a great website: http://www.ecra.org/. Repeaters increase range by relaying the low-power portable signals off of a mountaintop with big transmitter power outputs and gain antennas, to get a stronger signal back to all on the channel. Effective Radiated Power is the watts x antenna gain. They have repeaters on Monument Pk. to cover A-Borrego area (147.240 + split PL 103.5), Superstition (146.670 - 103.5), Black Mt. Glamis area (147.120 + 103.5), and Palomar Mt.(147.030 + 103.5). Gotta get that license thou, to keep it legal. Over and out.

Here's the website for their events for Southern Cal... http://www.atatrials.com/

Phill, The gates are locked for Black & SYTT but you can get around the Santa Ysabel gates. A good ride is up to the end of Pamo Rd. after the dip, go right 10 miles to the end of Lusardi, explore rock cabins and back. Or check out Lake Sutherland on the east end of SYTT, just south of where you pop up onto Black Cyn Rd., east of the bridge. Nice views. Watch out for the washed out areas and sand on SYTT. It's passable, but just barely. Black Cyn. goes thru to Schwinn's Hideout for a burger and beer, just go left at the north tee at Mesa Grande and follow the asphalt over the ridge and down to Lake Henshaw. Have fun.

[ It would be nice to know where the satalite is in the sky, so if you needed it in a canyon you could be sure you were in an a position that the spot could "see" the satelite. Spot uses the GPS satellite system to pinpoint your coordinates to within 5 meters. When the button is pushed, it then sends that info into the GEOS system of many low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites, and then to the GEOS control center in Texas, where the message is filtered and sent to the associated service requested, be it for check-in or emergency needs. They even sell a phone version with the call button. A very cool tool if you can afford it. And if you can't, ride slower.

I'm there Wild Bill. I feel that 24 hour bug coming on, so works gotta wait. See ya at 8, pants on. Jon, he didn't mean any thing detrimental about the pig comment, just very narrow knarly trails out there. It's not uppity if you can back it up with talent, and I haven't seen anyone keep up with him yet.

Called the forestry office and they said Upper Santa Ysabel is locked on both ends (horsey gates open) and road up Black is closed as well. :dance3: I can check it on the DRZ tomorrow after CC riding, and let you know for sure. Wish I could get off from work, I'd go with you all, sounds like a great ride to areas I'd love to check out. Have a blast! jt

As I recall, the last time I tried to take the Santa Ysabel TT from Sutherland Dam to Black Mountain TT, there was a locked gate at the junction of Santa Ysabel TT and Black Canyon Rd (or somewhere around there that prevented me from getting to Black Mountain TT). Is that opened now? If not, there is a simple adjustment to our route; it would just save time if we knew in advance. I'll check the gate tomorrow, as it was locked two weeks ago. CNF website said it's open, but Black Mt. road is still closed. Will post and let ya all know. Santa Ysabel TT has been graded and drainage culverts were installed. It's a little easier now. P.S. A new Black Cyn bridge will be built this year by the county, right next to the old one. Congrats on the new job Mimi, from Whatshisname!