Joaquin Ridge Repeater

[nokones]

Some time ago, there was some discussion regarding the Joaquin Ridge repeater if it was still on the air because the owner has passed. Also, I remember in that discussion someone was going to look into keeping that repeater active.

Well, as of the last couple of days, if that repeater is active, the tones and/or the freq have changed. As listed, it is not active.

As for an alternate, the two Park Ridge repeaters provide excellent coverage on I.S. 5 practically all the way up to Westley.

[WRHS218]

For a while, before it was deactivated "?" it was linked to the Auberry repeater on the east side of the valley. As far as I know, it hasn't been on the air for many months. I check for it every time I come down into the valley. I was over in Coalinga a while back and scanned all of the repeater frequencies and didn't hear anything. The repeater was located on Joaquin Ridge to the east of Coalinga. I have not heard anything regarding the demise of the repeater.

[wayoverthere]

Honestly, I haven't kept an ear on things, so I haven't heard in a bit if it was up or down.

Was searching the repeater listings today, and wasn't even able to find it listed. last I remember, there was some wording on the listing about attempting to track down someone with knowledge of/access to the repeater, but can't see the listing now to see if that updated.

[WRUU653]

The name has changed and as of four months ago appears to be moving to a new home. If you scroll down in the comments you’ll see that it’s the same repeater formerly known as Joaquin Ridge but the name has changed to Hepsedam Peak. It’s listed as offline at the moment. 
Here is a quote from the site (I suspect they meant PAPA 32).

“Repeater has been removed Ham took over With PAPA31 Repeater So new Site Listed and should be up soon 2025“