Mount Morris is located in the Adirondack Park area of New York State about six miles south of Tupper Lake. A 360-degree view is provided from the summit of this 3,163-foot mountain. The site is a privately owned, commercial communications site hosting a variety of two-way radio, paging, cellular telephone, FM broadcast, and television relay equipment. Included in the complement of equipment at this site are two amateur repeater systems. A VHF repeater that operates on 147.330/147.930 and a UHF repeater operating on 444.700/449.700. A 100 hertz CTCSS tone is needed to access the VHF repeater. A 110.9 hertz CTCSS is required to access the UHF repeater which can be linked to the Killington Peak system in Vermont on a “call up” basis. This link is part of the original linking system that started in Long Island, NY back in the 1980s and the reason for it being mentioned here. Because of the rugged terrain found in and around this area, reliable communications coverage from this mountain is about a 30-mile radius. Greater coverage can be expected in some directions, depending on the location of the station attempting to access either of these repeaters.
In 2005 the UHF system is went off the air. The equipment, which had been located in the cab of the fire tower, suffered water damage when a window blew out of the cab. An equipment up date and reinstallation was required. The original call sign that had been in use for this station was NR2V.
In the summer of 2013 there came a renewed interest in putting these stations back on the air. Two Motorola MSF-5000 stations, one VHF and a UHF, were planned for use at this site.
This interest came to a peak in 2015 when two Motorola MSF-5000 stations (above) and operating on the above mentioned frequencies were interfaced with a Link-Comm DPS-404 controller which is VOIP capable. This allows a user to talk to a repeater in Long Island via a fiber optc connection. At this time, the call letter of this station was changed to the call given on the header of this secion.
Located at this site is the first forest fire lookout tower ever built in the state of New York. The original amateur station was located in the fire tower cab. Notice there are few antennas visible in this rather old photo. Not seen is a new building located at the base of the fire tower where the W2TUP stations are located.
In this winter scene you can see some of the other antennas located at his site.