Author: W0AV
UHF Improvements
We had a busy Saturday. We realigned levels on the 444.675 repeater, making changes to CTCSS deviation, general deviation maximums and leveled the CT and CW levels to passed audio. The machine is sounding much smoother now. We also replaced the aging 25 amp NCR power supply with a new 30 […]
Branson Receiver Back Online
We installed the Branson remote receiver yesterday. It had been damaged by a lightning strike during a winter storm. The logic board required several IC replacements. More to come in the following weeks! Stay tuned!!
Aurora Receiver Back Online
We installed the Aurora remote receiver today. It had been completely destroyed by a lightning strike after many years of service. The PA, power supply and receiver were completely rebuilt. Progress is progress. More to come in the following weeks! Stay tuned!!
February Progress
We have been hard at work and want to give you a little update as to what has been happening. First we continue to finalize the build of a 147.12 backup repeater, that we will put into place shortly. We are planning on bringing the current Motorola MSF home to […]
2014 Targets and Goals
It’s the new year and time to give everyone an update as to what is on the horizon. We are having intermittent sensitivity issues on the 147.12 repeater and we have gathered what we need to address it. Plus we are going to be adding some features back to it’s […]
147.12 Re-Build is FINISHED
Good news! We are FINALLY finished building the new 147.12 repeater and plan to move it into place on July 27, 2013. We have spent a lot of time testing and aligning to be sure everything is ready and we just have to drop it into place in a couple […]
147.12 Almost READY
Wow. We’re almost there. We spent last Saturday finishing up tweaks audio processing, levels and deviation. When we stopped, the new Motorola repeater was functioning as we designed. So now our plan is to pretty up the wiring, get everything labeled and then plan the install! We’re hoping that we’ll […]