Author: W0AV
145.43 Storm Damage OTA
Well.. we are once again off the air due to lightning damage. The storms that moved through yesterday brought with them a wrath of lightning. This didn’t fair well for us. The building lost power, the generator fired up and breakers were tripped. Much damage occurred. We will be assessing […]
145.43 Power Supply Failure
We experienced a failure in the power supply that controls logic to the transmitter building over the weekend. We have taken the repeater offline as a result. The issue is minor and we should have the repeater back on the air in the next day or two. Thanks for your […]
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 […]