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Repeater Status
The 147.505 and 224.500 repeaters and
associated
equipment
were damaged on Thursday evening, July 16th, 2009 by lightning.
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Both controllers, 3
computers, an equalizer, the voter, the remote base interface,
IRLP board,
the 220 repeater, squelch and PL boards have been damaged. Also,
most likely damaged but didn't fail until much later was a coil section
in the 505 transmitter and the receiver crystals.
Work Still to be Done
Streaming Audio for 444.500, 220 to 440 link and 2 meter to 220 link
still not working.
User codes for 220 repeater need to be re-programmed.
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Event Log
8/221/10:
224.500 is ON the air. Freq. drift
corrected, PTT problem resolved
(controller), new duplexers have
been retuned. They were not tuned properly by the factory.
Audio and programming still needs to be
done.
5/21/10:
224.500 is off the air. PTT relay
problem and frequency drift on tx.
Will be sending in for repair.
4/10/10: 505 Repeater back in normal operation (rx xtals and tx
coil replaced)
2/09: 505 Repeater sent in for repair
12/19/09: New PL Board on 220 repeater
11/30/09: TE Amp Put Back into Service
11/15/09: New squelch board installed on 220 repeater. PL board
installed, encoding but not decoding - possible
defective board. New surge protectors installed on both repeaters.
11/1/09: EchoIRLP is now working. TE Amp was found to be failing.
Backup Henry amp is online.
9/19/09: 224.500 Back on the air! No PL, No Links, Needs new squelch
board
8/31/09: Server Installed /
RC-850 Controller Installed
8/23-8/29/09: NE571 Chip
replaced in RC-850, autopatch fixed. New mobo installed in server.
8/9-8/19/09: Both controllers are back from repair. RC-850 still
having
problem with autopatch. New motherboard ordered for server.
7/28/09: Streaming audio for 147.505 only is back online
7/26/09: DRX computer and Remote
Base back online
7/22/09: Voted receivers back online, PL encoder/decoder
installed
7/20/09: Backup controller installed on 505 repeater
7/18/09: 147.505 back online in a basic configuration |
Updates added as repairs
progress. -
Thanks, K1SOX |
