K1DCC

Darrell Curtis

moarc

K1DCC's - Ham Shack

The Repeaters

***** New Repeater *****

11/12/2011

Bob - KA2FWN

Testing the setup of the 443.850 (TOP) while Darrell - K1DCC takes the photo

The Kenwood TKR-750 - 147.240 + PL 71.9 (Between the power supplies)

has been on the air since February 6, 2010

and is now sharing a cabinet with

443.850 + PL 103.5 - A new UHF Station !!!!

It will be on for testing for a while to run in the setup prior to the addition of a link radio to

add to the flexibility of emergency usage in a time of need.

Darrell - K1DCC just posing for the camera Bob did all the work!!!!

147.240 with a 71.9 PL Tone

443.850 with a 103.5 PL Tone

Thanks to R.A.C.E.S. members

Bob KA2FWN

Mike KB2AUJ

Darrell K1DCC

The 147.315+ PL 71.9 Verona K1DCC is now back on the air

Stand alone for local traffic

The 147.240 (PL 71.9)

is a new stand alone repeater covering the Mohawk Valley.

A Brand New Kenwood TKR-750 Repeater is now on the air - 147.240 with a 71.9 PL Tone

Thanks to

Bob KA2FWN

Mike KB2AUJ

Darrell K1DCC

Try it!

Update 09/11/2010

The wind took the tower down on March 14, 2010 so the 147.315 and the 443.650 were off the air until we got the tower back up. We got the 147.315 back on the air but are still working on the 443.650.

How it was

Darrell (K1DCC) working on the old tower.

Yes it is long.

The old tower before it went up

The old tower when it was up

What it looked like after the storm

We took it down to avoid damaging the repeater antenna

New Tower project

Thanks to the efforts of members of the Amateur radio community I was able to secure the necessary tower sections and thanks to countless hours of work by Bob - KA2FWN and all new required hardware we now have the tower up and have the 147.315 repeater on the air again.

First sections of tower going up

9 Element 2 Meter Yagi

TA - 63 Mosley HF Beam

The TA - 63 has a 14' boom 6 elements the longest is 29' long

2 Meter and 440 Yagi's are up

The TA - 63 was a little more difficult

All the Yagi's are up and so is the Pirate Flag

We still have the Repeater antennas to do

The repeaters

The 147.315 has a 71.9 PL tone.

The 147.315 is operating stand alone do to a gating issue with the hub - we will have it linked to the VHF 145.330 into the VHF link system when this issue is resolved. The change to the 71.9 tone code was at the request of the other trustees of the system repeaters to keep all tone codes on the system the same.

The addition of the 147.315 to the VHF system added a large area of "handheld" coverage in the Western Oneida Eastern Madison County areas into this system.

Being on the road with just my handheld I can attest to the excellent area of coverage this has added.

Bob has the required wiring harness fabricated, in place and operating with the electronic programmable link radio on the 147.315 we can now link to any VHF repeater in range. We can also remotely change to link frequency from the field for true flexibility in an actual emergency situation in this area.

The 443.650 (103.5PL)

This repeater remains off the air as the cold weather set in before we could get the antenna back up.

We hope to put the 443.650 repeater is back in service at some point just trying to resolve the details.

Below are photos of both the 147.315 and 443.650 Repeaters, Sinclair Duplexers and the antenna at the top of the 78' and 50' towers.

All it takes is Determination, Commitment, Technical support and CASH.

THE 147.315 REPEATER IS NOW ON THE AIR.

It took me nearly six months to get the UNYREPCO approval for the coordination of the frequency pairs for 147.315.

I would like to extend a Thank You to JPJ Communications and a special Thanks to

Bob Verdon - KA2FWN for all his help.

Public Law 109-295, Sec. 671(b), Title XVIII, Sec. 1805(c) includes amateur radio operators among the communications providers with which Regional Emergency Communications Coordination (RECC) Working Groups are to coordinate in the course of their duties.

How it was being operated when first put on the air.

Brand New Kenwood TKR-750 Rack Mount Repeater