You may have heard all the racket on the repeater this weekend. If so you know we installed the new VXR-7000 at city hall. In the process of the install we discovered some problems that required attention. We fixed most of the problem but there is still some desense in the system as indicated by the long squelch tail. The desense was no doubt present with the other repeater but not detectable do to the lower output power. We’re planing to give the duplexer a through tune-up in the not too distant future. Even with the current desense, the new system seems to be performing as well or better than the other repeater.
Thanks to AD6TN, W6BRP, K6LUE, WB6DNX, N6RAS, W6GOS, N6AWQ, and KE6JDL for your help with the install.
Here’s a few pictures from the install.
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VRX-7000 on it's perch.
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Rear of VRX-7000
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VXR-7000 and Micor
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Antenna farm atop city hall.
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Buck and Peter
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Tim and Pete working on the 2 meter repeater antenna
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Tim, WD6AWP, our HB RACES Repeater Liaison
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