Lightning strike at 16h42 at World’s View damaged the RTCM on the 145.750MHz repeater. ZR5S and ZS5ML went up on Monday morning, and found that there was a lot of other damage as well to the others on the tower. It looks like the damage came through the electrical supply, rather than from a strike […]
Read MoreThe new committee has decided to keep the portfolios the same as last year, with the exception of Louis Friedemann, who became silent key last month: Chairman, Technical Shaun Rudling ZR5S Vice-Chairman, Technical, Website Mike Lauterbach ZS5ML Secretary, Treasurer, Asset Treasurer Mike Boast ZS5BGV Clubhouse Des Mullen ZS5DDM Digital Stanley Marx ZR5SEM Events Marjoke Schuitemaker […]
Read MoreShaun moved the DMR repeater to Groenekloof for testing. The city centre is shielded from the Windy Hill tower, and the uhf signals were not good there. First impressions are that signals in Pmb are now stronger from Groenekloof. More testing is required.
Read MoreDMR communications have been disappointing, as we battled to trigger the repeater. We hoped that this was due to a faulty antenna. Also, the routing problem was still there as we could not be heard on the Durban DMR. We (ZR5S and ZS5ML) went to the repeater this afternoon armed with connectors and another second […]
Read MoreOur chariman, ZR5S writes: At short notice, I decided to go up to the Windy Hill high site to install our new Pietermaritzburg MotoTRBO DMR repeater. I was lucky to have ZS5ML Mike to join me. We had it fired up within an hour. On the trip back to Pietermaritzburg, I tried many times to […]
Read MoreZR5S, ZS5RT, ZS5S, ZR5BR, ZS5SK and ZS5ML travelled up to our Richmond repeater to separate the antennas, hoping to eliminate the RF feedback problem at this repeater. Shaun (ZR5S) and Terry climbed the tower and raised the top antenna to the top, after the “ground crew” fitted a new longer cable with new connectors to […]
Read MoreWe had a very interesting meeting at Lynwood Sports Club, where Pravin, ZS5LT presented an interesting talk about his balloon launching. He was accompanied by Chris, ZS5CGW.
Read More2015/6 membership fees will be due by the end of July – our year end is 30 June. Here are the subscriptions for the next financial year: PensionerPensioners can deduct 33.3% from the relevant subs below Subscription Full MemberA person holding an Amateur Radio licence issued by ICASA (licensed person) R160 Family MemberLicensed spouse of […]
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