On Sunday the 23rd of March Koos (ZR5KDK) Tony (ZR5CAT) and Cale (ZR5CA) attended to the MARC repeater box at the Griffin’s hill towers site. Unfortunately the RTCM clients step-down regulator IC was burnt out, the power supply was outputting no voltage and the Repeater box was full of rat droppings. It seems that there […]
Read MoreKoos ZS5KDK drove up up to the Griffin’s Hill repeater site to replace the power supply with a reliable alternative. “Power sup at Grifens Hill 145.700 decided to pack up. I have replaced it but it will need a good reliable battery charger” Koos ZS5KDK
Read MoreKoos ZS5KDK, Tony ZR5CAT and Cale ZR5CA rocked up at the Griffin’s Hill repeater site to install new and refurbished hardware in the hopes of getting the repeater running up again. They managed to successfully get the repeater working again after a few hours of hard work. A big thank you to Koos , Tony […]
Read MoreWe lost power at the Estcourt repeater at Griffin’s Hill during our first spring storm. The circuit breaker probably tripped again inside the Eskom building and we are waiting for staff to reset it when next they are in the area.
Read MoreAnt and Koos were at it again – sorting the 750 repeater at World’s View 🙂 The tx antenna has been moved back onto the tower in it’s original spot. The tx signal is once again restored and strong! The “old” Kenwood repeater was also replaced. The audio is now lower, but left there for […]
Read MoreThe link to Alverstone was re-established today. The UHF repeater is now linked to the repeater network, and should come in handy for emergency comms during the Comrades Marathon. The repeaters linked at the moment are: Durban, Highway 145.625MHz Alverstone 439.325MHz Pietermaritzburg, World’sView 145.750MHz Pietermaritzburg, Hilton 145.6625MHz Estcourt, Griffin’s Hill 145.700MHz
Read MoreKoos, ZS5KDK replaced the 750 repeater at World’s View with the repeater which was recovered from the old Richmond site, in order to improve the audio. Please test and send back feedback. It is linked and will hopefully improve emergency communications during this year’s Comrades Marathon.
Read MoreKoos, Andy and Fred reinstalled the DStar and UHF repeaters at Alverstone. The UHF frequency is 439.325 / 431.725MHz with 88.5 tone. Well done OM! The wireless link has to be re-established for an internet connection.
Read More“Quick status report. The Groenekloof DMR 225 has been reset and working again. The Worlds View DMR 300 antenna has been installed up on the tower below the two 750 antennas. 750 is online but need to tune the two cavities and see what the notches are doing and possibly add the other two from […]
Read MoreZS5KDK met up with Eskom at Estcourt and restored the 145.700 repeater power.
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