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.
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