Reprogrammed Link To Alverstone
After ZS5ML reprogrammed the wireless link to Alverstone, Andy ZS5CEY managed to reprogram the settings on the DStar repeater at Alverstone to get it linked again. Thanks Andy!
Read MoreAllocating Portfolios Meeting
The committee held a meeting and allocated the following portfolios:Chairman Koos ZS5KDKVice Chairman Mike ZS5MLSecretary /Treasurer Mike 5BGVMarc Coordinator Marjoke ZS5VNew Members DES ZS5DDMWeb Site & Hamnet Coordinator Mike ZS5MLTraining Shaun ZS5STechnical and Repeater Maintenance Shaun ZR5SDigital Stanley ZS5SEMPRO and Events Willem ZR5ZS.
Read MoreMaritzburg Marathon
A few of our members helped with the Maritzburg Marathon, which was concluded without a major hitch. Here is a pic from the vehicle of ZS5GEL and ZS5ML showing the lead vehicle with the lead runner on the second round at table 4:
Read MoreLightning Damaged World’s View RTCM
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 MoreDMR Communications Problems
DMR 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 MoreEliminating RF Feedback Problem
ZR5S, 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 […]
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