Hi, Folks!
Sorry about the lateness of the hour, had a meeting with the local neighbourhood watch that went on a bit. Still, ain’t gonna skip the report – here for your reading pleasure 🙂
Monthly Archives: Jun 2017
Maintenance Hawequa 20170625
Today Jan ZS1VDV and David ZS1DDK went to the site to service the power problem.
It was found that the DC power distribution box was faulty and replaced.
VHF repeater SWR was tested (1.2)
UHF repeater SWR was tested (1.4)
Backup battery voltage was measured (13.8V)
Repeater Status Report 20170620
Hi, folks!
Well, there’s been some more nice rain lately. Jan took a lovely photo of water running down the mountain when he was up at a high site recently, check it out here on the website!
And, of course, here’s the weekly report 🙂
Maintenance Hawequa 20170617
Jan, ZS1VDV went to Hawequa to investigate why the 650 VHF repeater was not working. The worst was suspected, that the mast did not survive the storms. Luckily this was not the case. The mast and building was in good condition.
It was found that the repeater was on, but as soon as it started to transmit it restarted. After long debugging, it was found that the repeater was not at fault but the dc power distribution box and power supply. The fault was corrosion on the conductors in the connectors (dust and soot blasted in by the storms, as well as intermittent power would have caused this), as well as crackling sound in the power supply.
The power supply will have to be replaced on a next visit and serviced.
It was great to see the water flowing off the mountain.
Repeater Status Report 20170613
Hi, folks!
Well, that was a bit of wind on Wednesday, and a nice bit of rain too. The dams certainly appreciated it but the fires in the Eden area were a bit of news we all could have done without. A couple of repeater casualties as well… check out the report 🙂
Repeater Status Report 20170606
Hi, peeps!
Hardly any change in the report this week, unlike the weather forecast. Keep warm, dry and safe should the predicted storm come to pass. 🙂