Michael ZS1TAF did a quick on site diagnosis on 26 June 2020 and found that the controller needed reconfiguration.
Paul ZS1V and Jan ZS1VDV went to Piketberg on 27 June 2020.
The controller was reinitialized, firmware reloaded and reconfigured. (Last done 3 November 2018)
The VHF antenna system was found to have a 2+ SWR, and needs servicing.
Greetings! The latest repeater status report for your reading pleasure there is! (Yoda)
For your reading pleasure, the latest Repeater Status Report is downloadable at the finely crafted link below.
Jan, ZS1VDV and JP, ZS1JPM investigate why the main Eskom power feed was down. This was after snowfall stopped a visit on 11 June 2020.
A breaker was reset after the storm and power was reinstated.
Jan, ZS1VDV and Sybrand, ZS1SJ did some maintenance on the backup power.
The link controller was reprogrammed and the UHF link repeater SQL was closed a bit.
Evening, all! Apologies for the late posting, the plumbers were here replacing my geyser which finally decided to spring a leak after 34.something years on the job.
Jan, ZS1VDV reinstalled the ZU9DBI VHF DSTAR repeaters internet gateway.
Updates was made to the internet link configuration
Greetings!
After a lengthy hiatus, imposed by a PC failure (thanks Eskom), I finally managed to get a report together for publishing. I’m sure there’s been a lot happening whilst I’ve been “offnet”, so to speak, so this report won’t be bringing earth-shattering news. It gets the ball rolling.
On Monday 1 June 2020, Jan ZS1VDV and Paul ZS1V visited the Hanskop 145.600 site to assess the damage to the equipment after a burglary that occurred over the weekend prior.
The perpetrators ripped out and made off with the battery charger, multiplug and 220V power lead. Temporary repairs were made and plans put in place to return and complete the restoration.