Heya folks!

Lots of work done over the weekend and the donation drought has finally been broken! Yay!

All the juicy details inside, as always. Enjoy! 🙂

Jan ZS1VDV and David ZS1DDK performed maintenance on two repeaters this Sunday past. At the Piketberg site (145.625MHz), a local interference source was found. The repeater squelch was adjusted to 0.25microvolts, the controller was reconfigured to key on CTCSS and carrier instead of carrieronly and the duplexer was finetuned.
A circulator was installed between the repeater transmitter and the duplexer. At Hawequas (145.650MHz), the UHF link repeat setting was in an inconsistent state due to a deactivation on 15 Feb to protect the transmitter. The setting was deactivated then reactivated. On both sites, the controller firmware was updated.

A cash donation has been received from Dirk van der Berg ZS1VDB.

WCRWG_Status_Report_20160223

Evening, all!

It’s been rather hectic around here lately. Tilers arrive tomorrow so shifting stuff out of the way has occupied lots of time. And energy. Ah, well, I need the exercise 🙂

Report attached for your perusal… enjoy! 🙂

Jan ZS1VDV and Rassie ZS1YT reinstalled the link controller and radios at the 145.650MHz Hawequas site on Sunday 14 February 2015. An interference issue was observed that could be cured by disconnecting the UHF link from Piketberg. Jan has requested monitoring of the interference and, if possible, observation of the UHF link from Piketberg.

WCRWG_Status_Report_20160216

Greetings and salutations!

Well, there’s been a bit happening lately and… nah, you’re gonna need to read the report to find out what. 🙂

Notes and Updates since last report

1. Jan van der Vyver ZS1VDV and Mike Kellett ZS1TAF performed upgrades and maintenance work on the 145.675MHz repeater at Jonaskop on Saturday 6 February. A new minirack was installed and the repeater was replaced with one aligned to the controller and link radios. A new rackmount PSU and circulator were installed along with the controller and link radios. The fly lead between the duplexer and the heliax was replaced, the connection to the 4stack was serviced some water was dried out and the connection triplesealed. Initial reports indicate a significant improvement in the signal from the repeater. Further signal reports welcome.
2. A new addition to the status report – the Riversdale repeater will be included in the WCRWG report henceforth. See below for the details.

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