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Maintenance Jonaskop 20200719
Matt ZS1MTF, JP ZS1JPM and Jan ZS1VDV investigated the power outage at Jonaskop. The sun was out, some wind was blowing and some left over snow was visible.
An upstream Eskom breaker was reset.
With the storms, the hut took a bit of a beating. The one air vent cover needed to be replaced and the outside temperature sensor wire repaired.
The backup battery distribution was upgrade and fuses installed. The site is now ready to take an easy install of 2 more batteries.
Maintenance Hanskop 20200717
Matt ZS1MTF and Jan ZS1VDV investigated the UHF repeater on Hanskop.
It was found to be in working order. The SQL level of the UHF repeater was measured at 0.43uV.
Repeater Status Report 20200714
Apologies for the lack of a report last week. This was due to a cat biting my thumb quite severely and a resulting infection and lots of painkillers. Still, recovery has been good and here’s this week’s report for your reading pleasure.
Repeater Status Report 20200630
The last one for the month. Apologies for the late posting, was fighting network issues until early am.
Maintenance Piketberg 20200627
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.
Repeater Status Report 20200623
Greetings! The latest repeater status report for your reading pleasure there is! (Yoda)
Repeater Status Report 20200616
For your reading pleasure, the latest Repeater Status Report is downloadable at the finely crafted link below.
Hawequa Maintenance 20200613
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.
Hanskop Maintenance 20200613
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.
