Thanks to Eskom’s load-shedding last night, finalisation and issuing of the report was overlooked. Here it is now.
Repeater Status Report 20200811
Almost the middle of the month… and a brand new report for your reading pleasure.
Repeater Status Report 20200804
First of the month of August.
Repeater Status Report 20200728
This is the last one for this month, enjoy 🙂
Repeater Status Report 20200721
The latest and … well, maybe not greatest but it’s still for your reading pleasure.
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.