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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.
Repeater Status Report 20200609
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.
Bottelary Maintenance 20200606
Jan, ZS1VDV reinstalled the ZU9DBI VHF DSTAR repeaters internet gateway.
Updates was made to the internet link configuration
Repeater Status Report 20200602
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.
Hanskop emergency visit 20200601
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.
Hawequa Maintenance 20200531
An investigation was done to get more information for the pause in voice feedback on the UHF link repeater.
Reference voltage was re calibrated for more accurate temperature and battery sensors.
Bottelary repairs 20200530
On Saturday 30 May, John ZS1EQ, Paul ZS1V and Jan ZS1VDV visited the Bottelaryberg highsite that hosts the 145.575 DSTAR and 438.300 multimode digital repeaters. While both repeaters were operating correctly, the internet link to the site had been down for several months, limitting the utility of these repeaters.
The internet link was re-established and a general health check of the site was performed. The gateway unit for the VHF DSTAR repeater was found to be faulty and removed from the site. As a consequence the UHF multimode repeater is now fully functional, but the DSTAR repeater is not linked to the internet.
A battery switch over and low voltage cutout unit on the backup batteries was installed.