Issue Number Four Saturday, October 6, 2007
September
Meeting of the South Dakota State Linked Repeater System
September
22, 2ØØ7
GREG,
NØNPO, HARRY, WAØMFZ, DON, AAØF, ED, WØSD, ELDON, WØRTD,
JERRY, KGØGG, MARK, WBØHUY AND XYL, CORY, WØYMB, CHRIS,
WØADZ, HOWARD, KGØR, GREG, WBØRJH, ROLLY, NØAHL, ROD,
KCØZHF, DICK, WØSIR, TAM, AAØLY, JOHN, NØPIZ, RANDY, KBØGGM,
AND JIM, KDØS A total 19 with Marks wife.
1.
Terry Peak-Is in need of a power supply, Ed WØSD said he would
supply one.
2.
Rapid City UHF-Considerable work has been done; it is up and
running well.
3.
Phillip-The battery has been cleaned and "watered", the
UHF was off a little, and has been corrected, the
entire station has been checked and is OK.
4.
Murdo has a noise problem occasionally. This site doesn’t
have a backup battery, but one will be located and installed
soon.
5.
Garden City-A new antenna has been installed and looking for
reports as to the coverage.
6.
Pierre-No problems, the generator has been exercised. A
noise problem has been corrected.
7.
Reliance-New antenna and feed line installed, a new UHF-PA
also. The controller as been replaced, batteries
checked OK, and a new power supply has been installed.
8.
Wessington Springs-VHF antenna is bent and needs
replacement, a 224E is planned. Radio equipment
checked out fine. Howard, KGØR stopped there on the
way to the meeting.
9.
Humboldt-Has been moved to a new and better site, provided
by Vantec communications, Sioux Falls. The antenna is
9Øft higher and 7/8" feed line has been
installed. Has had intermittent UHF problems, but the
site is working great. Coverage is vastly improved.
10.
Turkey Ridge-There was a case of vandalism during the past year
with some serious damage to equipment and the building. A
new secure door has been installed, and the batteries are
back on site. It is planned to replace a Micor receiver with
an Icom 221 receiver. Operation overall is very good.
·
Someone from the New Underwood area has made a request to tie in
a 146.97Ø MHz repeater into the state system, we felt this was
probably not necessary because of easy access to Terry Peak from
that area and no action was taken.
·
It was decided to continue to ask the state clubs to provide Net
Control Stations for the Wednesday evening net at 8 PM
MT, each club will volunteer to take the net for a month or two.
·
Many REA’s offer a grant program and we need to check with
our local REA’s and inquire if we might qualify for a grant
$5ØØ to $1ØØØ to help maintain the State Link, if they offer
such a thing. A sample of this can be viewed at http://www.palelec.com/community/roundup.html
.
·
The Memorandum of Agreement between the Amateur
Radio operators and the State Department of Emergency Management
has been signed. http://members.mato.com/kg0gg/MOA_DPS.pdf
·
In order to help this MOA come about a group called Dakota
Amateur Radio Network was formed that will represent
all hams in the state of South Dakota, more information will
follow. http://members.mato.com/kg0gg/MOA_ANNOUNCEMENT.pdf
Jerry Hawley KGØGG
Garden City Repeater Update
I checked the .67 Garden
City with the Motorola Spectrum Analyzer this morning, September
27, 2007, and everything looks perfect, a good clean
signal. The new
antenna shows 40 watts forward and none reflected.
Apparently the
problem with Clear Lake on 147.270 is likely the 600 khz product
of a
mix with our output as that frequency is exacty 600 khz from
146.67.
They are moving frequencies and hopefully that will cure their
problem.
I picked up the old antenna from Garden City while I was
there.
Ed W0SD
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This Newsletter Last Updated on: Saturday, October 6, 2007
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