Sat May 22 6:51PM
The 10 meter repeater is on-the-air. It operates on 29.690 output and 29.590 input with no PL at this time. This is a split site with the receiver in Edwardsville, IN. The transmitter is located in downtown Louisville with buildings to the North and East of the antenna which may shadow emissions. South and West should be fine.
Sat May 15 1:54PM
The 441.350 Downtown repeater is down with a duplexer problem. Repairs have not been scheduled per other priorities.
Sat May 8 10:19PM
Repairs have been completed on the 441.350 Downtown repeater and it is now back in service. The Vine Grove repeater should be operational in a few days.
Sat Apr 24 4:15PM
The final amplifier for the 441.350 Downtown repeater is acting up causing a disruptive squelch tail. It will be shut down for about a month pending awaiting parts and scheduling to complete the repair. This will also disable the Vine Crove repeater, but will not effect Edwardsville and Fern Creek.
Fri Mar 19 10:15PM
The new 145.410 100 PL remote receiver/repeater is installed and operational in the Fern Creek Area.
Mon Mar 2 10:25PM
Repairs have been completed on the 441.350 repeater running 75 watt finals at 60 watts. Power output was increased to offset self-oscillation of the transmitter. The 10 meter transmitter hardware was used which delays this future link for now.
Mon Mar 1 10:00PM
The 441.350 repeater has failed per driver/finals. Awaiting
parts.
Mon Mar 1 7:37AM
The 441.350 repeater is down. This also disables the 145.120 Vine Grove repeater. Awaiting evaluation.
Sun Feb 29 7:11PM
Echolink has been limited to PC and I-Phone users only. Other repeaters and links will be denied for now. Thus PC and other single use devices can access the 145.410 node and should be seamless on the receive end. The problem was that several repeaters and links were connecting all at the same time and really tying up the node (multiconferencing).
Wed Jan 29 6:56PM
Repairs have been completed and full audio has been restored on the Vine Grove Repeater 145.120.
Wed Jan 27 10:30PM
The Vine Grove Repeater 145.120 is online with the transmit audio about half of what it should be. This will be corrected on the next visit to the site.
Sat Jan 23 2:48PM
Debbie and Brock went to the repeater site and reinstalled the original 2 meter Yaesu repeater with the heavy duty finals. They also found some problems with the 70 cm repeater can jumpers. Thanks to Jim KE4KOL for being patient and providing weak signals to both machines while they were up there. Thanks to everyone who helps with all aspects of keeping the machines on the air. 10 meters is on the way. Be patient.
Fri Jan 22 8:48AM
The 441.350 repeater is not receiving. Repairs are scheduled for Friday evening.
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Sat Oct 17 5:03PM
After 2.5 hours of trouble shooting at the main site looking for the "Noise" I THINK the transmit antenna system is bad. The only thing I could do at the time is swap the transmit and receive antennas for testing. This should increase the transmitters E.R.P. (Effective Radiated Power) from 120 Watts to 190 Watts. At the same time it may decrease the main site`s receive capability by about 2 DB! It`s the difference between the feed lines, antennas and how high they are compared to each other. The increased transmitter E.R.P. should enhance the Edwardsville range by being able to hear the transmitter better in the fringes. Let me know if this is true or not. The antenna swap seems to fixed the noise problem that was covering everyone up. I still hear the Imod growling in the back ground occasionally, that's another problem entirely.
Thu Oct 15 12:10PM
The main site (145.410 - 151.4 PL) is experiencing static noise on the input. It seems to be a loose or dirty connection somewhere in the receive or transmit antenna system. It will show up with weaker signals. If you are having trouble getting into the main site try using the Edwardsville receiver (67 PL) or the 441.350 Repeater.
Tue Jun 23 9:58AM
The link from the 145.410 repeater downtown to the 145.110 in Vine Grove will be disconnected for awhile. The machine in Vine Grove is still active and working stand alone, just not connected to the downtown repeater. The 441.350 is still linked and operational along with the Edwardsville receiver (67pl). Looking into installing a receiver in the New Philadelphia, Indiana area soon (100 pl).
Fri Apr 10 7:19AM
The 70cm 441.350 Repeater receiver interference has been resolved. The Vine Grove repeater is now linked to the Downtown repeater.
Mon Apr 6 8:17PM
The 70cm 441.350 Repeater receiver has some interference, possibly from a FM broadcast station. It is being evaluated for a few days before making corrections.
Sat Apr 4 3:50PM
The PLs have changed from 77.0 to 67.0 on the Evansville 145.410 and the 70cm 441.350 Repeaters. This resolved a harmonic issue per the downtown repeater links.
Thu Apr 2 9:40PM
A new Yaesu Vertex repeater has been installed at Vine Grove, KY, on 145.110 PL 123.0.
Mon Mar 23 11:57AM
The GE Master II repeater at the Edwardsville site on 145.410 PL 77.0 is now operational. Audio repairs have been completed to the Alinco Downtown repeater site on 441.350 77.0 PL.
Wed Mar 18 5:37PM
The Yaesu Vertex repeater at the Edwardsville site on 146.970 PL 151.4 has been removed from service.
Sun Mar 15 6:00PM
An Alinco repeater has been installed at the Downtown site on 441.350 PL 77.0. This is linked to the downtown repeater. Currently the audio is low from the 2 m to the 70 cm machines.
Fri Mar 6 2:10PM
A Yaesu Vertex repeater has been installed at the Edwardsville site on 146.970 PL 151.4. This is currently NOT linked to the downtown repeater. Meanwhile the linked Edwardsville 145.410 PL 77.0 is offline at this time.
Wed Mar 4 8:16AM
The downtown repeater is experience electrical noise on the input. Repairs are pending. Meanwhile more power than normal may be required to access the repeater.
Wed Jan 21 9:17PM
A Yaesu Vertex has been installed at the downtown site. Edwardsville is running a GE Master II. Another Yaesu installation for Edwardsville is pending.
Tue Jan 20 4:30PM
Both Yaesu Vertex repeaters have arrived and are awaiting installation.
Fri Jan 16 7:45AM
The GE Master II was replaced with another GEM II to alleviate the Intermod problem. This unit has lower injection and a higher squelch which will require users to add a little more power in remote areas to access the repeater. Meanwhile a repaired Yaesu could arrive at anytime.
Mon Jan 12 2:10PM
Yaesu has been contacted and it looks like they may just ship a replacement for the new repeater. Meanwhile the original Yaesu had blown finals and repairs are underway.
Sun Jan 11 6:12PM
Yaesu has been contacted and a reply is expected on Monday. Meanwhile Bob WB4LBR is bench testing the Yaesu repeater.
Sat Jan 10 3:45PM
The new Yaesu Vertex repeater was installed downtown, but the unit would go off frequency. The GE Master II was reinstalled and verified operational. The good news is that the filters were realigned and the Intermod issue has been reduced.
Thu Jan 08 9:47PM
The new Yaesu Vertex repeater has arrived and is undergoing offsite setup and programming. Site installation should be completed by the weekend.
Fri Jan 02 8:10PM
The new Yaesu Vertex repeater is expected to arrive on Wed Jan 7. After some setup and alignment, it should go online a few days later. It will replace the downtown GE Master II to minimize the current Intermod problems.
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Sat Dec 27 6:47PM
A new Yaesu Vertex repeater has been purchased and is awaiting delivery, and the old Yaesu repeater is being repaired. The goal is to upgrade both sites to Yaesu's in the near future for outstanding coverage.
Wed Dec 24 5:35PM
A replacement GE Master II E Case repeater is now operational while the main site repeater is being repaired. Note that this repeater has a fast unnoticeable squelch tail. The Edwardsville Link is currently not active.
Tue Dec 23 7:03PM
Tommy WB4UMR has suggested that we might try the Fern Creek site at 147.120+ (no PL) and the Indiana site 444.200+ (67.0 PL) for the interum.
Tue Dec 23 10:15AM
The 145.410 repeater is dead. The power supply took a line spike. The repeater is under warranty and the dealer is going to find out if I can turn in the power supply for a new one, or return the whole radio. As this is Christmas and all it might take a while to get anything done.
There is a GE Master II repeater in Edwardsville, Indiana that I`ll put some xtals in and re tune on the bench. That Repeater will be the same PL and frequency. There will NOT be any satellite receivers with this unit. The GE won`t have a hang time, meaning the return signal will drop immediately after you unkey, but it will be repeating you.
Mon Dec 22 9:00PM
The power supply is bad per 9VDC output and all programming was lost.
Sun Dec 21 11:30PM
The main repeater started sending the Morse Code ID after every transmission. Everyone on the channel then stopped using it, and Brock was e-mailed per the status. |
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