I need help. I live in Chester, Texas. 40 miles from Lufkin. 130 from Houston. 60 from Jasper and 35 miles from Livingston. My Repeater has gone down and I need someone to repair it. I am an 80 year old disabled veteran that is legally blind and I am no longer able to repair it myself.
It is a 6 foot tall by 2 foot square cabinet with all components rack mounted inside. It is a General Electric (GE) Master II. I have all the manuals and the test set.
The repeater is insured by the ARRL Insurance Program and all I will need from you is an invoice from you to send ARRL after you fix it to get you paid. Everything looks great cosmetically and it may have been an electric storm that took it out??? Lightning or a power serge??? The antenna and coax on the tower checks OK. Power is still coming to it, but the repeater is dead. Worked fine for 7 years without a problem.
I am rural and no radio repair people in my county. The nearest is Lufkin and they said it is too old for them to work on. Hell of a note to me as it looks new and is solid state.
If anyone thinks they can do the job please contact me as I will use the repeater as backup for RACES for Tyler County.
An alternate plan B would be if someone had a working GE Master III at a reasonable price to replace the inside components with. You could program it and replace everything. I don’t think the cans are damaged but I can’t test them myself. Please forward this email to anyone that you think can help me.
Floyd, KF5YDH
(936) 635-2556
Chester, Texas