[CTSARA] UPDATE SARA New Repeater Site

Tue Jul 21 10:28:46 EDT 2009

 Ok Chris,

If I answer your questions I expect that you will become more active in our group. We need good radio operators.

Both machines are of the Motorola type they have been modified to the amateur bands to which they will operate.? We did add a controller and a way to generate PL tones etc.. I am not an expert and was in the position of apprenticing to Curt Seaton, W1FSM who really helped out the SARA group put this project online to the point now it is up at Sterling Farm a restricted back-up Radio site for the city of Stamford.? 

You might want to visit the www.repeater-builder.com site for further information in how to adopt these type of radios over to amateur radio use.

Frank Cassella, KB1IFX Emergency Coordinator Stamford

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sabini Jr. <wb1grb at hotmail.com>
To: ctsara Mailman <ctsara at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 6:33 pm
Subject: Re: [CTSARA] UPDATE  SARA New Repeater Site

Hi Chris: yes you are a member of the SARA Mailing List.

Some of your questions might be a little sensitive.

Since I am not directly working on the project but have been following this for 
three and one half years it would be more appropriate to ask Frank, KB1iFX which 
has been working very hard on this new repeater site or Fred, K1FOC. 

Tuesday we will be discussing a possible SARA picnic like we had last year and 
using up the Field Day leftovers. This would also be a good time to discuss this 
new site which will be unlike any other club repeater site in Connecticut which 
will be also set up for emergency communications. 

This new site is a very big responsibility for SARA to provide emergency 
communication for the city of Stamford. We will need volunteers to participate 
and practice in drills. 

Amateur Radio is the vital first communications link in times of disaster. We 
need to demonstrated our willingness to assist, volunteer, and help out with 
Worldwide Emergency Communications skills in time of emergencies. 

Check our ARES Web Page. http://www.ctsara.org/ctsaraARES.htm  

J/S WB1GRB

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> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:59:58 -0400
> From: kb1qxr at arrl.net
> To: ctsara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [CTSARA] UPDATE SARA New Repeater Site
>
> Hi there,
>
> not sure if I'm allowed to reply to this list as a non-member (and
> mostly-inactive ham, something I really should fix as I've been licensed for
> almost a year), if not please let me know & accept my apologies...
>
> I'm curious about the tech specs of the repeater. What
> radios/controller/etc are used? How are they powered (DC or AC?) What if
> any backup power system is in place? What is the system's transmit power,
> and where is it located (I'm going to guess Landmark or perhaps the
> hospital)?
> I see what appears to be a six-cavity duplexer, but what is the larger
> cavity mounted vertically on the wall? A filter of some kind?
> T1 line, is that to provide Internet service (echolink/irlp), phone service
> (not sure what a repeater would 23 channels of phone for?) or to provide a
> site-to-site link to somewhere else (another repeater?)?
>
> Sorry for all the questions, am just curious about the technical aspects of
> how such a thing is setup...
>
> thanks in advance,
> chris KB1QXR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Sabini Jr. [mailto:wb1grb at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: ctsara Mailman
> Subject: [CTSARA] UPDATE SARA New Repeater Site
>
>
> Hello everyone: last week with permission I took several photos of the new
> SARA repeater site.
>
> The first photo: Frank, KB1iFX standing next to the repeaters and
> accessories not installed yet. Second Photo: is our work station. We will
> have our own telephone and a T1 connection.
>
> http://www.ctsara.org/7%2014%2009.htm
>
> Any questions use ctsara at mailman.qth.net and Frank, KB1iFX will be able to
> answer any questions.
>
> For now keep the above link of the web.
>
> J/S WB1GRB
>
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>
> John Sabin Jr. WB1GRB
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