[CTSARA] UPDATE SARA New Repeater Site

Tue Jul 21 15:13:54 EDT 2009

Hello again,
I don't know if I'd qualify as a 'good' operator, to be a good operator
requires operating to begin with :)  But I do intend to try and be more
active, my poor VX-7 has sat unused in my car for far too long.  Now to
go see if it's still charged...

I've read a handful of the documents about designing repeater systems,
modified Motorola gear with an outboard controller seems to be a popular
setup.  

I'm an IT consultant by trade, part of what I do involves setting up
servers and networks to be fault-tolerant and have backup power supplies
etc.  I've always found such setups (infrastructure and its backup
arrangements, and the different ways these get implemented by different
system designers) to be quite interesting, partially because I often
work with such things in my job.

I'm curious to hear more about this "new site which will be unlike any
other club repeater site in Connecticut" (quoth john wb1grb)...  it
sounds like a fascinating project...

Until next time,
Chris KB1QXR

-----Original Message-----
From: iceink at aol.com [mailto:iceink at aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:30 AM
To: ctsara at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [CTSARA] UPDATE SARA New Repeater Site

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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