[ETS/PARC List] K2ETS OFF-THE-AIR

[Len Griffin]

Today, at 1PM, Rich and I began a journey to the site to re-install the 220
repeater. There was another crew there working on the NJICS system, so we
had to wait about 30 Mins.

We mounted the 220, connected it to the Pi, I made 2 audio adjustments, and
everything was done...mmmm...maybe not. I decided to shut the Pi down, and
make an image file of the current system.

This takes about 15 minutes. When the card READ was done, I began a WRITE to
the spare card we keep there. Meanwhile, I re-inserted the sd card and
re-booted the Pi. Nothing was working! The pi was booted fine, but Asterisk
was NOT running? So we waited for the WRITE to complete on the spare card,
then tried that one.same issue. 3 weeks ago, when we were removing the 220,
I had made a card image then. I tried writing THAT image to an sd card..same
results? Linux booted fine, but Asterisk would NOT run. Just baffling!

 

So the 2M and 220 repeaters are down. I have the Pi and the 2 sd cards here
for investigation.

 

I just powered up the Pi here with the SAME sd card in it, and it just
booted fine, asterisk running.no problems. I tried the spare sd card.booted
just fine, Asterisk running! At this point I do not know what to say. We
tried everything we could at the site and it would NOT run asterisk! When we
go back, I'll bring another Pi, and another 5v supply. Right now, I cannot
explain what happened!

 

Meanwhile, the BACKUP 94 machine is also down because it needs a new UPS. I
already purchased one, and have it here charging. We are going to remove the
Hamtronics REP200 backup repeater, so I can make a mod to it. We have a
Henry 40w amp to add, that gets driven with 2w. I will add 2 bnc's, 2w
exciter out - 15w amp in. That way, I can use the 2w output to feed the
Henry amp. If we ever need to return back to the internal amp, we just
install a bnc jumper.

 

4 hours today.very frustrating!

 

Len

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