[GCARC] 2M repeater power issue?

[Tony Starr]

The repeater is full-quieting and full scale on the S-meter here on my
in-shack stubby mag mount antenna. In fact, it is readable at about an S1
with my Alpha-Delta antenna switch set to the center (grounded) position.
We should be able to check the power out, but there may be an issue with an
unintentional lobe in the antenna's radiation pattern due to some other
hardware being moved  around up there.  You never know with all the crap
that is up there.

de K3TS

On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 7:42 PM Vinnie Sallustio <Yankees_1996 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Over the last 2 Sundays, I have not been able to hear the Ares/Races net
> at 8pm. This is a new problem and nothing in my radio has changed. My
> antenna is in the attic and has not changed in 15 years. The symptoms sound
> like a whole lot of white noise like a kid AM walkie talkie from the 1970s.
>
> I notified Karl and Jim who were the net ops. I just got on the repeater
> with Jim, and he totally distorted and unreadable. So we trouble shot. I
> copy several repeaters fine, like Newtown, the 145.390, the KC3DUX, and the
> 440 N3KZ. All are normal.
>
> I decided to try an HT with my tape measure beam, and that worked. I put
> the HT on the base antenna, and I get the same noisy reception, as I get on
> the base unit.
>
> I have ruled out my radio(s) and antenna.
>
> I live in southern Gloucester County in Woolwich, and I can throw a
> baseball to the Salem County line.
>
> It appears that it may be a weak signal issue, which points to a power
> problem
>
> Is there any way this can be investigated?
>
> Vinnie
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