[K3CAL] Repeater Committee Meeting Notes

[Edwin A Noell Jr]

You have to be more clear, Dave. What duplexers are you talking about?

Ed

On 02/20/2016 05:16 PM, David Weaver wrote:
> Hi Ed
>   Do you still want those 440 duplexers . let me know they are for sale
> Dave W3PQS
>
> On February 20, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Edward Zumstein <ezumstein at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I will go on the record as being interested in a DMR repeater, preferably at
> a site like Mt. Hope.
> I support getting internet connectivity to the sites, too.
>
> 73 DE WB6NCO
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K3CAL [mailto:k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric
> Christensen
> Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 11:07 AM
> To: k3cal at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [K3CAL] Repeater Committee Meeting Notes
>
> Here are the notes from the Repeater Committee Meeting held on 17 February.
> I'll provide an abbreviated report at the next CARA meeting.  If you have
> any questions or would like to make suggestions to the one, three, or five
> year plans please let me know.
>
> 73,
> Eric WG3K
>
> = Repeater Committee Meeting - 2016-02-17 = Held at 19:30L at the Mount Hope
> Community Center.
>
> == Members in attendance ==
> # Eric Christensen WG3K
> # Chuck Shefflette AA3CS
> # Ed Noell KC3EN
> # Bill Hackett N3XMZ
>
> == Guests in attendance ==
> # Monica Noell KC3DAS
> # Les Silva KH6CUJ
>
> == Topics ==
> === Inventory our current infrastructure. ===
> * Waiting on the CARA Inventory to be completed.
> * Will use the CARA Inventory to draw block diagrams to show audio/data flow
> through the system for education and troubleshooting purposes.
>
> === Determine interference cause and mitigation. ===
> * Chuck did a study of transmitters within a few miles and looked at
> combinations of frequencies and their 2nd and 3rd harmonics.  There are many
> possible combinations of interference.  Wants to increase the radius of the
> search area to search for additional combinations.
> * Need to document Shawn's findings from his second-receiver test.
> * Next Steps - Chuck and Shawn will continue to investigate.
> * There was some discussion, not affiliated with the meeting, of the
> possibility of changing frequencies to avoid the interference but with the
> recent unavailability of frequencies for a new two-meter repeater in
> Leonardtown it seems unlikely we'll be able to get anything new.
>
> ==== Determine if the APRS digipeater is affecting the 146.985 repeater.
> ====
> * Shawn says no.
> * Chuck says that it should be okay at low power (5 watts).
> * Will need to gain access to the tower site shelter to turn the equipment
> back on.  Hope to have this done soon.
>
> === Establish a recommendation for establishing a digipeater at the Prince
> Frederick site to help relay message traffic between stations and to WL2K
> (and other resources). ===
> * Tabled until next month.
>
> === Determine what problems currently exist for our existing infrastructure.
> ===
> * None that we know of outside of the interference.
>
> === Start creating a one, three, and five-year plan to recommend goals to
> the membership. ===
>
> ==== One Year Plan ====
> * HSMM/Packet Radio
> ** Internet access at tower sites
> ** Digipeater in Prince Frederick
>
> * Linking between the Sunderland and Prince Frederick sites.
>
> ==== Three Year Plan ====
> * DMR
> ** How many members are interested?
>
> Meeting ended at 21:10L.
>
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