[K3CAL] New Repeater Checkout

[WA4PRR]

Dave,
Thanks for letting us know that the PF repeater is down.  Any member can ask questions and receive an answer!

During the antenna work, the new repeater was temporarily installed for testing.  We ran out of time to complete the testing, so the old repeater was put back in service.

We found that the old repeater was not in the best shape.  One of the rear panel N connectors and its internal cable were missing!  A make-shift cable was routed out of the case through a gap in the repeater cover.  Once we retire the old repeater, this kludge will be corrected.

The old repeater was placed back in service.  It was fully operational.

> The antenna mounts were replaced with the proper mounts.  
> The antenna harness cables water-proofing  was found to be questionable and was corrected.
> The antennas were re-mounted in straight position.
> They assured us that they will correct anything that is not correct.

After the antenna repairs were made and when we left the site, all was working well.

As you know, access to the PF site is limited, but the problems will be corrected ASAP.  73,

Ron / WA4PRR - Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 1:20 PM, David Weaver <W3PQS at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I drove by the repeater site today on the way to the farm 7/16 /2016 I notice the 440 antenna is leaning away from the tower. As repairs been made yet. If so, the antenna is not straight. Also, the 440 machine is not working. Did not see anything on reflector about machine being down. Is this the new repeater or the old repeater?????? if it's down how long will it be down ?????
> I hope is a member I can ask these questions see nothing on reflector about it.
> Dave W3PQS
>  
> From: K3CAL [mailto:k3cal-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed Noell
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 11:17 PM
> To: Calvert Amateur Radio Association - K3CAL
> Subject: Re: [K3CAL] New Repeater Checkout
>  
> Thank you Ron, WA4PRR and Steve, N3IPN for putting the time and effort into making the repeater work correctly. .
> 
> I very much appreciate all of the time and work you've put into this project and doing it right. 
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Ed
> KC3EN
> President
> 
> On 07/13/2016 08:15 PM, wa4prr at comcast.net wrote:
> All,
>  
> After lunch at Mt. Hope today, Steve / N3IPN and I put the new repeater into a dummy load at the club station and checked it out.  The repeater works very well now that all the parameters are set properly!  
>  
> We are now working on programing the Arcomm controller.  We have download the Arcomm setup software, and have backed it up.   Now, we are interfacing a PC laptop to the controller to make it easier to program it.  We will keep everyone informed of our progress.  73,
>  
> Ron / WA4PRR
> 
> 
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