[K3PZN-List] Repeater Installation Complete

[Andy Leeds]

Today Steve, Matt, John, Chuck and I installed the new repeaters at the 
Westminster site. They are now available for general use.

If anyone has a code sheet with user (or control) codes from the old 
repeaters those are now invalid I will have updated information at the 
meeting tomorrow.

A few usage notes:
1. There are a set of fail safe timers on 2m/70cm such that the repeater 
transmitter must be allowed to unkey for 1 second every 20 minutes. 
Shouldn't be noticeable to most people.
2. The link modes are always PL required, so to go through both 
repeaters you have to run PL (best advice is to just set PL 
encode/decode and leave it on all the time)
3. All three repeaters will link and go to PL required at 2300L each 
evening, returning to carrier sql and unlinking at 0600L.
4. The 3 minute time-out timer resets with the courtesy tone, if the 
repeater times out there must be 5 seconds of inactivity before the 
timeout clears.

I hope we see some improved coverage on 2m based on the better receiver 
and duplexer. 70cm may also be a bit better based on the newer receiver. 
I think 6m will be unchanged unless we disturbed something in the cables 
etc in the process.

Please use and enjoy the new system.

     53.090  PL 107.2
    145.410 PL 114.8
    449.875 PL 127.3

Andy