[KokomoHams] 910 and 70 cm update

[K9GTJ]

This afternoon, Doug, John, and myself installed the new repeaters for the 910 and 70 cm repeaters.  These are located at EMA on Berkley Road. They share a single new Arcom controller. 

The 910 is on the air as it was. It requires no PL on the input but does have a PL on the output of 88.5 for those using tone squelch. It is acting quirky and may be due to a bad jumper or something in the duplexer cavities. So expect some possible issues. Sorry.  

The 70 cm machine is on and working fine.  We did however go ahead and put on the new PL tone so your need to program your radio to use a PL of 173.8 on both the input and output if you want to use a tone squelch.  By the way, I selected the old school Apollo beep for its courtesy tone so enjoy.   

All systems will be using the 173.8 PL tone on January 31, 2015. Initially it was announced that we would be using 131.8 tone however with the new PL map drawn up by the Indiana Repeater Council, it put us in northwest Indiana area.  Upon review, I found existing repeaters in northwest Indiana on the 240 and 910 repeater frequencies already using the 131.8 PL.  So rather than have a problem with duplicate PL tones, we decided to switch to the alternate PL of 173.8 and to use that for all four club owned repeaters.

The 240 repeater is here but the amplifier is not. It should be here by mid week.  Once the 910 is figured out, I'd guess work will start on the 240 system.  Holidays and possible wintry fun next weekend might slow things down.  

I will also work on updating the repeater club finances soon.  Donations and dues are still welcome and needed. Thank you to those who have already donated. 

73's
Jim Hunt - K9GTJ 

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