[MCARC] Brk

[Dave Crawford]

I would be OK with having a repeater 0.7 miles from my house and 200 + feet higher. I would probably be able to hit it with a low power HT.  If NØNB can work my 2m station on simplex he would surely be able to key up a repeater at this location.  I don’t know if those in Marysville would be line of sight or not.

Seems like it would provide fair coverage for those that hold licenses, even if it wouldn’t cover the whole county.

Dave


> On May 26, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
> 
> * On 2020 26 May 18:05 -0500, Farren Constable wrote:
>> So to recap, there's a DB224 on the tower not being used that you/the club
>> has permission to use as a result of them taking your antenna down without
>> permission?
>> (If that DB224 wasn't being used I wonder why they didn't "clean it up" as
>> well?)
>> 
>> I know it's not tuned for the ham band, but that's a nice antenna.  Is it
>> the one at the very top?  Is there a good feedline already in place?
>> 
>> Doesn't the club have a 2-meter repeater sitting around waiting for a place
>> to put it???  I've lost track of what happened to the Greanleaf repeater.
> 
> The antenna would be better suited for the repeater at 147.285/147.885
> than packet at 145 MHz or APRS at 144.390 MHz.  I have the 2m repeater
> here.  I just need to get over the Home City and steal the controller
> from the cabinet (actually the entire MSR-2000) and wire it up.  Myron
> should have the duplexer we tuned a few years ago for it.
> 
> I'd certainly be willing to give it a try.
> 
>> I've never been up there -- how much space is available in the building?
> 
> The repeater is less than 5 inches tall to fit into a 19" rack.  The
> controller is less than 2 inches tall.  The duplexer is what will take
> up space and I do have a power supply available.
> 
>> I vote we "do something" up there!  I'm open to alternative ideas including
>> packet as I've been slowly gearing up to get back into packet again.
> 
> I think it would be a reasonable location to try with a voice repeater.
> 
> 73, Nate
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