[SMCARA] 64 Repeater

[Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS]

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The repeater will be off the air until approximately 4 PM today, Friday 8 Jan.

An electrical contractor is installing new service from the SMECO line to the building housing the repeater.  In addition to the new service, they are installing a GENERAC, auto-start, natural gas powered backup generator. K3HKI will now have emergency power, so that we may use the repeater when SMECO power is unavailable, such as during hurricanes or ice storms.  A nice feature; now if we ever get internet down there we can add an echo-link node!

73 de Tom/W4OKW


Tom Clarke
P-3/C-130 Program Support, PEO(A)
USN/USMC National Airworthiness Office
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.0P
(301) 995-3793/DSN 995-3793
Fax: (301) 342-3276
Cell (301) 904-2053
frederic.clarke at navy.mil

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