[Dstar] D star rent costs

[Robert Broomhead]

Will,

I can vouch that Steve's VK3RHF repeater system is  awesome, have a  
look at the website http://www.vk3rhf.net/

Cheers
Robert



On 05/08/2008, at 10:27 AM, Will wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Thanks to all of you that responded to my query about site
> rental costs. Yes amateur radio on commercial sites, or any
> site for that matter has changed from 30 years ago to say
> the least. All understood. We often have amateurs say why
> don't we put a repeater here etc? Answer you find the site
> and do the paper work and we will look at it.
>
> Our D-star installation has generated the concern over cost.
>
> At our meeting last night (WARG) good progress was made and
> a better understanding of the wider picture was obtained.
>
> There is no conflict or disagreement just concern at doing
> the D-star job right and our club (WARG) being fully aware
> of all it needs to be aware of. Cost is one concern. Site
> long term availability is another. These isuues have been
> worked through and I believe these are just the normal
> problems associated with what is a complex installation.
>
> The site issues will be placed in writing soon and we all
> look forward to putting the site on air. The site is a new
> one obtained by amateurs mainly for the D-star project
> but in order to cover costs there will be some commercial
> equipment. The amateurs who found the site and did all
> the work have provided AR in VK6 with a valuable asset.
>
> The location is a very high RF area. I believe there are
> about 500 TX licences in about a 500M radius along with
> high power TV, FM and a 1.2GHz (or there abouts) radar
> installation.
>
> When we first connected my IC800 D-star up to the just
> installed antenna (2M) the S meter was full scale across
> the entire 2M band....! It turned out to be RX overload
> and a pandpass cavity fixed the situation.
>
> Steve the multiband system you have been involved with
> for many years needs a good article with good pictures
> in AR magazine....How about it...?
>
> Will
> VK6UU
>
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Robert Brooomhead
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