[Dstar] New VK3RNP-B repeater in the Geelong area

[Michael Carey]

Great news Nik,
Congratulations on getting another D-Star system on air in VK.
Michael.
VK5ZEA

Nik Presser wrote:
> G'day all on the list,
>  
> I've been working on establishing a 70cm D-Star repeater for some 
> months now. My intent is to provide better coverage to the Geelong 
> area, learn more about D-Star repeaters & the D-Star network and to 
> foster more D-Star interest locally.
>  
> Once the construction, tuning and configuring of the hardware has been 
> completed, I would welcome anyone to try it out and assist with any 
> testing.
>  
> You will need the following details:
>  
> RPT1: VK3RNP-B
> RPT2: VK3RNP-G  (not required initially as establishment of the 
> gateway may be a few months away)
> Repeater TX: 438.1750
> Repeater RX: 432.7750
> Offset: -5.4
>  
> If everything goes to plan, I hope to have this repeater on-air by 
> next weekend. There will be a period of antenna experimenting, so the 
> coverage may vary at times. Once it's up an running, I will post a 
> further message on this list to advise of its status. My QRZ page and 
> the VK-Logger repeater listing for this will also be updated as 
> required. As noted above, the establishment of the gateway may be a 
> few months away.
>  
> As this repeater project is owned & operated by me, please direct all 
> complaints and negative feedback to me and not to any club, 
> organisation, group or other individuals. I'm on a steep learning 
> curve with this project, so please be patient.
>  
> That's about it for now.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Nik Presser
> VK3BA
> Geelong
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign/VK3BA
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