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

[Nik Presser]

Thanks Tony. It's the Icom ID-RP2C and ID-RP4000V, Motorola UHF diplexer and Icom 30A pwr supp. 

The antenna will be of the Diamond variety for now but eventually an RFI COL8 will go into service. Although a COL12 would be nice to put up in the air, I don't think the piggy bank will stretch that far!  :-)

Cheers,

Nik Presser
VK3BA
Geelong
http://www.qrz.com/callsign/VK3BA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tony Langdon 
  To: Dstar Digital Radio Mail List 
  Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Dstar] New VK3RNP-B repeater in the Geelong area


  At 11:17 PM 1/29/2010, you 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.

  Well done Nik.  Good to see some new D-STAR systems going up.  Out of 
  interest, are you using an Icom stack, or one of the alternative 
  setups out there?

  >
  >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)

  Probably safer to leave RPT2 off, until the gateway is running. :)

  >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.

  I'll give it a whirl, once you're up on the air. :)

  73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
  http://vkradio.com

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