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(10-20)Erik-KA6UAI replaced the
147.13 repeater with an emergency
unit so that work can be done on the
main repeater. The main repeater
should be back on the air by
November 17th. The substitute
repeater will have no autopatch or
10m link. The modified repeater
will probably have no 10m link but
it will be part of the new autopatch
system.
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Mike-W86CSH cleaned out the coax
junction box and checked the 1.600
AHr cells measuring the Specific
Gravity with an index of refraction
device and then topped off each cell
with 5 cups of distilled water. We
learned that the best way of
measuring the SpGr was to tap the
cells first allowing the bubbles to
rise and mix the acid on the way up.
The "trickle- charge is 1.5A for the
cells. The repaired cell seems to
be holding up nicely.
Phil-KC60EI helped with many jobs
but scrapped and painted at the
repeater bunker. He was so anxious
to help that he came up a day early
trying to help.
John-WB6IQS. with $5,000 worth of
equipment. checked out repeaters,
coax, and antennas. Its great to
have someone who knows what he is
doing running the test equipment.
Jfm-KC6PAS. our res iden t
carpenter. single handed finished
the battery shed internal bracing
and added the tin roof. There are
still a few minor things to be done
to the building but it is basically
ready for the winter.
Art-KC6UQH and Ralph-KC6WAN
worked with the cables. connectors.
and stuffing the four 9913 cables
into a plastic jacket. 9913 cable
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Jerry-WB6FMT stayed home and
worked on the autopatch system
completing the electronics for the
next two patches and then checked
out the new patch on 146.73 after
the new antennas were installed.
Everything worked fine.
Chuck-KI6TG. our mountain and
tower climber. went aloft and
l)pulled up four 9913 coax cables in
a tube jacket. 2)installed the new
Diamond 450/2m antenna at 60' and
attached hardline to it. 3) removed
hardline from 146.73. 145.05. and
147.13 to be used in other antenna
projects requiring low loss cable.
4)checked out the tower bolted at
the 70' level. and 5)taped all
connections. He was assisted up on
the tower by Stan-W9FQN. The club
should really keep at the site a
climbing harness like Chuck's
equipment for climbing the tower.
NOV'91
has a loss of 1.5 db/100ft and our
hardline.8 db/100ft at 2m so the
change will not noticeable degrade
the performance of our 2m repeaters
but it will certainly be a great
help to our 450 projects where the
loss at 450 is 2.9 for 9913 and 1.5
for our hardline. We will attempt
to return many of the 2m antennas to
hardline if we can get several
hardline runs repaired.
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It is light. strong, and comfortable
••which a lineman's belt IS NOT!
After 3-4 hours on the tower you
start to think of comfort.
If you have never been to the
repeater site on a work detail. you
are really missing out on a great
experience! Remember, you get an
activity ticket for coming up to
work with us. First time workers
this trip were: KC60EI. WB6CSH.
KC6WAN. and KC6UQH.
Our repeaters in the PARC bunker
on Palomar Mt. at 5.600' cover 2.000
sq.mi. of SD.Co. and 100+ miles out
to sea. It is club policy that
these repeaters are open repeaters
FOR CLUB MEMBERS AND OCCASIONAL
TRANSIENT USERS with the AUTO
PATCHES being ONLY for club members;
Be FRIENDLY to those that you talk
to, and INVITE them to support the
SOOPE-NOV'91 ~ Pg. 5