Site visit details

[John Metcalf]

> 3:45 to 6:50 Saturday 23 August 2014
> John Metcalf, Johnny Karras, and Luke Jenkins WSU repeater site visit
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> -System config and description of work performed-
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> Aprs radio
> Tx power: 50w
> Volume: 2 o'clock
> rf sq: 0 (10 o'clock)
> audio sq: 0
> tone squelch: 0
> tone transmit: 0
> Antenna: outside ringo ranger dipole via main antenna feedline
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> Repeater: kd7fdh
> Tx 145.250
> Tx power: low 1
> Volume: 0
> rf squelch: 0
> audio squelch: 0
> tone squelch: none
> tone tx: 123.0 hz
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> Rx 145.650
> Tx power: low 1 (but unable to tx because no mic is plugged in)
> Volume: 2 o'clock
> Rf squelch: 3
> Audio squelch: 0
> Tone squelch: 123 hz
> Tone tx: 123 hz
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> Antenna: comet superb beam csb750a
> Filtering: band notch duplexer cavities, 3 for rx and 3 for tx. The band notch is no longer being used. Because the plunger was not locked, the cavity is likely untuned. Rob Eckel and I put this in the system initially because the tx radio was desensing the rx radio on low 3 power. We can retune it with the EE depts network analyzer maybe we can get the WSU fm maintenance guys to lend us some equip to do it manually. Also, the physics dept had a spectrum analyzer that might work.
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> Repeater controller: we changed the ground location from the rig runner to earth ground via the 23" equipment rack. During this we blew a fuse and the controller had to reset so the timer clock is now incorrect.
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> I took some pictures of the system but forgot to get one of the tx radio.
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