Logbook...
Updates on our repeater status from the head of our Technical Committee, KH6JKG
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
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2008
- 11/23/08
- New antenna installed for Diamond Head 146.880 repeater. Diamond F23H.
- 11/19/08
- New antenna is in. Working on date and time to install
- 11/8/08
- BOD approves purchase of new antenna for Diamond Head 146.880 repeater
- 11/5/08
- Diamond Head repeater having trouble receiving. Jim checked out, high SWR probably bad antenna again. Placed on back up antenna today.
- 9/25/08
- Power Supply on Mauna Kapu out of order. Replaced with Astron 35 power supply
- 07/05/08
- Changed out Diamond Head antenna. Re-installed the Workman UVS-300 dual band omni antenna. Thanks go out to all that helped, including Ralph(NH6PY) for the photos of the install. These can be viewed in the Listserv Photos section.
- 06/16/08
- Installed new power supply on Mauna Kapu Repeater. Thanks go out to Bill(AH6TW) for his help changing the MK power supply.
- 06/07/08
- Diamond Head VHF 146.88 antenna removed due to moisture damage at the base. Antenna sent back to manufacuterer for repair or replacement under warrenty. Parts are also being assembled for replacing the mounting mast on the pole.
- 05/28/08
- Olomana VHF Repeater noted not working.
- 05/03/08
- Returned Mauna Kapu VHF, 146.800-, repeater back to service. Thanks go out to Bill(AH6T), Kimo(KH7U), Wayne(KH6MEI), Chris(NH7QH), and Jim(KH6JKG) for their time and assistance. Additionally, added VHF circulator just before the 146.200 receive duplexer, including other routing controller updates.
- 02/22/08
- Peacock Flats install of Motorola MSF-5000. Photos on Yahoo! Groups
list serv wh6czb_earc Photos section.
- 02/15/08
- Changed out Diamond Head repeater antenna. Test successful.
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2007
- 12/27/07
- Diamond Head reported to have bad antenna.
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2006
- 06/17/06
- Makakilo New Repeaters & Controller. Photos on Yahoo! Groups
list serv wh6czb_earc Photos section.
- 05/05/06
- Makakilo Antenna Changeout. Photos on Yahoo! Groups list serv
wh6czb_earc Photos section.
- 01/12/06
- The Diamond Head VHF repeater 146.880- is operating on an alternate antenna has reduced transmit and receive range. It is recommended that users utilize the UHF side on 444.500+. - NH7QH/KH6JKG
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2005
- 10/05
- The Mauna Kapu VHF repeater 146.800- is down and being serviced. The Mauna Kapu UHF repeater is operating on very low transmit power. - NH7QH/KH6JKG
- 10/20/05
- The Olomana VHF repeater 146.660- is back up. - KH7UK/NH7QH/KH6JKG
- 09/24/05
- The Mauna Kapu VHF repeater 146.800- is down again due to noise getting through the squelch intermittently for several days. - KH7UK/NH7QH
- 09/02/05
- The Mauna Kapu VHF repeater 146.800- is now operational. The Mauna Kapu UHF repeater 444.100+ is now operational, but on low power. - KH6JKG
- 08/18/05
- The Olomana VHF repeater 146.660- was confirmed to be not working. - KH7UK
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2004
- 02/26/04
- The Mauna Kapu VHF/UHF repeaters down due to continued interference. We will post more information as soon as it becomes available.
- 01/13/04
- The Mauna Kapu UHF machine has been up for several weeks... we only changed the status box today. Also, the Laie 146.640- repeater is not linked to Peacock Flats at this time. Jim will head to the repeater site sometime this week to check on it.
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2003
- 12/10/03
- The Mauna Kapu UHF 444.100+ repeater is currently down. We will be checking on the possible causes of interference that has been keying the repeater with an open carrier and static.
- 12/07/03
- The 146.640- Laie repeater is currently not linked to the 146.760- Peacock Flats repeater. A trip to the site will be done in the near future.
- 10/06/03
- The Diamond Head 146.880-/444.500+ repeaters are operating at full power. Thanks to Kevin, AH6QO, for passing along the good news.
- 09/30/03
- The Diamond Head 146.880-/444.500+ repeaters are up once again.
- 09/29/03
- The Diamond Head 146.880-/444.500+ repeaters are down. The repeater status page has been updated. Will post more information as it becomes available.
- 08/29/03
- The Mauna Kapu 146.800-/444.100+ repeaters are up and working properly. The repeater status page has been updated. Thanks to Jim (KH6JKG), and Todd (KH7UK) for their hard work.
- 06/12/03
- The Mauna Kapu 146.800-/444.100+ repeaters are currently down. No further information is available at this time.
- 06/01/03
- IRLP node '3668' operational atop the Peacock Flats 146.760- and linked Laie 146.640- repeater. Thanks, Jim and Carter (KH6FV). The links sounds awesome.
- 04/01/03
- IRLP node '3197' operational atop the Olomana repeater, thanks Jim. Usage guidelines are currently being considered. More later.
- 03/19/03
- Courtesy tone on the Diamond Head repeaters re-enabled.
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2002
- 10/31/02
- 146.66 MHz repeater is back up. The board is green. Todd conferred with Jim and reset the alarms.
- 10/29/02
- 146.66 repeater is down due to a continuous CW ID.
- 10/15/02
- All repeaters are still up. No major problems reported since June.
- 06/25/02
- All repeaters are up. Jim, KH6JKG writes, "Today I managed to get to Mauna Kapu in the PM. I installed one of the VHF Eng. that was tuned up for 146.20/146.80. The Motorola mobile didn't operate porperly. So, I will need to do more troubleshooting on this unit, time permitting."
- 06/13/02
- 146.88 MHz repeater is back up. Jim, KH6JKG and Randy, AH6Q picked up the VHF repeater from the HFD radio shop and reinstalled it at Diamond Head.
- 05/15/02
- From Todd, KH7UK, "The 146.880 repeater is down due to very weak output signal. It sounds as if the power amplifier may have failed. Reports from Mike WH7T and Ray NH6RZ state that the repeater dropped out about 2100 Monday night. It was stated that this occurred about the time of the Makiki area power failure last night. Coincidence? Hard to say. Mike also brought up the possibility that rain got into the feedline, causing an increased SWR, causing the PA to shutdown. Whatever the case, I disabled the VHF side transmitter in case the PA is still trying to run full power into high SWR. When I tested it, transmit power was very low, similar to the Y2K failure when the PA of that machine failed and the exciter transmitted barely to the Makiki area. The UHF repeater 444.500+ is up and operating normally to the best of my knowledge. I may enable VHF receive only, so in case someone calls on VHF, at least people listening to UHF can hear them."
- 04/19/02
- AH6QO DE KH6JKG: Please change D449.150- to: U449.15- (in green.) Todd, did a great job on balancing the audio. ID's, UHF, VHF. Plus adding more labels. So, If there is ever a need to change or upgrade the controller, the process is less time consuming.
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