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The Repeater Group Of
East Central Indiana started as a idea in a back room. As friends
talking about amateur radio and how it would be good idea to see how a
repeater works. So as amateur radio operators do we started reading and
asking questions. In late winter of 2003 we started to look at Echo Link
for are first repeater project after all that’s a low cost project and
would fit in to are budget. Late fall of 2003 we go 40 feet of new tower, Icom IC-2100, $20 homemade antenna Old Dell computer from
the trash, and a 15’ of pipe and some coax. Putting the homemade antenna on
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early winter of 2004 we started talking about putting up a UHF repeater
in Richmond, Indiana at the Echo Link site but we found that site is
just over 1000 feet above sea level. So we started to look for a better
site while talking to the Indiana Repeater Council for coordination. In
February 2004 we got our coordination for 441.950 + and then we pickup
a Kenwood TKR 850 capable of 45 watts, Sinclair Q3220 duplexer capable
of handing 350 watts, repeater cabinet and 160’ of 7/8 Andrew LDF5-50A
hardline. In March of 2004 we found a VHF mobile Micor radio that was
converted to a repeater capable of 70 watts but it needed some work.
That spring KG9ND fix the Micor radio repeater and then we started look
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summer of 2004 we worked on saving money and the repeaters. Now we just
needed a good site. After looking for so time in the fall of 2004 KG9ND
found a site out side of Dolton Indiana with a
ground elevation of 1200 above sea level. With help from the amateur
radio community we put up a 60’ tower. In January 2005 we started making
plans for are first fundraiser. After thinking and talking about what the
fundraiser was going to be decided on a booth at the 2005 Dayton Hamvention selling
commercial coax sealer
and a great digital
soundcard interface for
working digital modes.
So in May we set off for the 2005 Dayton
Hamvention the first time anyone in the group has had a booth. We had a
lot of fun and became a good fundraiser and best of all found a nice
Decibel DB 4048
duplexer for VHF
capable of handing 400 watts and a
Arcom RC-210 controller.
Summer
2005 we work on the site and repeaters picking up a Diamond X500HNA
8.3/11.7 dB gain and a TX/RX crossband coupler make it possible to use
the and hardline and antenna for both repeater. That same summer we
upgraded Echo station with a new Diamond X500HNA, Belden 9913 coax and
that 40’ tower we got back in
fall of
2003. Ok we took are time on using that tower. We also
found a VHF GE
repeater and a crossband repeater 6 meter to 2 meter both in
cabinets.
No idea or plans for the repeaters but
you never know what’s coming down the road. On September 10, 2005 the
repeater group went to the site to put up the Diamond X500HNA and hang
some hardline. The UHF repeater went
operational on November 12 about 16:30 at the site in Dolton Indiana. We have the VHF repeater setup
up for test at KG9ND in Williamsburg, Indiana plans are to have VHF
repeaters up and running by the end of the February 2006.
Fall of 2005 we purchased Advanced Receiver Research UHF preamp model
P432VDG and a UHF Standard Amplifies RPA5-90 capable 90 Watts that
needed some work. We have plans to update the repeaters with this
equipment in the spring of 2006.
We are talking about adding weather alert, a link to Echo station in
Richmond, Indiana and a maybe 220 link or or a 220 repeater just not
sure.
The
Repeater Group Of East Central Indiana
would like to put out a special thanks KG9ND,
KB9ZJV, WB9ZJS, WB9WGN and KB9WNM. |
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