Blog Posts - GB3WR MENDIP HILLS REPEATER

LAST PUSH FOR FUNDS PLEASE

9/3/2016

We will be placing the order on Monday with Arcom for the following equipment

RC210 REPEATER CONTROLLER
ADR INTERFACE
RC210 RACK MOUNT ENCLOSURE
RAD AUDIO DELAY BOARD
RCP WINDOWS PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

TOTAL COST INCLUDING SHIPPING FROM USA £508.44

I will let you all know on Monday what the grand total of donations received are.

We could do with anybody that has said that they are going to donate to do it before monday please.....thank you.

Fantastic response

9/1/2016

We had a surprise today when we opened the paypal account........and found £320 in donations..........a very big thank you to all that have put some money into the pot. Just a bit more and we can order the interface,controller and hopefully have a bit spare to get the programming software that will make life a lot easier when it comes to putting it all together.

You are amazing,and i am humbled by your generosity and so proud to be part of WR.....thank you!!!!!!
M0SKV Mark.

WR NEEDS YOUR HELP

8/23/2016

You may have noticed that we are operating the old repeater again.The problem that we had with the yaesu repeater has now been fixed at a cost £450.Our thanks goes to Paul G4SUH for paying for the repair.

The repeater locked up due to an issue with the auto mode select that was brought on by misuse of the repeater.So we will not be reinstalling the repeater until we have safe gaurds aganst it happening again.

The solution is to install a third party repeater controller/logic that will take over from the very basic logic in the repeater.This will actually solve a lot of issues.Not only will it stop the repeater from locking up.it will give a propper hang time,courtesy tones between overs,controled time out timer,audio repeater ID,the use of the audio ID from the old repeater keeper and better control of the repeater when switching modes.In esence it will act as a repeater should!!

By installing this,it will then mean that from the user's piont of view the audio will be much better as well as having a more sensitive receive,which means better coverage especially for mobiles and those of you in poor reception areas.

..............however we need your help to make this happen.........

WE NEED TO RAISE ABOUT £400.

That will cover the cost to buy an interface and a new controller plus P+P from the USA.

Please help us with whatever you can by donating through the website ,facebook or emailing us.Please then email us marking your email as EQUIPMENT and letting us know who you are and the amount donated.

The Old Philip's repeater will not last for ever.And the old controller/logic that is being used on it plays up and shuts down,you may remember the ID going at double speed last year as well.It's given a lot of service over the past twenty years and needs a rest!!!

Please help keep WR alive and safe for the future .

If you would like to have a look at the equipment
(RC210 controller,DR-1 interface).Please follow the link below.

http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/index.php

Fusion is back on!!

7/12/2016

WR has been lent a fusion repeater while ours is away for easement and repair.So its back to dual mode operation again.

Old repeater back on due to fusion break down.

7/2/2016

The stand by phillips repeater is on for a few weeks while the yaesu repeater is off for repair with yaesu. It locked up last night in TX and wouldn't reset.
So its single mode FM only for a few weeks untill it can be fixed.

ANOTHER POWER CUT.

6/9/2016

From Monday to Saturday 13-18/6/16 there is another scheduled power cut on site,so there will be some disruption to the service. we intend to use a couple of batteries on a 2 day rotation.

Cheers WR.

GB3WR BACK ON AIR.....AT LAST!!!!!!

6/6/2016

The repeater was put on its back up battery supply at 10PM Sunday night ,hopefully the mains supply will be restored Monday morning at 9AM.

cheers folks
The WR Team.

gb3wr off air......power cut update.

6/4/2016

Hopefully the work on the mains supply to the repeater site will be finished on Sunday......but if not we may well put the repeater on its back up battery and hope for the best,i will keep you up to date as things change.

GB3WR OFF AIR

6/3/2016

Due to some particularly nasty abuse on the repeater it has been turned off,.....plus to further the length of the shutdown we have been notified of a long power cut to the site due to scheduled power supply works.

We will restore the repeater as soon as the site owners contacts us to say that the power is back on.

We do have a battery back up supply at site, but the power cut is too long for the battery to hold the repeater up.So as not to damage the battery it was decided to power down the repeater.

Cheers folks
The team at WR.

Due to lack of interest the Sunday morning net has been cancelled.

5/8/2016