The Gold Hill, AL 442.175(+) KK4ICE DMR Repeater went back online a little around sunrise on Saturday, June 9th, 2018. Following replacement of the burned-out MOSFET power amplifier chip, the repeater was reinstalled with an external power amplifier connected in order to decrease the load on (and the heat inside) the DR-1X repeater’s transmitter radio. […]
Gold Hill, AL 442.175 Repeater down for a few days due to PA failure Apparently things over on timeslot 1 were really, really busy this past Saturday night. The dual-pack MOSFET final transistor in the transmit radio in the Yaesu DR-1X repeater… well, we “let the smoke out of it.” A replacement transistor is on […]
If you are interested in hooking up one of Scott Zimmerman’s incredible STM32_DVM multi-digital mode controllers to a Yaesu Fusion DR-1 or DR-1X repeater, then I have produced a webpage/article and information which was written for you; moreover, if you want to create an interface that is sure to work well and adds several other […]
As of 5/24/18 the 442.175(+) Gold Hill machine has been changed to full-time DMR operation. It is working fantastic and a bunch of us are enjoying having nice, clear DMR QSO’s using handheld radios to actually go through the repeater direct from distances we were not able to when it was running as an analog […]
I recently updated the radio firmware and the DSP firmware to the latest available in a Fusion DR-1 repeater owned by WA4QHN, and installed it in place of the analog Mastr II repeater. WA4QHN 444.100 Salem, AL Repeater Running in Stand-Alone, Dual (auto) analog or digital operating mode As of May 14, 2018, the 444.100(+) […]