This guy who lives up in West Blocton, AL has become a regular “one-man fan club.” We know who he is. If you are interested in more of the bizarre “back story,” read on. He has already gotten an early start stalking this website this Saturday morning. We have to give him credit for being […]
Category: Repeater
AFCRAS – Growing and Continuing to Add More Features and Services
The Alabama Frequency Coordination and Repeater Advancement Society (AFCRAS) is growing in membership and even more new and exciting things are being added. Among other things being added: high definition, professionally produced news and information videos are currently in production. Below is the initial “trailer” video for AFCRAS, with a little info about what’s already […]
Latest Project — System of Linked UHF Repeaters
I recently acquired a number of repeaters from the owner of a two-way radio business that is closing shop. What I wound up with is a system of UHF repeaters which are all linked via UHF linking repeaters attached to each local/talk-around repeater. These repeaters will be used to (re)build a linked system primarily intended […]
224.980 Repeater Duplexer Tuning Check/Adjustment
I put the IFR 1600 to work tuning duplexer cavities for the first time today. I went back through the BP/BR cavities on the 224.980 MHz KK4ICE repeater. I’m quite pleased with both the service monitor and the cavities. These screen shots show the pass and reject tuning and performance after I finished tuning the […]
IFR 1600S Added to the Bench
A new tool has been added to the KK4ICE workbench — an IFR 1600S service monitor. The spectrum analyzer and tracking generator functions included in this piece of gear will make the tuning of duplexer cavities, filters, and antennas even easier than before. Add in all the other great features and this machine will serve […]