All repeaters will be down for tower maintenance on Monday, April 5. There will be installation of new antennas, and tower climbers will need to be working in a RF free environment. No idea how long this will take but it should be done by end of day.
In addition, there will be a new Yaesu Fusion repeater installed for 2 meters. This will replace the 40 year old GE MASTRII mobile radio which is showing its age. The 2 meter Fusion repeater will be operating at a lower power level until it can be matched to our existing amplifier. This consists of building an attenuator to reduce the 5 watt output of the Fusion repeater to match the 1 watt input requirement of the amplifier. This might take a week or two to get done. Also the existing UHF Fusion repeater will be connected to our existing controller which will result in slightly different audio and courtesy tones.
– Bob, K3DBD