After investing about 30 hours of time to troubleshoot problems with a Vertex VXR-7000 recently, I discovered that the software for programming the radio is to blame for a host of problems. If you are using these radios for amateur […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged Repeater
I’ve setup a couple of Vertex VXR-7000 radios for use on AllStar app_rpt. What follows are my detailed notes of that configuration in the hope it will help anyone else. These are excellent radios but the connection to them is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve removed all of the amateur radio equipment from Schweitzer Mountain for maintenance. My hope is that I’ll only have it offline for a week. Unfortunately the 145.230 transmitter has died. I measured no power out although I could hear […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It seems that the 5.230 repeater has some sort of output power problem or maybe a bad antenna. The 444.075 repeater still functions normally. I plan a trip to the site for this week for work. At that time I’ll […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I previously published a rant in which I described some needs for a logging recorder for radio communications. When I’ve purchased logging recorders of this type for public safety (use use them to record all phone, radio and operator positions) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Notice: This post will contain a bit of a rant. It’s gotta be done. But it’s relevant, so please endure it and you’ll see the point. It will explain a future post where I put together something technical (hint: recorder). […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The old dog learned a few new tricks this morning. Well, maybe I just applied some things I already knew. The serial port of the RLC-3 repeater controller is connected to the Dell 860 server known as STARski (home of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve updated the N7JCT web site. Please check it for updates. Among the information that has recently been added: A list of local nodes with quick links to statistics and status of each. A list of control commands.
Information regarding my amateur radio activities has been in high demand lately. Not only have people asked for details about HF operations and my experimentation with Linux and Arduino, the most frequent requests have been for information about the Schweitzer […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I apologize for the poor audio on the repeaters. One of our goals in this maintenance was to improve the audio but….it looks like I ended up in the wrong direction. Fortunately I know what the problem is, and it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…