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Donation Promotion for 220
by Bryan Fields 17 Apr '16

17 Apr '16

As we work to get 224.280 online at the new site, I've got a bit of a promotion offer for the group. *If you make a $160 or greater donation to FSG, you'll get a 220 band Motorola HT1250. *These have been professionally modified for wideband FM by changing the IF filters and further modified to 255 Channels (16 per Zone). Each will program with the standard window software, and have been checked out on my test equipment. I've upgraded the firmware to the newest as well. While I could sell them for double on eBay <http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-HT1250LS-217-225MHz-250-channels-VHF-5W-RA…>, I've donated these to FSG and they are to be used for our members to spur some activity on the repeaters. I doubt most on eBay are modified <http://gallery.keekles.org/d/30580-5/1031151149.jpg> with the filters changed for wideband. The HT1250 is a rugged commercial grade HT and includes features not seen on most ham grade radios. * True bi-level squelch, with no setting needed * PL and DCS reverse burst, meaning the radio will transmit a shutoff code before unkeying, eliminating squelch tail. * 1/5 W transmitter, with no measurable harmonics. I measured one at the ARRL Lab booth, where most boafeng HT were failing, this HT was one of the cleanest they saw! * Great FM audio * LOUD! receive audio * 24 Hour Clock * 5/12.5/20 KHz steps * DTMF keypad * MDC/tone signaling support * Personalized serial number, the radio serial number will be your callsign and have a label identifying it to you on the back. * Multiple colors, Black, Cammo, Clear, Yellow, Green, Blue, Red o If a color has been taken, I'll let you know what's left, or we can get the color you want case off eBay for about 14 dollars. This is for the radio and antenna only. You'll need to supply a battery, charger, and optionally, a programing cable. The Li-Ion batteries <http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000mAh-Li-Ion-HNN9013B-Battery-for-MOTOROLA-GP328-…> are about $19 from ebay, and the cables <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-GP328-GP338-HT1250-HT750-GP329-PTX760-GP38…> are under $10. The programing software is up here. <http://wiki.w9cr.net/index.php/Waris#Software> These are programed with the local Tampa bay repeaters and should be good to go. We have 5 available, once they are gone, we may not get more. There is simply not a better quality 220 HT on the market. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Board Elections
by Bryan Fields 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

Wanted to give notice to the voting membership that we will be having elections in April so we can file our annual report with the state. We'll have the update as to when we'll be having the meeting once it's finalized. We're accepting nominations in accordance with the bylaws, all positions are up for re-election for two year terms. If you want to nominate someone please do so on the list. Currently we have the following running James, KM4CEF - treasurer/secretary Bryan, W9CR - president Kris, KC9EXH - vice president Thanks and 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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FS: Alinco DR235 222 MHz Mobile Radio
by Bryan Fields 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

I have an Alinco DR235 for sale. This is a 25w unit and the PA has been repaired. It's putting out 28W on the wattmeter now. More info and specs are up here: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/fm_txvrs/4336.html Note this is a black unit and I have a picture up here: http://gallery.keekles.org/d/30711-1/Alinco+DR-235.jpg $80 (member special) and includes a mic and power cord. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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220 and asterisk controller is online
by Bryan Fields 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

I re-imaged the controller computer and installed it today. The repeaters are now using the linux computer running asterisk and app_rpt as a controller. The P25 should work, but it's in-cabinet repeat only, meaning it will not go through the analog controller. The node numbers are as follows: 40821 - 224.280 41618 - 443.525 42032 - 927.050 For some reason there is no curtsey tone on the repeaters when audio is coming in from a another one. Once we have internet up there we'll be able to change this remotely. The standard allstar commands work to link/delink them *1 <node> = disconnect *2 <node> = listen to audio, no transmit back on that link *3 <node> = full duplex link *70 = link status *71 = disconnect all links *72 = Last Node to Key Up *73 = full system status *80 = Give ID *81 = Give time of day Right now they are all linked up. Once we have the internet up there we can link to other connected repeaters around the globe. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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220 is offline.
by Bryan Fields 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

The 220 repeater is offline. I had a simple project to intergrate the 440 and 900 mhz into the controller today, but this caused the controller to not boot for some stupid reason. It's not hardware, or at least the pciradio card. Looks like a complete re-install of the OS at this point. Hope to have it working later this week. -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Interference or digital signal
by xloner12 14 Mar '16

14 Mar '16

I'm getting a lot of interference or digital signal tonight on the 443.525 repeater. Anyone else getting the same? -- Tyler - KM4RAE

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Repeater updates
by Bryan Fields 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

I was over today doing some more work at the site, everything is still online and operating. I swapped the LMR400 coax out for 1/2" heliax and grounded it for one of the business band repeaters today, and remounted the GPS antenna on a better mount. I pulled 9 runs of CAT-5 for the data radios and installed a UPS from home too. Granted this doesn't seam like much, but there is quite a bit that goes into putting in coax. * The heliax needs connectors on it which takes about 20 min per connector to install. * Coax needs to be grounded with a ground kit after it's installed, and this requires antioxidant compound and cleaning. Then you have to seal up the jacket of the coax. * once inside the shelter you need to install a lightning arrestor with more antioxidant * then a jumper of coax is made up and fished in the ladder racks to the repeater. Tomorrow we will get the grounding done up at the top roof and some final tweaking of the antennas completed. If all goes well I'd like to get the 440 and 900 mhz repeaters interfaced to the computer controller and off the internal controllers. This will allow us to link them to the 220 and other repeaters once the internet is hooked up. We may be adding a pre-amp to the 440 repeater to see if we can get it hearing a bit better. The 220 is working well enough to not mess with at this point. 900 seams to actually be working well as far as I can tell. We've not heard many people on 900 to test with. This is the 220/900/440 repeaters in the rack <http://gallery.keekles.org/v/Radio_stuff/Site+location/Coax/0305161637.jpg.…> This is the coax entrance in the shelter with the polyphaser <http://gallery.keekles.org/d/30663-2/0306161825b.jpg> lightning protectors installed 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Repeater update
by Bryan Fields 05 Mar '16

05 Mar '16

So we did some more work today. We have moved the UHF repeater to the 11 dBd gain antenna at the very top of the bird cage. The lower antenna is live with the business band repeater now. The frequency is now 443.525 PL 146.2 and p25 NAC of 293, transmitting about 50W into the antenna. I'm going to put in for a coordination on this frequency. We got the 900 MHz repeater online on 927.050- DCS 546 and P25 NAC of 293. We may enable hearclear for analog mode. As of now each repeater is using it's built in controller, we do plan to migrate to asterisk based controllers in the future. Still more to be done, but it's getting to be less and less on the floor and more in the racks. I'll post some pictures when I have the chance later. BTW I hear James, KM4CEF is feeling better and I wish him a speedy recovery. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Digital 220
by xloner12 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

forgive my non knowledge but will we be doing digital over the 220 repeater? If so would I be able to hook up a tnc to the Motorolas that are being offered? Tyler KM4RAE -- xlr12 xloner12(a)gmail.com

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