[TCARES 0577] WI9RES 2M Repeater at Rossville is On The Air

[Stephen M. Parker, WR9A]

The long-awaited 2M repeater at Rossville is finally on the air! Some 4
years in the works, the 3rd WIRES repeater is now active on 145.370 MHz
(-600 kHz offset) with a CTCSS tone of 88.5 Hz.

Some fun facts about this repeater:

Antenna height is 460' AGL (36' higher than the 443.500 repeater antenna)
Feedline is about 500' of 1-5/8" hardline shared with UHF system
Xmitter has 25W out into duplexer, with 16W going into the feedline
Xmit power amp is not installed yet, but is 25W in 100W out
Repeater is a Kenwood TKR-751
Receiver sensitivity has been measured at -119.2 dBm for 12dB SINAD
No desense of the repeater receiver by the transmitter at 25W

Please feel free to make use of this new repeater, and we welcome user
reports of how it is performing. We will be doing some extensive testing
over the next few weeks, eventually putting the power amplifier inline and
possibly adding a receiver preamp. As we move forward in the coming months
and years, features and capabilities will continue to be added to the
WI9RES systems.

Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Steve Van Frank, W9TN, and Bruce
Stewart, N9GKE, for getting this complex project to its current state.
Thanks, also, to the large number of others who have contributed time,
effort, and donations to WIRES. Without all of you, none of this would be
possible.

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Stephen M. Parker, WR9A
WR9Aradio at gmail.com
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