<div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Some fun facts about this repeater:</div><div><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Antenna height is 460' AGL (36' higher than the 443.500 repeater antenna)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Feedline is about 500' of 1-5/8" hardline shared with UHF system</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Xmitter has 25W out into duplexer, with 16W going into the feedline</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Xmit power amp is not installed yet, but is 25W in 100W out</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Repeater is a Kenwood TKR-751</span><div>
Receiver sensitivity has been measured at -119.2 dBm for 12dB SINAD<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">No desense of the repeater receiver by the transmitter at 25W</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As we move forward in the coming months and years, features and capabilities will continue to be added to the WI9RES systems.</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>________________________________________<br></div><div><div>Stephen M. Parker, WR9A<br><a href="mailto:WR9Aradio@gmail.com" target="_blank">WR9Aradio@gmail.com</a><br>
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