VK Logger Ham Radio Forum Archive

Carlingford works very nicely, nearly as easy as getting into Paddo from 11th floor King St hotel room with no external view. I couldn't get into Razorback or any of the other digital repeaters.

With a 5W handheld, my signal into Carlingford was mostly unusable in FM but quite respectable (with a somewhat high BER) in P25.

Razorback is very quiet.

I gave a couple of calls on it when I was in Camden on Wed.

Yes its a bit depressing. I'm out at Camden a fair bit and I also put a call out when I'm there and hardly anyone comes back

I have also heard that VK2RAG (439.950) at Gosford is also P25 capable and was on air until it developed a fault recently so its been taken out of service.

Cheers,
Matt

Moved repeater list to first post in thread.

The wia repeater list has 8.425 as Heathcote P25...do you know anything about it, Matt?

Yeah, its temporarily off air. The St George ARC website says that its due to maintenance.

Cheers,
Matt

Hi all,

The GPT P25 repeater is now back on air.

VK2RCG - GPT - 438.2000MHz (Input 432.8000MHz) NAC 0x293

Cheers,
Matt

Typical.....CBD machine comes on the day after I leave....



Matt, I reckon you seriously need to think about linking some of the P25 machines together.

They are awfully quiet.

73 and thanks for the chats
Glenn

VK4DU wrote:Matt, I reckon you seriously need to think about linking some of the P25 machines together.

Yep, agreed Glenn. Serious thoughts are underway, and the appropriate discussions being held as time permits!

Cheers,
Matt

VK2LK wrote:Hi all,

The GPT P25 repeater is now back on air.

VK2RCG - GPT - 438.2000MHz (Input 432.8000MHz) NAC 0x293

Well done mate, it works great. Look forward to talking to you on there tomorrow for a bit of testing of its coverage.

73.

VK4DU wrote:Typical.....CBD machine comes on the day after I leave....



Matt, I reckon you seriously need to think about linking some of the P25 machines together.

They are awfully quiet.

73 and thanks for the chats
Glenn

Two of them in Sydney are already linked. Any suggestions on which of the others should also be linked?

I reckon all of 'em

VK2LK wrote:I reckon all of 'em

Yep!

But seriously, probably:

CBD, Carlingford and Kurrajong

Rgds
Glenn

I would add Berowra (linked to Kurrajong anyway) and Terrey Hills 7ocm (Manly Club)

YVA

Hi Guys, I have updated the list to include Chatswood now on air.

Carlingford is currently off air due to a power supply failure.

Hopefully it will be back on air soon.

Would I be correct if the word "Onan" came to mind?

Nah, one of the newer ones IIRC. They're all pretty susceptible to failure, especially in dusty environments.

Looks like the damage to Carlo is worse than initially thought - the PSU was replaced, however once the repeater came back online, it turns out the PA is dead too...

Stay tuned for further updates