Mike Perryman wrote: >Yep, > >I use a mkIIg turned down as low as it will go, and constantly bring up >Kevin's Mays Hill repeater (KQ3M I think?) from my QTH in Stafford, VA >while trying to access our local machine. I also seem to open his machine >a lot running mobile from around 40 miles South of Wash. - D.C. I have run >a path profile, and we do not have "line-of-sight", not even close!! Must >be ducting or something. Frequently I hear his at S-7 or more!! > >Sorry to be a pest Kevin.. > >Lots of un-explained things in this world, we just try to live with each >others "contribution". > >Mike >K5JMP >
The KQ3M repeater is located near Meyersdale PA on the Allegheny Front at a place called the Hay's Mill Fire Tower, which I privately own. It's the 3rd highest repeater in Pennsylvania on 2M at just over 3000 feet. It runs a coordinated power level of 250 watts into the duplexer. The antenna is a Sinclair SRL-229 cut for the middle of the ham band an is 85 feet to the middle of the array. My site is SUPER QUIET, I really am blessed, and with the tube PA, I have no problems running a FET preamp in front of the Micor RX, even with only a 4 cavity WACOM 641, and no additional filtering. I make no bones about it, its a wide area coverage repeater, and it works... When you invest the time, money, and effort into a great site, you'll have a repeater that will work beyond the expectations of some. The repeaters main receiver works so well, even at 250 watts transmitter power the machine is balanced when using a 50 watt Japanese mobile radio. The remote sites are down right now because Scott Zimmerman and I are designing a new voter, and I sold the old one. Believe me Mike, you aren't a pest. If bringing up the machine bothers you (causes you heterodyne at an uncomfortable level) or other members of the community locally, I'll PL the KQ3M repeater, or I may choose to run Anti PL if you folks are encoding for access to your own repeater. I use 123.0 Hertz, hope you don't... The site and equipment is detailed on these pages: <http://www.shol.com/kuggie/ahra/> <http://www.shol.com/kuggie/ahra/hmft.html> <http://www.shol.com/kuggie/ahra/hmftinfo.html> <http://www.qrz.com/kq3m> Comments welcome. Kevin Custer Owner of KQ3M Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
