Channel 8 Repeater Perth W.A

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:53 pm

If its ok I just thought I'd start a thread here that has anything to do with the channel 8 repeater.

Anyway I'm Bill and I'm on there alot of the times. Most of the time I just listen.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:55 pm

Bill wrote:If its ok I just thought I'd start a thread here that has anything to do with the channel 8 repeater.

Anyway I'm Bill and I'm on there alot of the times. Most of the time I just listen.

Hi Bill

Just listening tonight hearing poor Claude deal with the halfwits during the callback. Like I've said before, it was much of the reason why I barely use CB anymore and went to amateur...

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:39 pm

Hi Gavin

Yeah I know what you mean.

It gets pretty crazy during the callback.

Is it true that there is a thing called a direct link - to the repeater?
And if there is I wonder why Claude doesn't use it.

Just last night I was listening to Ch 8 at around 2145, someone named grumpy copped a beatdown in Girrawhen for being "unproffessional" on the radio. It sounded pretty full on.

Troy · Post by **Troy** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:44 pm

Hi Bill,

Take what I hear on all the UHF CB repeaters with a pinch of salt, and normally stay well clear of there and stick to simplex. Another one of the reasons I am currently studying for an amateur radio licence.

Interesting to see you are in Koondoola, I am also.

You can often find me monitoring UHF CH 14 of an evening, look me up!

- Troy

michael_uhf16 · Post by **michael_uhf16** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:35 am

A direct link into a repeater do they exist ???

Yes, It is when there is a normal repeater (in this case uhf cb).
Where someone sets up a repeater for uhf cb, tx8 rx38......this is a normal uhf cb repeater.
The direct link is another repeater in very close range to the original repeater (being ch8 uhfcb as above) where the rx frequency would be a commercial freq, and the tx would be ch38 uhfcb.
The point of the commercial freq is so that no-one can access the direct link "repeater" without permission of the licensee of that freq.
Then all you have to do is get a commercial radio and set the channel up like this: tx-commercial freq rx-ch8 uhfcb
Therefore the direct link receives the commercial transmission and re-transmits it on the uhf cb repeaters rx channel which causes people to be dumped on or squashed ect ect.

I can make you a picture and email it to you if you still require this and the above doesnt make sense.

They are always being used in sydney.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:40 pm

michael_uhf16 wrote:
They are always being used in sydney.

Yeah... until the ACMA came and took the repeater away for operating illegally

Post by **gkoutlis** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:27 am

silk200611 · Post by **silk200611** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:21 pm

dose any one know the ch8 website??

silk200611 · Post by **silk200611** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:22 pm

dose any one know the ch8 website??

Post by **Bonez** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:27 pm

They used to have a website which I upgraded and maintained for them a couple of years back, but the domain expired and I went off air for quite a while and had no contact with Claud or anyone else.

It used to be at www.uhfwa.org.au but the site has now disappeared.

edit: looks like they have renewed the domain but there's actually no webpage there!

mattyh · Post by **mattyh** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:31 pm

I'm pretty sure there is a direct link to the repeater by means of phone. Well there used to be. Claude could call the repeater from his home phone and enter a pin which would give him the power over everyone. I'll ask now whether there still is a direct link...

silk200611 · Post by **silk200611** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:08 pm

Whats the latest news with the ch8 repeater?

I heard its being sold and relocated, very soon.

Dose anyone know what is happening?

HEKTIK · Post by **HEKTIK** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:24 pm

Heard someone on channel 8 the other day say its moving to Booragoon.

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:12 am

michael_uhf16 wrote:A direct link into a repeater do they exist ???

AFAIK, a direct link into the repeater , also known as a beamer.

is a yaggi antenna pointed directly to the repeater antenna.

HEKTIK · Post by **HEKTIK** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:54 pm

whats up with the repeater? where is it located now? and when is it online?

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