VK6RMS repeater in Boddington from Perth

Post by **vk6hgr** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:30 pm

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150Kms+ from here to the Boddington repeater thanks to Tropospheric Ducting

VK6MJS · Post by **VK6MJS** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:47 pm

I had a chat last night on the Geraldton repeater. I am in Yokine.
btw
Nice radio the 7800, got two myself.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:49 pm

VK6MJS wrote:I had a chat last night on the Geraldton repeater. I am in Yokine.
btw
Nice radio the 7800, got two myself.

They're very nice radios. The 8900 I have in the car has more features, but I'm really impressed with the 7800. 1000 memories and wideband coverage means I don't need a separate scanner

Haven't been able to crack Geraldton. Did you get the 147.000 or the 146.725MHz repeater?

VK6MJS · Post by **VK6MJS** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:02 pm

I had a QSO on 147.000.
I did mange to triger Greenough or is it Northhampton on 146.825.

My next toy will be an Icom D-Star rig.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:07 pm

VK6MJS wrote: My next toy will be an Icom D-Star rig.

D-Star looks awesome... just waiting for it to catch on a bit and for other manufacturers other than Icom release rigs for it. (and hopefully, for prices to come down)

VK6MJS · Post by **VK6MJS** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:14 pm

I just heard the Busselton repeater ID @ S 5.

Same here with D-star waiting for the rigs to be manufactured at a greater volume so the unit price can (should) come down.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:30 am

VK6MJS wrote:I just heard the Busselton repeater ID @ S 5.

Couldn't sleep, so kerchunked some of the country repeaters. Busselton and Northam (147.275) are both S3-S5.

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Post by **Zebedee** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:41 am

Thanks Gav for pointing this out to me the other night as well.

If only I could actually have a free evening when I'm not doing stuff to sit and have a chat and a play.

I really need to organise myself better

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:47 am

vk6hgr wrote:
VK6MJS wrote:I had a chat last night on the Geraldton repeater. I am in Yokine.
btw
Nice radio the 7800, got two myself.
They're very nice radios. The 8900 I have in the car has more features, but I'm really impressed with the 7800. 1000 memories and wideband coverage means I don't need a separate scanner

Haven't been able to crack Geraldton. Did you get the 147.000 or the 146.725MHz repeater?

Only one repeater in Gero Gav - 147.000MHz...

Cheers, CC

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:48 am

VK6MJS wrote:I had a QSO on 147.000.
I did mange to triger Greenough or is it Northhampton on 146.825.

My next toy will be an Icom D-Star rig.

Would have been 146.675 - Northampton....

Cheers, CC

Post by **vk6hgr** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:56 am

ConstableCare wrote: Only one repeater in Gero Gav - 147.000MHz...

There were definitely two last time I was up there. (Plus one in Northampton with a voice ID. The other Gero repeater was on 146.725 or 146.775 and it was as deaf as a post...)

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:54 pm

vk6hgr wrote:
ConstableCare wrote: Only one repeater in Gero Gav - 147.000MHz...

There were definitely two last time I was up there. (Plus one in Northampton with a voice ID. The other Gero repeater was on 146.725 or 146.775 and it was as deaf as a post...)

Indeed you are correct Gav, but the second repeater is currently off-air and sitting on a local amateurs (Gero) shack floor....

Cheers, CC

ConstableCare · Post by **ConstableCare** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:55 pm

vk6hgr wrote:
ConstableCare wrote: Only one repeater in Gero Gav - 147.000MHz...

There were definitely two last time I was up there. (Plus one in Northampton with a voice ID. The other Gero repeater was on 146.725 or 146.775 and it was as deaf as a post...)

Indeed you are correct Gav, but the second repeater is currently off-air and sitting on a local amateurs (Gero) shack floor....

Cheers, CC