[W5SFA] Proposal to review at the March Meeting

[Buckeroo Brad]

I'm on a hill and can not get a return ping on .146.96  I see I need to get
active here.

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 7:54 PM jack bates <k5frt33 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know if any member could hit the Houston repeater from their
> shack.  I don't see the need for a repeater in the Houston site.
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 7:22 PM Gary Baldwin <kf5zrt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings to all.  The following message is information on the Houston
>> Repeater site.  Please review Roger's proposal and we can discuss at our
>> March meeting.  As a club we need to come to a resolution for this issue.
>> I appreciate the input from all that responded with their input over the
>> past few weeks.  Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting at Joe's
>> Italian in Brenham on the 31st.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Gary - KF5ZRT
>>
>>
>> Club Members,
>>
>>
>>
>> We’ve received pretty good input on the discussion about the downtown
>> Houston repeater location (and more is welcome).  At this point I’d like to
>> put a specific proposal before the club that we can discuss, and hopefully
>> vote on at the March meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>> To address the question Kat raised about retaining the 146.96 Mhz
>> frequency if we move to the new Wallis location,  I contacted our
>> coordinator at the Texas VHF/FM Society.   The answer I received was yes –
>> we can simply relocate the repeater site and keep our current frequency,
>> since it will not interfere with any other repeater using that frequency.
>> This simplifies the move quite a bit, since we will be able to use the
>> downtown Houston ”cans” and rack at the new location.
>>
>>
>>
>> So this is the specific proposal I’d like the club to discuss on March 31:
>>
>>
>>
>> *Move the downtown Houston repeater location and related equipment to the
>> new Wallis site as soon as it is ready, retaining the 146.96 Mhz
>> frequency.  Replace the old Icom FR-3000 VHF analog repeater with a DR-2X
>> Fusion repeater. *
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope to achieve the following goals by making this move:
>>
>> ·         Better efficiency:  repeater locations will be geographically
>> closer together, easily  accessible and more easily monitored
>>
>> ·         Easier maintenance by having standardized equipment and setup;
>> also remote access to diagnose and correct problems without making a house
>> call at the repeater site
>>
>> ·         An improved, overlapping coverage area: If you can’t hit one
>> repeater you may be able to reach one of the others.  Also, the Wallis
>> location should still easily reach into west and southwest Houston.
>>
>>
>>
>> Assuming the club endorses the above, we can then deal with secondary
>> things like:
>>
>> ·         The disposition of the downtown Houston location
>>
>> ·         Deciding if we still need the Columbus site (Wallis may be
>> able to provide equivalent coverage in its place, but we don’t know that
>> yet)
>>
>> ·         Improving upon our setup by internet linking the repeaters for
>> C4FM digital communications to reduce lag, and use Wires-X for remote
>> access and linking an analog repeater.
>>
>> ·         Installing the 146.96 repeater at a temporary location during
>> the interim (this will enable us to test internet linking and keep the
>> repeater active while we wait for Wallis to become available)
>>
>>
>>
>> This is probably one of the bigger decisions the club has made in recent
>> years, so comments and feedback from all members is appreciated.  Please
>> try to make the club meeting on March 31.  Or if you can’t make it, please
>> make your thoughts known on the reflector.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>> Roger N5RWK
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