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<DIV>The repeater is not installed now. Roger has repaired it. Dan,
W5AOV</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=buckeroobrad@gmail.com
href="mailto:buckeroobrad@gmail.com">Buckeroo Brad</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 22, 2021 5:31 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [W5SFA] Proposal to review at the March
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<DIV dir=ltr>I'm on a hill and can not get a return ping on .146.96 I see
I need to get active here.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 7:54 PM jack bates <<A
href="mailto:k5frt33@gmail.com" target=_blank>k5frt33@gmail.com</A>>
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if any member could hit the Houston repeater from their shack. I don't
see the need for a repeater in the Houston site.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 7:22 PM Gary Baldwin
<<A href="mailto:kf5zrt@gmail.com" target=_blank>kf5zrt@gmail.com</A>>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>73</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Gary - KF5ZRT<BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Club Members,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So this is the specific proposal I’d like the club to
discuss on March 31:</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><B><I>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></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I hope to achieve the following goals by making this
move:</P>
<P><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Better efficiency: repeater locations will be
geographically closer together, easily accessible and more easily
monitored</P>
<P><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>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</P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>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.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Assuming the club endorses the above, we can then deal
with secondary things like:</P>
<P><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>The disposition of the downtown Houston location</P>
<P><SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>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)</P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>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.</P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN>
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>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)</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>73,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>Roger N5RWK
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