Bromley Repeater Group News
We have purchased a new Yaesu VHF/UHF C4FM Digital/FM Repeater which we installed today for testing purposes. For the moment it will be operating as a stand alone repeater and not connected to the internet.
The Repeater will operate automatically on Analogue and C4FM (auto mode select) CTCSS 82.5 and is a work in progress.
We intend to run our initial testing of the repeater over the weekend of 11th and 12th of January and would greatly appreciate any signal, audio and coverage reports submitted either via the group WhatsApp channel, email or in the comments below.
Network connectivity will be added as soon as possible to allow for access and testing of the connection to the GB7OK Community Reflector.
Thanks Tony. that’s great news !
I’m looking forward to trying it out via the reflector when you connect it to the internet.
I can no longer hear any D-Star on GB7OK. Does this mean that you are moving to C4FM & Analogue FM only ?
Regardless, many thanks for all the work in keeping repeaters up and running. We all benefit from your work.
John N. in London, N6
Hi John, thanks for posting.
I’m putting together a blog post about some possible changes and the future plans for the repeaters which will clarify things but for now the situation is that we are testing out the new dual band Yaesu repeater and consequently DStar access is offline for the time being.
I’m also in contact with some of the clubs in the area to get feedback from the local amateur radio community and allow our users to have a voice in regard to the way forward.
I have two points of focus at this stage. One is to try to rebuild the community of users which as I’m sure you are aware is much smaller than it used to be, and the second is in regard to the stability, efficiency and usability of our repeaters.
I will be posting more information when we have had time to test and assess the performance of the new Yaesu unit.
Thanks again for your input and your support.
Regards Tony.
g1hig@bromleyrepeatergroup.org