[WARC] 444.225 (Garvin Heights UHF) & 442.150 (Witoka UHF)

[Elisamuel Resto]

Hello,

The 444.225 UHF repeater at Garvin Heights will be taken offline and 
taken to Witoka to replace 442.150 UHF repeater.

While working in Witoka to get the repeater configured for linking, I 
found that the LAN card for IMRS is not working properly. It responds to 
the configuration utility, I can read from and write to its 
configuration, but the ethernet port link and activity lights are always 
on whether or not there is a ethernet cable in the port.

I will be taking the Witoka 442.150 UHF repeater home and look it over, 
make sure it is not something simple.

Once the repeater is replaced, I will work on getting it linked to an 
internet system called YCS310 to start with, giving the Witoka repeater 
some access to the world. The channels it can access are limited for the 
initial implementation and I will send out another note once I figure 
out more details, but this is a step in making our repeaters more 
attractive to be used. All our repeaters will be linked eventually and 
all of them will have the same capability.

Currently, only Witoka UHF 442.150 has an internet connection. I will be 
going to the Rooster Ridge repeater later to look into what is going on 
-- technically I will be Ben KU0HN's hands on site. Once that is up, 
then it will be linked to Witoka for RF communications and also to 
YCS310.

In summary: I will be taking the DR-2X (UHF 444.225) at the KG site this 
afternoon (8/31/2023) and installing it at Witoka either this evening or 
early next week. I will be taking the Witoka repeater (UHF 442.150) home 
and giving it a cleaning and an inspection. This repeater will make it 
back to KG and installed once that is complete, which means UHF 444.225 
will remain offline.

Worthy to note that this linking to YCS310 and features that will be 
added are only available to radios that are Yaesu System Fusion capable. 
This is not Wires-X, but digital communications through Yaesu's C4FM. I 
will share more details on this once I've had a time to test it, and 
have more details to share.

Lastly, many thanks to Ben KU0HN so far for troubleshooting and the 
required information to re-do the network wiring at Witoka.

There will be a write-up about the work available later, and a 
discussion at the monthly meeting in September can be held if desired.


73,
-Sam, KF0ACN