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

[Daniel L. Goltz]

Thanks Sam!

  There may be some other issues with the Witoka repeater as well. It 
sometimes behaves funny, but intermittently. Will be great to have it 
fully functional before Ride the Ridges.
Dan, WK0W.

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Daniel L. Goltz
702 Spring Brook Drive
Winona, MN 55987

On 08/31/2023 08:51, Elisamuel Resto via WARC wrote:
> 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
> 
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