147.210 is the primary repeater for South Metro Skywarn!
New 2 meter Repeater Installed Contributed by ke0na on: Wednesday 02 October @ 11:33:07
The old 2-Meter system (SVEN and OLE) were shut down on Saturday, September 28 and replaced with a commercial repeater
There are a few changes you will notice right away. There are no more voice ID's, no more time and temperature or "Top-of-the-Hour" announcements, or "special" modes (net, weather, hamfest, or other modes). The new repeater is a Yaesu VXR-9000 and only repeats. All ID's are CW (WØBU/R). Tweaks will be needed, but for now we anticipate a more reliable repeater. The need for a 100Hz CTCSS tone (PL for the Motorola fans) is still present.
As of 11/16/13 configuration is as follows:
A 100 Hz CTCSS tone is both encoded and decoded
The Time Out Timer (TOT) is 3 minutes
The time out penalty is 21 seconds (amount of time repeater is non-responsive after TOT limit reached)
Repeat Hold Time (tail) is 1.5 seconds (time from input carrier loss to repeater carrier down)
The repeater output power (exciter for PA) is 25 watts, so output from PA is 80 watts
The courtesy tone occurs at the end of the Repeat Hold Time
The TOT is reset by repeater carrier down (not the courtesy tone)
Squelch Hysteresis is 25
The tone of the CWID is 400 hz
CWID is now encoded with CTCSS tone (100 hz)
CWID Modulation Delay is 1 second (To allow for CTCSS Decode on listener's radios)
A 25 dB pre-amp has been added to the receiver with a 6 dB attenuator to protect the receiver front end
A 70 Amp/Hr wet cell backup battery was added to the system - The repeater will automatically fail-over if AC power is lost
A Breakout box was added to the 25 pin Aux connector
Power for preamp is being supplied at the backup battery terminal.
