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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club |
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New 440 Repeater near Brainerd |
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The Gull Lake repeater was
turned on at 2:30 PM on March 2nd. It can be heard on 443.925+. You can
transmit to it on 448.925 MHz. Use a 110.9 Hz tone. The tone is needed to
prevent unwanted interference.
The antenna is about 500 feet above average terrain. It is at the very top of the tower on the right. This potentially opens it up to hearing signals from a long ways off. Antenna, transmission line, tower, and building space are being provided courtesy of WJJY Radio at 106.7 MHz in Brainerd. |
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Getting the repeater on the air
that day were Al Doree WØRC, Jack Miller WØJEM, Roger Williams WØWUG,
and Mark Persons WØMH.
Al is on the left with a hand on the repeater and Roger is on the right keying it with a hand-held radio. |
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The repeater transmits with 100
watts output.
E-mail from Wednesday, March 5, 2004: It is working great as we expected. I was able to "work" Al Doree WØRC until I was about 5 miles South of Long Prairie on hwy 71 late yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. I did stop south of Randall and switch the roof mounted 1/4 wave 440 antenna with the 5db gain 440 antenna. It helped cure the choppy flutters, as expected. That is also the antenna I was using when I finally could not raise the repeater south of Long Prairie. Pretty darn good considering between Brainerd and Long Prairie is very hilly country. Thought you'd be curious to know. Thanks for your help yesterday. Roger Williams WØWUG E-mail from Friday, March 7, 2004: The new 443 repeater worked to about Rice, MN, while I was on a trip to St. Cloud. That is 50 miles away. Mark Persons WØMH E-mail from Sunday, March 9, 2004: Put out my call at 4:22 PM. Skee Mass KCØDCY and John Luce WØJGY called back immediately followed closely by Lyle Amundson KØLFV. The fun four-some included me talking with about a watt (the lowest power my car rig would go) from inside a car wash in Brainerd. Mark Persons WØMH
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