Re: [Repeater-Builder] KQ3M Repeater (was Need Answers -

[Ken Arck]

At 03:48 PM 2/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>I had a guy in Topeka, KS check in on our machine July 6 of last year.  He 
>was using a mobile rig, and a 5/8 wave mag-mount stuck to a filing cabinet 
>in his office.  Wicked opening...  only QSL card I have ever sent for a 
>repeater contact..  LOL!!

<---While I was still living in Hawaii, there was one year of extraordinary
tropo (the West Coast ---> Hawaii Tropo path is well known), where we had 4
or 5 days of stations up and down the West Coast, using our repeater on the
top of Mt Haleakala, at 10,000 feet. As I remember, the station furthest
south was an XE and the furthest north was a W7 in Washington.

Now you gotta admit that is some serious repeater DXing!

Ken
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] KQ3M Repeater (was Need Answers - Coordination)

[Kevin Custer]

Mike Perryman wrote:

>Yep,
>
>I use a mkIIg turned down as low as it will go, and constantly bring up 
>Kevin's Mays Hill repeater (KQ3M I think?) from my QTH in Stafford, VA 
>while trying to access our local machine.  I also seem to open his machine 
>a lot running mobile from around 40 miles South of Wash. - D.C.  I have run 
>a path profile, and we do not have "line-of-sight", not even close!!  Must 
>be ducting or something.  Frequently I hear his at S-7 or more!!
>
>Sorry to be a pest Kevin..
>
>Lots of un-explained things in this world, we just try to live with each 
>others "contribution".
>
>Mike
>K5JMP
>

The KQ3M repeater is located near Meyersdale PA on the Allegheny Front 
at a place called the Hay's Mill Fire Tower, which I privately own. 
It's the 3rd highest repeater in Pennsylvania on 2M at just over 3000 
feet.  It runs a coordinated power level of 250 watts into the 
duplexer.  The antenna is a Sinclair SRL-229 cut for the middle of the 
ham band an is 85 feet to the middle of the array.  My site is SUPER 
QUIET, I really am blessed, and with the tube PA, I have no problems 
running a FET preamp in front of the Micor RX, even with only a 4 cavity 
WACOM 641, and no additional filtering.

I make no bones about it, its a wide area coverage repeater, and it works...
When you invest the time, money, and effort into a great site, you'll 
have a repeater that will work beyond the expectations of some.  The 
repeaters main receiver works so well, even at 250 watts transmitter 
power the machine is balanced when using a 50 watt Japanese mobile 
radio.  The remote sites are down right now because Scott Zimmerman and 
I are designing a new voter, and I sold the old one.

Believe me Mike, you aren't a pest.  If bringing up the machine bothers 
you (causes you heterodyne at an uncomfortable level) or other members 
of the community locally, I'll PL the KQ3M repeater, or I may choose to 
run Anti PL if you folks are encoding for access to your own repeater.  
I use 123.0 Hertz, hope you don't...

The site and equipment is detailed on these pages:





Comments welcome.

Kevin Custer
Owner of KQ3M







 
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] KQ3M Repeater (was Need Answers - Coordination)

[Mike Perryman]

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At 02:48 PM 02/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>Mike Perryman wrote:
>
> >Yep,
> >
> >I use a mkIIg turned down as low as it will go, and constantly bring up
> >Kevin's Mays Hill repeater (KQ3M I think?) from my QTH in Stafford, VA
> >while trying to access our local machine.  I also seem to open his machine
> >a lot running mobile from around 40 miles South of Wash. - D.C.  I have run
> >a path profile, and we do not have "line-of-sight", not even close!!  Must
> >be ducting or something.  Frequently I hear his at S-7 or more!!
> >
> >Sorry to be a pest Kevin..
> >
> >Lots of un-explained things in this world, we just try to live with each
> >others "contribution".
> >
> >Mike
> >K5JMP
> >
>
>The KQ3M repeater is located near Meyersdale PA on the Allegheny Front
>at a place called the Hay's Mill Fire Tower, which I privately own.
>It's the 3rd highest repeater in Pennsylvania on 2M at just over 3000
>feet.  It runs a coordinated power level of 250 watts into the
>duplexer.  The antenna is a Sinclair SRL-229 cut for the middle of the
>ham band an is 85 feet to the middle of the array.  My site is SUPER
>QUIET, I really am blessed, and with the tube PA, I have no problems
>running a FET preamp in front of the Micor RX, even with only a 4 cavity
>WACOM 641, and no additional filtering.


I make no bones about it, its a wide area coverage repeater, and it works...
>When you invest the time, money, and effort into a great site, you'll
>have a repeater that will work beyond the expectations of some.  The
>repeaters main receiver works so well, even at 250 watts transmitter
>power the machine is balanced when using a 50 watt Japanese mobile
>radio.  The remote sites are down right now because Scott Zimmerman and
>I are designing a new voter, and I sold the old one.


!  I will see if I can find the old path profile...  gotta be 
here somewhere...
I think the last time we spoke was shortly after 9-11...  so it's been a 
while.  Seems like I also remember that machine being used to coordinate 
support for the 9-11 flight that crashed up there.


>Believe me Mike, you aren't a pest.  If bringing up the machine bothers
>you (causes you heterodyne at an uncomfortable level) or other members
>of the community locally, I'll PL the KQ3M repeater, or I may choose to
>run Anti PL if you folks are encoding for access to your own repeater.
>I use 123.0 Hertz, hope you don't...

< It's cool just like it is...  we run a CTCSS of 79.7
BTW, wasn't KQ3M your father-in-laws (SK) call or something like that.  I 
think I remember you telling me that..  anyway, don't fret about it.  But 
don't be surprised if you hear me giving you a call on your repeater 
sometime when the conditions are "right"..  It has been tempting to do so 
in the past..

73
Mike



>The site and equipment is detailed on these pages:
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>Comments welcome.
>
>Kevin Custer
>Owner of KQ3M
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>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] KQ3M Repeater (was Need Answers - Coordination)

[Kevin Custer]

Mike Perryman wrote:

  I had a guy in Topeka, KS check in on our machine July 6 of last year.  He 
was using a mobile rig, and a 5/8 wave mag-mount stuck to a filing cabinet 
in his office.  Wicked opening...  only QSL card I have ever sent for a 
repeater contact..  LOL!!


I remember that opening.  I talked to a guy mobiling around Des Moines
Iowa.  He said "um, your machine is covering up the local 2-7." 


  I think the last time we spoke was shortly after 9-11...  so it's been a 
while.  Seems like I also remember that machine being used to coordinate 
support for the 9-11 flight that crashed up there.


Most on my machines were utilized during the aftermath of the United
Flight 93 crash.

  < It's cool just like it is...  we run a CTCSS of 79.7


Cool.  I prefer to keep this one carrier squelch as most of my other
repeaters are PL'ed.

  BTW, wasn't KQ3M your father-in-laws (SK) call or something like that.


KQ3M was a dear friend and long time neighbor of mine.  He was Les
Trice's uncle, and one hell of a CW operator.  It was he that got my
speed up so I could pass the 13 WPM so I could upgrade.
My late fathers call, W3WGX, is on another high profile machine of mine.


  anyway, don't fret about it.  But 
don't be surprised if you hear me giving you a call on your repeater 
sometime when the conditions are "right"..  It has been tempting to do so 
in the past..


Call any time.  I usually monitor it while I'm here at the computer.

Kevin














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