16 Jun 2008
Maintenance Trip
W5ATO - ETC
(Photos)

• POWER:
  • Replaced 4 batteries. Interstate (Sam's) 24 DC-1.

24 September 2006
Maintenance Trip
W5ATO - AA5AAJ

• POWER:
  • Added 1 1/2 gallons of water to batteries.

02 November 2005
Repair Trip
KD5MXR
(Photos)

• LOCAL REPEATER:
  • Replaced original repaired Vertex VXR-5000 #0M740023.
• CONTROLLER
  • Replaced 2 ADM modules with 196.8mS delay with modules that have 98.4mS delay (default).
• POWER:
  • Solar panels loose on right side. Added wire to hold them in place.

• LOCAL REPEATER:
  • Replaced CS1291002 transmit assembly in Vertex VXR-5000 #0M740023. Left cooking on bench. 

• LOCAL REPEATER:

  • Replaced Vertex VXR-5000 with Kenwood TKR-750 borrowed from Emregency Communications RV. This was done so the VXR-5000 could be brought down for repair.

• SYSTEM: Returned system to site. 10 Amp negative fuse on Local Repeater blown. Replaced with temporary 25 amp (only one available).

• LOCAL REPEATER:

  • White noise slowly increased for about a week until it overpowered all audio on Local Repeater transmitter. Brought system down to the shop. 
  • Transmitter was doing >50 watts. Used software to lower transmitter power setting from 255 to 123 to set output power to 25 watts. 
  • On the bench, the noise did not appear for the first few hours. Traced noise to the transmitter unit in the Vertex VXR-5000 Local Repeater. VCO voltage was low (I think). Adjusted to about 4.0 Vdc.
  • Added ADM modules to Local Repeater and Link Radio.
• SYSTEM: Full alignment to 4.2 KHZ audio.
• BATTERIES:

  • 12,8 Vdc at ~10:00 A.M. System had been toned off-line for a few days. Removed fuse on Charge Controller while I have the system off of the mountain.

• BATTERIES

  • All battery water lower than tops of cells. Added water.

• LINK RADIO

  • "Blowing raspberries". Receiver falsing and Controller COR LED flickering. There is something in this system putting a very low powered signal out on 448.000. Re-positioning the Link Radio helped but decided to go ahead and replace the Link Radio with Motorola serial #778TRQ1404.

• LOCAL REPEATER

  • Lots of receiver falsing the last few days. Remotely enabled the 146.2 PL receiver decoder.

• SITE:

  • Replace Vertex VXR-5000 VHF repeater on 146.720. with #0M470023.
  • Removed 146.720 receive preamp.
  • Installed RLC-1 controller #1541.
  • Installed Motorola link radio #778TRJD150.
• POWER

  • Older unused solar panels top mount broken and panels were swinging in the breeze. Removed and stored in building.

• SITE:

  • Returned Vertex VXR-5000 VHF repeater on 146.720.
  • Installed RLC-1 controller.
  • Installed Motorola link radio.

• SITE:

  • Removed some of failed equipment for future rebuild and move of Link Repeater (Hub) and Link Radio to McDonald Observatory.

• 440 LINK REPEATER:
  • Receive squelch falsing especially in the evenings. Replaced receiver SAS board.

• 440 LINK REPEATER:
  • Transmit power still intermittent. Found an open solder connection on the input connection of the final amplifier transistor. Resoldered connection.
  • The transmitter in the  420 Link Radio that connects this site to the Sul Ross site causes the 440 Link Repeater receiver to "blip" on occasion. Tried various things including moving the 420 Link Radio antenna lower down on the tower to move it away from the 44 Link Repeater antenna but could not get the problem to go away. It is unknown as to why this has suddenly started occurring. It is not detrimental and that system is still working so stopped troubleshooting for now.  
• POWER:
  • Replaced loaner Charge Controller with a new replacement Sunwize Technologies SIGMA controller. This controller has low voltage disconnect which was wired in to the repeater system.
  • Added the single old panel at the base of the tower through a small charge controller to the spare battery stack. 

• 144 REPEATER:
  • Lowered repeater transmit power from 10 to 7 watts by using the Vertex software. The software setting for high power was reduced from 255 to 90. We also set the low power (high temperature foldback) from 90 to 30 or so on the lower power side.
• 440 LINK REPEATER:
  • Lost transmit during the morning while Bill and I were at another site. Started working again just as soon as we removed the metal covering the repeaters. Something intermittent inside the link repeater as the link receiver would false whenever the repeater case was tapped. We finally noticed that the two repeater - duplexer coaxes seemed to be the most probable cause. Swapped the two coaxes (RX became TX and TX became RX)... We'll see.
• POWER:
  • 12.09 Vdc at 3:00 PM completely cloudy.

• 440 REPEATER:
  • Falsing on receive all last night. Not falsing on arrival on site. Increased squelch and re-arranged coax cables away from signal cables.
• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Increased squelch.
• POWER:
  • 12.44 Vdc at 9:00 AM cloudy. Panels starting to charge.

• POWER:
  • Added two more ARCO M73 solar panels. We now have 6 M73 and one old panel in circuit. Removed one of the 2 old solar panels that are damaged and not hooked up.
  • Replaced suspected failed Charge Controller ASC SCC-1/30-12 #Q3995342 and replaced with temporary spare Charge Controller ASC 12/16 #Q402441774.
  • Replaced the three batteries in circuit with 4 ST154 12V, Deep Cycle batteries purchased from Sams Wholesale - Odessa. Moved the 4 older batteries to storage on the floor of the building.
  • 7.5 amps charge current, 12.87 amps with all repeaters transmitting. 11:00 AM Sunny.

• POWER:
  • Removed one battery from stack. W5ATO comments:
  • Numbering the batteries from back to front (1 being the far battery and 4 the near battery as you face the box,) the number 3 battery showed a voltage loss of more than twice that of the other batteries. With all batteries disconnected from each other and no load connected, I took a reading just after disconnecting them and a reading after about 25 minutes. Here are the battery numbers, first voltage, second voltage and voltage difference. ( I believe the voltage while everything was still connected was right at 12.00 volts.) 
    1. 11.92   11.85   .07
    2. 11.95   11.90   .05
    3. 11.26   10.97   .29
    4. 11.94   11.86   .08

    Based on this information I made the assumption that battery number 3 was probably drawing current away from the rest of the array and charging system and keeping the system from recharging as quickly as it should. So I removed number 3 from the system. Of course the weather cleared so we can't be certain this helped, but I think it is obvious that something is wrong with number 3 anyway so I don't think we hurt ourselves any.
    Bob (WA5ROE) seems to think, and I have to admit it makes sense, that if we replace batteries at a site, we should replace all of them at the same time (per site of course) and using all the same model battery.

• POWER:
  • Insulation on wiring to far east side (old) solar panel rotted off. Hot side of wiring shorted to ground which shorted all panel current to the charge controller. Removed 2 of the three east (old) solar panels from the system. This leaves 2 old and 4 new solar panels wired in as well as the tower side (old) solar panel.
• CHARGE CONTROLLER:
  • (Information only:) 11.27 VDC shut-off on Low Voltage Disconnect.
• ETC:
  • 17 minutes climb time.

• CONTROLLER:
  • RX-2 (440 Link Repeater) J8 was off. I thought the MastrII picked audio off of VOL/SQ HI which means jumper J8 should be off to disable the De-Emphasis. Apparently this is not true. Added jumper to J8 and aligned pot RX-2 CCW about 2 tick marks to make up for loss in audio levels.

• POWER:
  • 12.6 Vdc on arrival (no load on the batteries since yesterday morning).
• SYSTEM:
  • Re-installed original VXR-5000 repeater with new receive preamp and RLC-4 serial #1411 running V1.77 software. All other equipment is the same as what came down yesterday.
  • Had to adjust the 146.120 VXR-5000 receiver squelch up a bit to stop squelch crash when unkeying.
  • Remotely changed some timers on the RLC-4 controller after installation.

• POWER:
  • 12.2 Vdc unkeyed, 11.9 Vdc keyed.
  • Installed two new deep cycle batteries to replace the failed UPS type batteries.
• SYSTEM:
  • Removed system for full alignment and program upgrade.

• POWER:
  • System off air. Batteries at 7.5 VDC on 27 June. KD5ESB reconnected one of the old panels. The other two old panels have broken electrical connections at the panels.
  • 4 hours later, N5HYD and W5ATO visited site. Batteries up to 11.7 VDC. Re-connected low voltage disconnect. Removed black goo left over on new solar panels.
  • On 29 June the batteries were still at 11.7 VDC. Disconnected two older 12 VDC UPS type batteries and left the two deep cycle batteries connected. Batteries got up to 12.5 VDC but never above that. Left repeater on air with Low Voltage Disconnect enabled. Repeater stayed on air. 

• POWER:
  • Replaced temporary controller with repaired original controller.
  • Removed temporary tape used to deactivate a solar panel to reactivate it (it was disabled because the temporary charge controller couldn't handle the extra current). Tape adhesive stuck to panel.
  • Checked two deep cycle batteries for water, all cells were full. Two BP gel cell batteries are sealed and there is nothing to check.
  • Radio equipment is connected to battery terminal of charge controller so there is no low voltage disconnect active at this time. There is one open, half-full, gallon of distilled water at site. There are 3 - 24 oz. bottles of sealed drinking water. 
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Checked DTMF tone decode LED on controller panel. LED indicated DTMF tone on all keys
• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Checked aim of link radio antenna to Sul Ross. Can see Elephant Mountain from site.
• SITE SURVEY:
  • Could not hit 146.820 with 5 watts from roof of shack.

• POWER:
  • Entire repeater system off the air. Batteries at 7 VDC. Charge controller fried. Replaced with temporary charge controller. Disconnected three old panels and disabled one new panel to keep the solar panel charge below the 8 Amp limit on the temporary charge controller. Removed two old batteries and replaced with 2 B.P. donated batteries.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Reprogrammed for 146.2 CTCSS.
• CONTROLLER:
  • Downloaded latest parameter file.

• POWER:
  • Entire repeater system off the air. Charge Controller Low Voltage Disconnect (LVD) was on, which disconnects the load from the batteries. Charge LED was on. Batteries at 12.2 Vdc, which means the LVD should not have been on. Reset the LVD switch and system came back online.
  • Left the LVD switch in "NO LVD" so this won't happen again.

• POWER:
  • Replaced 2 old Tough One batteries with 2 new Everstart #605388 185044 batteries.

• 144 REPEATER:
  • Static on receive when the transmitter was on, still, yet and again. Removed antenna from the short pipe on the north side of hill and tossed that darn pipe as far as I could. It miraculously ended up neatly nestled right next to the building. Remounted antenna back on the short pipe on the north side of the hill. Just like I did in June, 1994. Replaced suspected intermittent N-female to UHF-male connector at antenna pigtail.

• 144 REPEATER:
  • Static on receive when the transmitter was on. Moved the antenna off of the top of the tower and back to to short pipe on the north side of the hill.
• SITE:
  • Someone had torn a piece off of the building and turned it into a fire pit. Repaired.

• POWER:
  • 14.05 VDC at 12:04 PM hazy. Repeaters not transmitting at this time. Controller in charge mode.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Replaced loaner VXR-5000 repeater, serial #0M740023 with original.
  • W5ATO et al moved antenna mount to above the top of the tower.
  • 7 watts, <1 refl.
• CONTROLLER:
  • Aligned all audio levels. 

• POWER:
  • 12.59 VDC at 12:08 PM Sunny. Repeaters transmitting. Controller cycling nicely.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Replaced failed VXR-5000 repeater with loaner serial #0M740023.
  • Aligned audio by ear only.
  • Reworked antenna mount to reduce SWR.
  • 15 watts, <1 refl.
• 440 REPEATER:
  • Adjusted RX frequency. Adjusted squelch.
• CONTROLLER:
  • Changed the 420 link radio to Active High PL.

• POWER:
  • 13.2 VDC at 10:45 AM Sunny. Repeaters up. Controller cycling nicely.
• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Replaced G.E. MastrII with no PA with a G.E. MVP.
  • 1.5 watts. Left mic and speaker attached.
  • Replaced temporary Radio Shack coax with LMR400.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • P.A. died while we were there. Removed and left system on the exciter
  • Added additional brackets to the antenna mount.

• POWER:
  • Positive wire from Charge Controller to Radios loose. Tightened all connections.
  • Added one ounce water.
• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Antenna replaced with 6 element beam mounted on tower about 5 feet above eve of building. Connected with 50 feet of RG8/U Radio Shack coax.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Antenna at angle and not able to repair. Fix is in the planning stages.

• 144 REPEATER:
  • Replaced duplexer to receiver cable with a double shielded type. Why? Because I'm anal.
• 420 LINK:
  • Transmitter stuck on since last night at dusk. Small red added PTT switch in link radio was stuck on. Removed.

• ALL REPEATERS:
  • Aligned all audio.
• BATTERIES:
  • Added a small amount of battery water.
  • 13.22 V at 12:25 PM sunny.

• ALL:
  • Returned 02 Aug 99 repaired equipment.
• 440 REPEATER:
  • PA dead. Borrowed PA from the 420 Link radio, leaving it on exciter. RX still weak.
  • 7 Watts, 1.0 uV.

• 144 REPEATER:
  • Constant TX if on controller. Works fine if controller is disconnected.
  • CNTL-1 board C1033 (100pF) shorting the external PTT. Replaced with 470pF.
  • Cable P26, pin 1 smoked (ground from DB25 to CNTL-1). Replaced.
  • Cable P28, pin 12 smoked (ground from DB25 to CNTL-1). Replaced.
• CONTROLLER:
  • U14, pin 14 shorted (PTT-1). Replaced IC UDN2597A.
  • U11A not passing audio. Replaced IC LMC660CN.

• 144 REPEATER:
  • W5ATO tightened antenna mount.
• POWER:
  • Added 2 new Stowaway deep cycle batteries. Disconnected the Ma-Bell battery banks. Waited until charge controller cycled, then beat feet for the truck.
  • 12.66 Vdc on arrival with repeaters on-line. Disconnected repeaters while doing the battery work.
  • 14.84 Vdc Charge Controller cycled off.
  • 12.97 Vdc Charge Controller cycled back on.

• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Lowered TX4 in the RLC-4 to lower audio level going to the 420 Link Radio. Did not use test equipment so don't know what level it is.
• 144 REPEATER:
  • Checked power level. 15 watts out, 0.8 SWR.
• POWER:
  • 12.48 Vdc minimum keyed.
  • 13.27 Vdc 12:30 PM, sunny, load circuit breaker off.
  • 13:30 Vdc 12:36 PM, sunny, load circuit breaker off.
  • 13.26 Vdc 12:36 PM, sunny, lead circuit breaker on and radios in RX.

• POWER:
  • The two strapping youths carried up 4 loaner UT solar panels while their dads carried up 2 new deep cycle batteries. Installed batteries.
  • Replaced 4 old solar panels with 4 loaner UT panels.
  • Smoked the Vertex repeater somewhere in the process. The Vertex repeater worked though, after replacing the 10 DC fuse in the ground wire lead.
  • Hooked in new solar panel system at 6:38 PM so the repeater spent the day without charge current.
  • 12.26 Vdc 11:21 AM, 718 mA unkeyed, 10.75 Adc all keyed. clouds and raining.
  • 12.64 Vdc 12.52 AM, 2.7A charge current cloudy. I think this is after the two new deep cycle batteries were installed.
  • 12.90 Vdc 3:27 PM, partly cloudy. Still on original solar panels.
  • 12.58 Vdc 6:38 PM, sunny. New panels just hooked up
  • 12.62 Vdc 7:16 PM, and dropping because the sun is down and the panels are shaded.
• OTHER:
  • Some weird noises on the way down. Sounded like a small girl down by the pick-up screaming "Daaaaddddyyy" at the top of her lungs. No-on seen. Maybe a kid goat or the Twin Sisters ghost or something. I didn't stick around long enough to trace it down. (I was alone by then).

• POWER:
  • Removed 1 cell from each bank. Now back to the correct 6 cells per bank. Paralleled the 2 cells from the spare set across the bottom cells of each bank (if you can picture that). Charged left bank until charge controller shut off. Charged entire system with repeater power off until I got tired of looking at it. The charge controller never cycled so powered up repeaters and left them control coded off until the batteries recharged.
  • 12.56 Vdc 12:15 PM, intermittent sun, left bank, repeaters off.
  • 12.30 Vdc 1:02 PM, intermittent sun, both banks repeaters off.
  • 12.44 Vdc 1:12 PM, ditto.
  • 12.72 Vdc 1:51 PM, ditto.
  • 12.65 Vdc 2:03 PM, intermittent sun, both banks, repeaters in RX.
  • 12.85 Vdc 2:14 PM ditto.

• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Power output at 30+ watts! Power adjust pot intermittent. Cleaned and set to 1.5 watts. (See 15 Aug 98).
• POWER:
  • Added 2 cells from spare set. Total of 7 cells in each bank.
  • 14.10 Vdc 1:17 PM unkeyed.
  • 13.20 Vdc 1:17 PM keyed.

• POWER:
  • Added Charge Controller SC1-12/30 #Q298 88639.
  • One of the Sams deep cycle batteries had a shorted cell so removed both deep cycle batteries.
  • Connected repeater system power to low voltage disconnect on charge controller.
• CONTROLLER:
  • Uploaded new program.

• 420 LINK RADIO:
  • Replaced G.E. Repeater with a G.E. radio (not full duplex). Adjusted to 5 watts.
• CONTROLLER:
  • Modified program for all local audio.
• POWER:
  • Replaced one Ma-Bell battery that was leaking with one from the rack.
  • Charge Controller locked up in charge. Removed.

18 Jul 1998
Low DC power

• POWER:  Added 5 gallons water.
• 420 LINK:  Moved 420 link beam up the tower above the building.  Tried to point to Sul Ross but didn't work.  Left pointed towards Mount Ord.  Tried to turn 420 from repeater to regular work.  Didn't work.  Left as a repeater.

23 Aug 1997
Maintenance Trip
To Repair the 05 Aug Failures

• 144 REPEATER:  Replaced Vertex MODJACK board and left the installed board electrically disconnected (not needed).
• CONTROLLER:  Installed repaired RLC-4.  Had replaced U11 LMC660 and the UDN2597A at the shop.
• 420 LINK:  White noise.  Pointing the 3 element beam towards Mount Ord fixed it!?  K5FD guessed that the wall of the metal building behind the beam was affecting it. Pointing toward Mount Ord also puts the wall of the building perpendicular to the antenna.  Whatever works, I guess.

05 Aug 1997
144 Repeater TX Locked On

• 144 REPEATER:  Vertex MODJACK board, Q8202 shorted.  Removed MODJACK until a replacement optoisolator is ordered. Changed Vertex S2004 to "HI" (RX audio to RLC-4 controller increased).
• CONTROLLER:  Replaced smoked RLC-4 with RLC-1.
• ALL:  Full alignment.

14 May 1997
Low 144 Repeater Range

• 144 REPEATER:  2 meter "Mobile Mark" antenna bent over 90 degrees at base.  Found an empty bottle of Tequila under the antenna.  Re-bent back to vertical.  TX also over deviating.  Adjusted R42 (TX3) down to lower the TX gain from the RLC-4 controller to the 146.720 Vertex Repeater.
           17 watts, 1.5 reflect.
• POWER:  12.80 Vdc keyed,  13.33 unkeyed @2:24 PM sunny.

03 Nov 1996
Maintenance Trip

• POWER:  Added Specialty Concepts ASC-12/12 charge controller #Q1961905.
                  Added 2 Stowaway 675 batteries, ser #G557016 and #G557005.

06 Aug 1996
Maintenance Trip

• POWER:  Added Solar Panel #7 to right side of panel bank.  Added water.
                  13.48 Vdc @ 1:37 PM sunny
                  7.47 Adc @ 1:49 sunny.
                  10.31 Adc with all repeaters transmitting.
• 420 LINK:  Modified 420 and 440 MastrII's for VOL/SQ HI to RLC-4 receive audio.
• CONTROLLER:  Modified RLC-4 to 0.22 uF caps.
• 440 REPEATER:  Modified 440 MastrII for VOL/SQ HI to RLC-4 receive audio (MOD9606)
           Lowered 440 MastII PA to 5 watts.
• ALL:  Aligned system.

04 Jun 1996
Intermittent Growling On 440 Repeater

• 420 LINK:  Swapped good PA (not being used) with intermittent 440 PA.  Removed kludged 420 coaxes and replaced with permanent coaxes.
• 440 REPEATER:  (see above)
• POWER:  13.32Vdc @ 1:30 PM sunny without repeaters connected.
                   13.00Vdc unkeyed.
                   12.20Vdc with all repeaters keyed.

12 Mar 1996
Maintenance Trip

• 420 LINK:  Unhooked 420 P.A.  Kludged.
• 440 REPEATER:  Increased power output on 440 repeater to 20 watts.

08 Mar 1996
Maintenance Trip

• POWER:  Ran new DC wires to Solar Panels.
• 420 LINK:  Hooked up new 420 Link.
• 440 REPEATER:  Added BSA-NMOQ-KIT.

20 Apr 1996
Maintenance Trip

• 144 LINK:  Turned Vertex TX audio pot to max.
• 420 REPEATER:  Installed 420 repeater and duplexers but did not hook up.  Aligned audio.
• POWER:  Two batteries bad, one in each bank.  One was shorted and the other had no capacity.  Replaced with two from the spare rack. Added the no-capacity battery to the spare rack and set the shorted battery aside.
                   CHARGE CURRENT:  6.7 Amps 1:00 PM sunny.
                   BATTERY VOLTAGE: 13+ Vdc unkeyed.  11.80Vdc keyed.
• CONTROLLER:  Replaced the RLC-1 with an RLC-4.

21 Jan 1996
Maintenance Trip

• CONTROLLER:  Moved J1 and J2 from shorted to open to remove de-emphasis.
• ALL:  Aligned system with help from WB5MPX.

20 Jan 1996
Weak RX sensitivity on 144

• 144 REPEATER:  MastrII RX sensitivity weak.  Replaced with Vertex repeater.
• MISC:  Someone had ripped the metal off of the door.  Repaired.
• CONTROLLER:  Constant PTT on 144.  Q2 blown.  Replaced with FET stolen from Q3.  Audio is still muffled (de-emphasis in RLC-1?)

14 Jan 1996
Maintenance Trip

• 144 REPEATER:  Installed 144 G.E. MastrII.
• 440 REPEATER:  Installed 440 G.E. MastrII and Antennex 3 element horizontal beam.  Tested system and left off of the air until 440 duplexers arrive.
• CONTROLLER:  Installed RLC-1.
• POWER:  Watered batteries.

11 Mar 1995
Maintenance Trip

• POWER:  Filled batteries.  Used 3 gallons.  Some cells on the left were very low.  14.10 Vdc @ 12:00 PM.
• 144-220 REPEATER:  Removed Micors for upgrade.

14 Aug 1994
Return Trip

• 144-220 REPEATER:  Re-installed. Set levels.
• POWER:  13.39 Vdc @ 12 PM.

10 Aug 1994
No LINK (220)

• TX LINK:  PTT relay in middle of Micor not engaging?  Relay clicks but no switched +12Vdc to 220 TX section.  Delivered to WB5EGQ.

19 Jun 1994
(From Notes)
N5HYD, N5MVV

• 144: Moved fiberglass antenna on north side of mountain. 50 watts into duplexers, 35 watts into antenna, 1 watt reflect, 0.4 uV into duplexers, 0.3 uV into repeater.
• POWER: Filled. 13.43 Vdc 3:41 PM sunny. Spare batts 12.74 Vdc.

26 Mar 1994
(From Notes)
Former WA5CLZ

• POWER: Filled batteries with 2 gallons.

07 Nov 1993(?)
(From Notes)
KI5YG, N5SWO, N5SWW

• POWER: Filled batteries.
• 144: Replaced antenna.

18 Set 1993
(From Notes)
KI5YG, N5SWO, N5SWW, Darren Watts(?)

• 144: Came up and found a rattlesnake guarding the door. Upon uncovering the radios we found them standing in rat piss and feces. Real problem was the antenna which had been struck by lightning. Made new make-shift antenna. Hung radios from a 2X4 to prevent rodent access. Snake (very beautiful banded rock rattler) behaved faultlessly and was left guarding the door and to dine on rodents which are abusive to the radios.
• POWER Filled batteries with 1 1/2 gallons of water. Brought 4 gallons up the mountain.

10 Oct 1992
(From Notes)
KB5TNP, KB5UFX

• POWER: Replaced positive lead from battery to radios. 13.44 Vdc idle, 12.29 Vdc keyed.

07 Aug 1992
(From Notes)
N5SWO, KB5TNP, Bart Miller

• POWER: 12.1 Vdc idle. 10.9 Vdc in use.

06 May 1992
(From Notes)
N5SWO

• 144: 14:00 CDT Repeater down since last Sat PM. Came up to fix if possible. Brought spare, new 2 meter antenna just like old one. my fuse fix from 10 April 1992 is broken. Fuse not blown but shows intermittent conductivity. Replaced with Motorola H.D. fuse holder and 40 amp fuse. Next time it will probably go up in smoke due to oversize fuse.  (extra notes deleted to protect the guilty)
• POWER: 13.97 Vdc at fuse box.

18 Apr 1992
(From Notes)
N5SWO, N5SWW, KI5YG, Steve Bennace, Ruby the Wonderhund

• 144: 1:30 PM CDT. Came up to replace the 2 meter repeater antenna bracket with new, improved version. Beautiful but windy day.

10 Apr 1992
(From Notes)
N5SWO and Oriz

• 144: Repeater down. Fuse holder melted. Fuse OK. Fixed
• POWER: 14.50 Vdc with charger batteries slightly down. Will fill.

22 Feb 1992
(From Notes)

• POWER: 14.61 Vdc. Repeater returned to mountain. 45 Watts out, 2.0 watts refl.

21 Nov 1990
(From Notes)
N5DO and WA5ROE

• POWER:  13.10 Vdc, 13.35 after H2O. Cleaned battery terminals. Cut off bad wire and re-connected.
• 144: Antenna bent in half. Put repeater on beam.

05 Jun 1990
(From Notes)
WB5MPX and KI5YG

• POWER: 13.60 Vdc no load, 12.60 Vdc with load, spare batts 12.30 Vdc. Spare solar panel on face on ground. Tied up to tower and building.

15 Mar 1990
(From Notes)

• POWER:  13.49 Vdc no load, spare batts 12.66 Vdc.

05 Nov 1989?
(From Notes)

• POWER:  14.87 Vdc no load, 13.90 Vdc with load, spare batts 13.90 Vdc.  Needed lots of H2O.  Come every 3 months in the summer.

16 Jul 1989
 (From Notes)
WALK TIME: 25 minutes, 01 seconds.

• POWER:  12.54 Vdc no load, 12.30 Vdc with load, 12.72 Vdc after H2O.
• 144:  Duplexers are Wacom model #WP639, serial #8975.

09 Feb 1989
(From Notes)
N5DO, KP2S, WA5ROE

• POWER?:  Bad controller.  Lots of Duck Butter. Main batts 14.68 Vdc no load, 13.50 Vdc with load.  Spare 13.5 Vdc.

08 Jan 1989
(From Notes)
N5DO, WA5ROE, N5HYD, KB5DSD

• POWER:  Main batts 12.30 Vdc cloudy.  Spare batts 12.42 Vdc
• 220:  Deviation and power pencil marks are NOT set points.  They were reference points before adjustment.

28 Oct 1988
(From Notes)
N5DO and WA5ROE

• POWER:  13.59 Vdc.  Added lots of H20.  Spare set 13.58.

30 Jan 1988
(From Notes)

• POWER:  Batteries 14.59 Vdc, 10:48 AM.
  • Batt #01 - 2.46 Vdc
  • Batt #02 - 2.44 Vdc
  • Batt #03 - 2.40 Vdc
  • Batt #04 - 2.45 Vdc
  • Batt #05 - 2.44 Vdc
  • Batt #06 - 2.26 Vdc
  • Batt #07 - 2.43 Vdc
  • Batt #08 - 2.43 Vdc
  • Batt #09 - 2.41 Vdc
  • Batt #10 - 2.42 Vdc
  • Batt #11 - 2.42 Vdc
  • Batt #12 - 2.41 Vdc

27 Dec 1987
(From Notes)

• POWER:  Array 23.4 Vdc W/O load.  Batteries 12.88 Vdc W/O array.
  • Batt #01 - 2.16 Vdc
  • Batt #02 - 2.15 Vdc
  • Batt #03 - 2.16 Vdc
  • Batt #04 - 2.15 Vdc
  • Batt #05 - 2.16 Vdc
  • Batt #06 - 2.04 Vdc
  • Batt #07 - 2.14 Vdc
  • Batt #08 - 2.15 Vdc
  • Batt #09 - 2.14 Vdc
  • Batt #10 - 2.15 Vdc
  • Batt #11 - 2.14 Vdc
  • Batt #12 - 2.15 Vdc
  • Spare #1 - 2.03 Vdc
  • Spare #2 - 2.03 Vdc
  • Spare #3 - 2.04 Vdc
  • Spare #4 - 2.04 Vdc (Replaced with #18)
  • Spare #5 - 2.02 Vdc
  • Spare #6 - 1.22 Vdc