Hi all,
I am sorry there has been no posts here for ages!
The main news is GB7FK has had new antenna, filters, feeder at the new QTH and was on the air again in Jan 2020.
Full information at www.folkestonerepeatergroup.org.uk
73 Matt
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Thursday, 13 April 2017
FRG Website
Hi all,
I never seem to get chance to update this blog! - New information is on the Folkestone Repeater group website.
73 Matt
I never seem to get chance to update this blog! - New information is on the Folkestone Repeater group website.
73 Matt
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Monday, 6 October 2014
GB7DX Nearly Ready for Operation!
Dan M0SDJ has worked hard on getting GB7DX ready for operation, so has the keeper John G0GCQ of course!
Antenna is installed, and ready for operation. take a look at the GB7DX Blog for more info!
Antenna is installed, and ready for operation. take a look at the GB7DX Blog for more info!
Friday, 29 August 2014
Daily Net GB7FK / GB7IC
Hi all,
GB7FK B Connects to GB7IC B Daily for the net at 5pm. If you are on GB7IC, Please feel free to join us!
This is automated.
73
GB7FK B Connects to GB7IC B Daily for the net at 5pm. If you are on GB7IC, Please feel free to join us!
This is automated.
73
GB7FK C
After all the work on GB7FK B earlier in the year - I am now working on GB7FK C. A new Antenna will be installed 30/8/14 this will improve things.
More info soon.
More info soon.
Monday, 25 August 2014
GB7DX On the Move soon...
GB7DX is on the move to the QTH of G0GCQ.
More info can be found on John's new blog
http://gb7dx.blogspot.co.uk/
More info can be found on John's new blog
http://gb7dx.blogspot.co.uk/
Daily Net - very active!
Well here we are its bank holiday Monday, and its raining, surprise surprise eh! anyway the Net is as active as usual, today we have a good crowd on.
M1CMN, G0PHO, G0GCQ, G7MSC, G3OJZ, M0VYW, DD4KO.
If you are in RF Range of GB7FK B do Join in, - if not you are welcome in via Dongle / DVAP
Linking to GB7IC / DX Coming very soon for the daily net
M1CMN, G0PHO, G0GCQ, G7MSC, G3OJZ, M0VYW, DD4KO.
If you are in RF Range of GB7FK B do Join in, - if not you are welcome in via Dongle / DVAP
Linking to GB7IC / DX Coming very soon for the daily net
Sunday, 24 August 2014
DSTAR Daily "Kent Net"
The Daily net takes place on GB7FK B at 5pm. We have quite a crowd daily now, which is good.
The Net will soon be connected up to GB7IC, GB7DX, and Hopefully the future planned GB7ES in Eastbourne.
The Net will soon be connected up to GB7IC, GB7DX, and Hopefully the future planned GB7ES in Eastbourne.
DSTAR Meet 23rd August 2014
We had a bit of a social get together 23/8/14 - at the Lighthouse Pub in Capel, Nr Folkestone. We welcomed DD4KO and his wife, who we speak to on the repeater very regular.
Left to Right
Barry G7MSC, John G0GCQ, Matt M1MN, Olaf DD4KO, Dan M0SDJ, Annelie DG2KJA, and Brian G3OJZ.
We enjoyed an afternoon chat about the DSTAR Network and ideas for the future. Thank you Olaf and Annelle for visiting us.
Saturday, 2 August 2014
5pm Daily Net GB7FK B
Hi all,
Just to let you know the daily net still takes place from around 5pm on GB7FK B. For a few years it was just 2 of us on the net, but I am happy to report that we have quite a crowd now! you are all welcome to join in, either via RF, or dongle / dvap etc. We unlink from the reflectors during this net.
73 Matt
Just to let you know the daily net still takes place from around 5pm on GB7FK B. For a few years it was just 2 of us on the net, but I am happy to report that we have quite a crowd now! you are all welcome to join in, either via RF, or dongle / dvap etc. We unlink from the reflectors during this net.
73 Matt
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
GB7FK B
Hi all,
After a few issues with GB7FK B over the last few months I hope finally we have it sorted.
A new antenna is installed, along with some Heliax feeder. A Pre-amp is installed on RX, nad so far its working very well indeed.
more reports soon
73 Matt
After a few issues with GB7FK B over the last few months I hope finally we have it sorted.
A new antenna is installed, along with some Heliax feeder. A Pre-amp is installed on RX, nad so far its working very well indeed.
more reports soon
73 Matt
Saturday, 4 February 2012
MB6EB
Been a while since I posted here.
well done to Paul M0LRE for setting up a hotspot in Eastbourne
http://www.mb6eb.co.uk
well done to Paul M0LRE for setting up a hotspot in Eastbourne
http://www.mb6eb.co.uk
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Antennas and things!
Hi All, well the repeater is now moved in the building to its new location. The antenna has also changed. on 2m the coverage seems to be very good, 70cms is not so good. 70cms has never worked that well at its present location, 2m from there provides very good mobile coverage. reports welcome as always, especailly on 2m. 73 Matt
Thursday, 24 March 2011
New Antenna
New antenna + maintenance will take place Saturday 26th March
Reports from Midday welcome on GB7FK C
The repeater will be off for a short time Sat morning
73 Matt
Reports from Midday welcome on GB7FK C
The repeater will be off for a short time Sat morning
73 Matt
Friday, 7 January 2011
Power and Move
Hi all,
There maybe some power outages to the repeater over the next week or so, this is due to a faulty boiler on site!
The repeater has battery backup, and so does the gateway server, but the servers power only lasts for around 40mins.
The repeater will also be moving to a different room over the next couple of months. more info soon. Its likely to be off air for a few hours.
73 Matt
There maybe some power outages to the repeater over the next week or so, this is due to a faulty boiler on site!
The repeater has battery backup, and so does the gateway server, but the servers power only lasts for around 40mins.
The repeater will also be moving to a different room over the next couple of months. more info soon. Its likely to be off air for a few hours.
73 Matt
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
All well!
Hi All,
A long time since a post. Everything continues to work well.
The antenna is slightly bent over, which will need to be looked at sometime soon. The coverage still seems to be ok. Thanks to those that have offered Help with maintenance.
The server was off for a day due to EDF work in the area. The repeaters however continued to work well on battery backup, a good chance to test the backup system. The site suffers from quite a few power outages in the winter, so the backup power is definatally needed.
GB7FK was well used for Lighthouse / Lightships on the air weekend, great to have so many contacts.
We will be hosting a School to school linkup again sometime in December with our friends from the Temple amateur radio club.
more news soon.
73 Matt
A long time since a post. Everything continues to work well.
The antenna is slightly bent over, which will need to be looked at sometime soon. The coverage still seems to be ok. Thanks to those that have offered Help with maintenance.
The server was off for a day due to EDF work in the area. The repeaters however continued to work well on battery backup, a good chance to test the backup system. The site suffers from quite a few power outages in the winter, so the backup power is definatally needed.
GB7FK was well used for Lighthouse / Lightships on the air weekend, great to have so many contacts.
We will be hosting a School to school linkup again sometime in December with our friends from the Temple amateur radio club.
more news soon.
73 Matt
Thursday, 11 February 2010
First post of 2010!
Hi all,
This is the first post here for a long time. A few updates:-
The gateway experienced issues towards the end of 2009. This was a problem with the internet provider. It took a while to sort, but is now working as normal.
The Repeaters will be moving during this year to another part of the site. the new network cabling and power supply needs to be installed before the move can take place, as well as antenna coax runs being re-routed.
If anyone has a spare DSTAR Controller, please get in touch !
thats it for now
Matt
This is the first post here for a long time. A few updates:-
The gateway experienced issues towards the end of 2009. This was a problem with the internet provider. It took a while to sort, but is now working as normal.
The Repeaters will be moving during this year to another part of the site. the new network cabling and power supply needs to be installed before the move can take place, as well as antenna coax runs being re-routed.
If anyone has a spare DSTAR Controller, please get in touch !
thats it for now
Matt
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
School DSTAR Contact
On the 5th October pupils at St Marys Catholic School in Deal had a contact via DSTAR with St Marys Catholic School in Temple Texas.
The children prepared questions to ask each other, which included sports, television, class subjects and culture.
The children had presentations at both schools before the contact to learn more about amateur radio. They were very excited, and enjoyed the project.
Thanks must go to Brian G8ZYZ for helping putting together the presentation, to Catherine M1CVF for her presentation, and to Steve NU5D and all at the Temple Amateur Radio club for making this contact possible.
looking forward to the next one
Matt M1CMN
GB7FK DSTAR Repeater,
Folkestone, Kent.
The children prepared questions to ask each other, which included sports, television, class subjects and culture.
The children had presentations at both schools before the contact to learn more about amateur radio. They were very excited, and enjoyed the project.
Thanks must go to Brian G8ZYZ for helping putting together the presentation, to Catherine M1CVF for her presentation, and to Steve NU5D and all at the Temple Amateur Radio club for making this contact possible.
looking forward to the next one
Matt M1CMN
GB7FK DSTAR Repeater,
Folkestone, Kent.
Monday, 10 August 2009
No post here for ages!
Hi all,
well there have been no posts here for ages! - the repeater continues to work well, with no problems reported.
We have recently played with some ID1 Radios, with great results. I hope we can play with high speed digital data again sometime in the future.
Upcoming projects - will probably be to find a new gateway PC. something that takes less energy to run. At the moment, we have a great rackmount server, but my electicity bill is sky high, and there isnt much else on in the house!!
more updates soon
73 Matt
well there have been no posts here for ages! - the repeater continues to work well, with no problems reported.
We have recently played with some ID1 Radios, with great results. I hope we can play with high speed digital data again sometime in the future.
Upcoming projects - will probably be to find a new gateway PC. something that takes less energy to run. At the moment, we have a great rackmount server, but my electicity bill is sky high, and there isnt much else on in the house!!
more updates soon
73 Matt
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