New Antenna for GB7FK

Hi all,

The new antenna for GB7FK has been ordered. I have ordered a Diamond
X-510N. As soon as i get the antenna i shall install it on the tower and use is on GB7FK 70cms port.
We have found the coverage to be fairly good on the X50, it will be interesting to see what difference this will make.

73 Matt

Yahoo Group for Kent

Hi everyone,

It appears a few people have had problems locating the Dstar Kent Yahoo group.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar-kent/

Please feel free to join the group to exchange ideas and information.
There are also memory files available for the 2820 / E92

73 Matt

IC-E92 Handheld + lots of users!

Well the ICOM E92 Handheld is now available at a very reasonable price.
The radio is better than the E91 with a improved battery life, a decent belt clip,
and lots of nice features, as well as waterproof.

We have quite a few users now on GB7FK, a few new ones too, welcome everyone!

M1CMN, M1CVF, G3OJZ, M0TMX, G0IMD, 2E1KAJ, M0TUX, M1BKI, 2E0KGS,
G1DST

Users and Improvements

Hi all,

well we are seeing more use on GB7FK which is great news. I would like to see more users from GB7IC coming through the gateway to GB3FK, and the other way around too. this will create more activity, and at the end of the day, thats what the system is there for.

No more news on the freqeuency change, but i dont think it will be long now.

soon as the frequency change happens, we shall fit the new pre-amp on the repeater, and also look at possibly changing the antenna as well to see if that will help improve things.

We are also looking into the future and doing more tests with high speed data on 1.2gig.

more soon!
73 Matt

Many users worldwide on DSTAR

Looking at the Dstar Users website I notice that there are 412 unique callsigns in a 24 hour period, thats alot of users!

I have noticed in the last few weeks a big increase in repeaters across the world. Its great to see DSTAR move forward and getting very popular.

Antenna

Hi all,

The repeater is still running on a low antenna on the mast. This is due to the QRM we are still experiencing. 433.9125 is full of low power devices, hence QRM on the input of GB7FK.
There is nothing we can do about this except from a frequency change. This is being looked into at the moment. Hopefully the new year will bring a few frequency.

Once the new frequency is obtained we will hopefully be trouble free!

73 Matt

Pictured to the left is GB7FK Dstar repeater. The Repeater controller is at the top, and the 70cms module.

The Linux server is on the next shelf, and then the power supply and UPS.

Enough room in the cabinet for future ports :)