Arch Cape Repeater visit December 12, 2010

The goal for this trip was to see if the link radio would tune low enough to work on the new link frequency. The quick answer to this question is that it will not. The trip was made by Ken Lucke, WA7PIX, Tim Crawford, KE7TAC, and Dale Mosby, K7FW. We had two vehicles, a good idea this time of year. We had a secondary goal of getting a new door installed. Ken (what an optimist) brought a new door with him thinking that if there was a lull in the weather we might get that installed. It turns out that this was a very stormy day at sea level and truly fierce weather up at the repeater site.

It seemed as if we had just gotten started on the drive when we found the road blocked by a tree. Fortunately Ken was prepared with a chain saw. While not obvious in the photo, it was raining during the entire drive.

The tree is removed and we can get on our way again.

Tim was well dressed for the fierce wind and rain. The only place to hide from the wind was the inside of the repeater shack.

Ken is preparing to open the box housing the link radio. Getting a bit tired of photographing the back side of people at the repeater, I asked Ken to turn around and look at the camera.

Ken determined that the link radio would not tune low enough to work on the new link frequency. After setting the radio back to the old link frequency Ken is testing the link radio.

This is the link radio. This Icom IC-04AT will not tune low enough to work on the new link frequency. Hopefully we can find a new radio with a similar form factor allowing a reasonably quick swap.

This is the charge controller. Note that the battery voltage is down to 12.2 volts.

Tim had to hold the door to the repeater shack the entire time that Ken was inside. Ken needed some light so the door could not be closed. Holding that door in place with the strong wind gusts was not an easy task.

I captured a 30 second video clip as were were leaving.
This is a small avi format file:


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