444.450 Down

[KK1LL]

I have downed the W4CQ repeater to thwart an attempt to burn it down.

It will return before drivetime tomorrow AM.

 

[KK1LL]

I tried to return the W4CQ repeater to service this morning, and the cycling transmission persists.

I am unsure if this is a controller error, or QRM of some nature.

I am asking everyone to please listen to 449.450 with your squelch off and see if we can pinpoint the QRM (if it exists).

The QRM will sound like silence interrupting the static in a on/off pattern.

Please call me at 7048070158 if you can detect this signal.


Thanks

-Brad

 

[KK1LL]

If you have a vero radio set up for remote operation, please shut it down until we find this source of QRM.

There is a theory that this could be an echo in the VERO network looping.

KQ4UHS discovered that his vero would go off into a TX loop when "audio relay" in the general settings was turned on.

Click Here is a video of the problem.

 

[KK1LL]

FYI...

The echolink and allstar apps are still up for the 444.450.
Users of these systems will be uninterrupted.

We also have 2 repeaters on Wells Fargo that are available.

WB4ETF - Digital C4FM​

Frequency: 147.060 Shift: -600KHz
Location: Uptown Charlotte @ 450ft AGL / 1200 ft ASL - 100w
FUSION Room 03951

W4WBT - Digital DSTAR​

Frequency: 444.675 Shift: +5.0MHz
Location: Uptown Charlotte @ 450ft AGL / 1200 ft ASL - 100w