[W6YRA] W6YRA Repeater

[Brent Corbin]

I got up to the shack for a few minutes today…

The good news - the “two antennas” were a trick of perspective (the second antenna was the UHF antenna on top of the tower).

The bad news - from the ground, the repeater antenna looks -vertical, suggesting problems with the feed line and/or actual radiator.

I don’t have access to the roof at this point, so, reluctantly, I’ve pulled power on the repeater.  I’ll still be monitoring the output when I’m in my office and things are otherwise quiet, but it’s mostly a Faraday cafe in there…




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> On Mar 8, 2023, at 17:06, Brent Corbin <corbin at physics.ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks -
> 
> The coverage for W6YRA's UHF repeater has dropped off DRAMATICALLY in the last couple of days.  Two new (VHF?) verticals have appeared on the shack roof (one of which is roughly where the UHF was?)...
> 
> I suspect the two observations are not unrelated.  Anyone have the foggiest idea what is going on?
> 
> Thanks...