{"id":5876,"date":"2023-10-16T10:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T01:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:06:29","slug":"vk3rsw-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/vk3rsw-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"VK3RSW installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>VK3RSW Mount Richmond 2m repeater now on air.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 15<sup>th<\/sup>, after almost 4 years of planning, negotiations and testing, the VK3RSW 2m repeater at Mount Richmond, NW of Portland, has been finally commissioned. With a RF link to The Bluff, the SE network has now been greatly expanded to include the coastal towns of Portland &amp; Port Fairy, and inland to Heywood and Hamilton. This now extends the coverage area to over 400km from end to end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are some of those that have contributed to this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Peter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  VK5BE&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Project leader<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VK5NJS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Steelwork, fabrication, welding and painting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brian&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VK5VI&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assembly of 2m repeater and link equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  VK5DJ&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Repeater controller and cavity tuning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   VK3ZAZ&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Donation of stacked dipole antenna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leith&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  VK5FLAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Donation of link yagi antenna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Owen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  VK5HOS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Donation of solar panels and batteries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ron &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  VK5AKJ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Donation of solar controller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James\u00a0\u00a0    VK3JBM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0       IT support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tim&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VK3TIM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   &nbsp;Site coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, we wish to thank the following businesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multi-Metals for supplying all the steelwork<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aussie Broadband for the donation of the low loss coaxial cable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baxter Hire for the use of their cherry-picker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Early signal reports indicate that the coverage has exceeded expectation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We now look forward to an increase in traffic on the expanded linked network.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VK3RSW-commissioned-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VK3RSW-commissioned-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VK3RSW-commissioned-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/serg.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VK3RSW-commissioned.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VK3RSW 2 metre FM repeater operational on Mt Richmond VIC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VK3RSW Mount Richmond 2m repeater now on air. On October 15th, after almost 4 years of planning, negotiations and testing, the VK3RSW 2m repeater at Mount Richmond, NW of Portland, has been finally commissioned. With a RF link to The Bluff, the SE network has now been greatly expanded to include the coastal towns of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/2023\/10\/16\/vk3rsw-installed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VK3RSW installed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serg.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}