Stats for Channel 8 Gold Coast
Repeater Callsign : VNR-08
Location : NRTV Broadcast Site - Springbrook
Altitude : 1100m AMSL
RX Antenna : RFI Collinear
RX Radio : Tait T800 Repeater
TX Antenna : Diplexed RX antenna
TX Radio : Tait T800 Repeater
Established : 27/12/2008
License Expires : 07/07/2010
Owner : Chappo the Excellent
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The view from the antenna.
| Channel 8 Admin's blurb.
The channel 8 repeater is provided by Chappo the Excellent.
The antennae have bandpass band reject cavities on both the RX and TX with the TX having a two stage dual isolator.
A 123.0 Hz CTCSS tone is required to access the repeater. This is to keep out truckwits and other simplex operators on channel 38.
Current status: On Air. (Returned 18/06/2011)
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Fixed Station Pecking Order for Channel 8
This is the official pecking order for channel 8 repeater. (Base Stations Only)
Well, actually the OFFICIAL pecking order is out THERE, on the repeater, but this is where it is written down.
So, who get's the best signal into the repeater?
Powerstations - Massive Signal
Stooge / Kenwood TK-860g / 10 Element Yagi
RedBack / Uniden UH-100 / 3 Element Yagi
Jack / Icom IC-208H / 22 Element Yagi
Bulldog / Dom / Unknown Radio / 9dB Colinear
668 / Neighbour / Philips PRM-8030 / 16 Element Yagi
Nine-by-Five - Strong Signal
Bandicoot / Philips PRM-8025 / 18 Element Yagi
Opium / Jeff / Icom IC-400 PRO / 6dB Colinear
504 / Chucky / Uniden UH-089sx / 6 Element Yagi
Noddy / Vertex VX-2200 / 9dB Colinear
Phoenix / Dazz / Philips FM-92 / 18 Element Yagi
Five-by-Five - Clean Signal
599 / cOOter / Motorola GM-300 / Dual Co-Phased 12 Element Yagi
Barndog / Uniden UH-099 / 6dB Whip
Wazza / Icom IC-400 PRO / aa 12dB Colinear
Emma / Mone / Icom IC-400 PRO / 16 Element Yagi
Vince / GME TX-4400 / 6dB Mobile Whip
Mud - Snowy/Noisy Signal
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