Category Archives: Repeater W9ANL

History and Future of W9ANL

Repeater Antenna Feedline,

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Timothy Smith

Today at noon 5 of us went up to the repeater to check on the antenna we put up last month. It’s been noticed that when the weather is bad, raining, the output of the repeater is staticky so we … Read More »

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Repeater Update,

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Timothy Smith

The W9ANL repeater went down several weeks ago after it was found unplugged. When it was once again plugged in it was noted that the output was less than 1 Watt. The vice president Rich, N9KKF, took it home and … Read More »

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Repeater Back to Full Power and Echolink Back Online,

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Timothy Smith

All, The past week and a half have been hectic with the repeater being down and the move into the new site. We got the repeater on line last Thursday evening but had no internet or telephone service so no … Read More »

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The Repeater is Back On The Air,

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Timothy Smith

Thursday evening we took the repaired repeater to it’s new home in the Lab’s radio room where we were given an entire rack to use for the repeater. The day before several of us moved the cans and echolink computer … Read More »

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Very Sick Repeater,

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Timothy Smith

On Friday evening, Chuck Doose – KB9UMF, Torben Lauritsen – KF9A, Bob McComb – N9MBR and myself met up at the repeater site to try and figure out what the problem was with the repeater. After doing a few tests and … Read More »

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Sick W9ANL Repeater,

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Timothy Smith

This Morning Bob McComb – N9MBR and I went up to the repeater site to investigate the reason that the repeater is ‘IDing’ after every transmission and why it’s been dropping out in mid transmission. We found that every time … Read More »

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Work Starts on New Antenna Location

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Timothy Smith

Last Thursday at lunch several of us met on the roof of the repeater site to take down the mast and antenna that were given to us by the Lab ( Derek Steinkamp ). Bob McComb is looking into making … Read More »

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