Repair trip, Elephant Mountain

N5NYM, W5ATO, N5HYD

SITE:  Vacuum

TOWER:  Static on VHF on occasion. Added temporary rubber to top of south guy wire.

WEATHER RADIO:

  • Reset to default personality using SW#4 and power cycle. Tried to use laptop speakers into a handheld to fake a weekly test but was unable to get it to work
  • Electrically erased personality in radio (via SW#4). Reloaded personality stored in my laptop.
  • We’ll wait until next Wednesday to see if it will work.

LOCAL REPEATER:

  • Unable to align duplexers.
  • Left repeater turned off.
  • Removed duplexers to bench test