Fostoria, Michigan
Amateur Radio or Ham Radio Repeater on 443.450 +5
The system exists and is maintained for whatever communications transpire pertaining to
Amateur Radio and for Joe an I to talk on once in a while, Oh and there is some weather
stuff on there too.
Get Started in Amateur Radio (Ham Radio)
Are you interested in getting into ham radio? click here
Link to ARRL.ORG "Now Your Talking" Technician Class Study Guide.
Guide to Amateur Radio for New Hams
How Stuff Works - Ham Radio
" W8ECG Stack of Stuff " A collection of stuff useful and otherwise.
WM8C - Todd's web page
The Inevitable Death of Ham Radio - Story on eHam
Who's controlling your repeater? in Acrobat (pdf) format from ARRL
Paul Harvey speaks about Amateur Radio (wav file)
Why the group call sign W8ECG
Michigan application for amateur radio call sign license plate- see sample plates
A tribute to Ron Ward (Ex North Branch village council president, Mr. Ward to you).
A wave file stating the repeater is switching to Skywarn Operations, this has never been used due to the music in the background - it was made just for fun.CW Ops Whip Whippersnapper Text Messengers on National Television - Video Clip
Lightning incident that occurred on 6/9/2005 concerning W8ECG and the ARRL equipment insurance.
Some say "You guys have too much time on your hands" - we do not take naps... yet!
Disclaimer: I use the term "we" to refer to a single idea agreed upon by more then one person, if you do not agree with the particular idea in question then you are not included in "we".
Five years of static, grey hair, balding, sleepless nights, useless
thoughts of sugar plumb fairies can be explained in one JPG image...
Have fun in Ham Radio
What's been happening by date:
07-21-2008 - Welcome to the new Amateur Radio Operators in the area, KD8JAW, KD8JAY, KD8JAX - congratulations dudes...
03-17-2008 - We (CEF and ID) have the highest object in the village of NB, pretty cool eh? Plans are coming together.
02-13-2008 - The new old repeater is coming together, it's fun in the lab and test environment, It consists of one Uniden Force AMU150K crystal controlled mobile radio as the receiver and a Force synthesized mobile radio FMU250K as the transmitter, the controller is a CAT 200, and the duplexer is a DB-4071, we took a thermal control out of an old air conditioner and used it to control a fan on the transmitter, we built a fused common power connection for all the equipment. We went back to the books for logic 101 and found good pick off points for COS and discriminator audio. Working now on the remote base interface, Echolink, weather receiver and the weather station. Thanks for the advice from the big dogs - KB8SWR and KB8ZUZ. The rooster may crow again Fred...!
01-24-2008 - Update on the covert secret stuff - things are going good.
12-25-2007 - Merry Christmas, this an announcement of covert secret stuff we will be participating in. Just thought you should know.
Old entries to What's been happening - sorted by years, 1999 - Present.
Long Live Ham Radio
Wiring Diagrams
CAT 1000B Controller and RLS-1000B Port Switch to Kenwood TKR-850 Repeater
CAT WX-1000 Weather Radio to RLS-1000B Port Switch
Yaesu FT-8800 Transceiver to RLS-1000B Port Switch
WIRES VOIP to RLS-1000B Port Switch
Programming Cable for Kenwood TKR-850 Repeater
AMI-2, WB2REM Echolink Interface to RLS-1000B Port Switch
Questions about these - contact KC8CEF (kc8cef(at)kg8id.com)
MISC Manuals
Kenwood TKR-850 Repeater
Pyramid Power Supply PS52-KX
Yaesu FT-8800 Transceiver
Decibel Products DB-4071 Duplexer
Phelps Dodge 526-1 Duplexer
These are the specifics on the system
Questions or comments email
North Branch tower erection pictures
Finally - new pictures, 2006 - Thumb radio on the ECG tower
2001 SET, Simulated Emergency Test at North Branch High School
Tower pictures / 80Ft..., Tower pictures / 160Ft..., See the antenna going up...,
See the side arm go up..., Power to the Repeater...,
Inside the new Repeater Shack..., Pictures of antenna work at the old Deanville Site...,
XXtowers at the W8ECG Repeater site..., more work by Andrew from XXtowers...,
2002 Dayton Hamvention as seen through the eyes of Pastor Dale (KC8RVO) and Perry (KG8ID).
Last Edit - 07/21/2008
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead
