GB3GY

is Grimsby's 70cms voice repeater 

which operates on

433.275mhz access by either

1750hz tone or CTCSS 88.5hz

 

History and pictures of the Repeater to follow

The repeater is owned and run by the Grimsby Amateur Radio Society,  as clubs cannot hold NOV's for repeaters John G0ATW has kindly offered to be the registered Keeper QTHr taking over from Brian G4DXB who had been involved with the repeater from the beginning the Club wishes to thank him from all his hard work,  

 

 

Hi All
 
Just a quick update on the repeaters.
 
As of 5PM Saturday 18th June Gb3GY was reconnected to the Echo Link network.
Also refitted GB3GG's power amplifier but it is still very poor signal strength it would seem that there is a problem with the band pass filter.
Should be able to run tests on this next weekend.

The timeout on GY has been reduced, an accurate 5 minutes is hard to set as it is done with an un-calibrated trimmer, but we are close!

 
The slide show on GG has been slowed down.
 
 
If you hear abuse please contact me by email at john.ferrier@ntlworld.com
 
I have spent a lot of time monitoring GY lately and heard no problems but also very little activity.
It would be a shame if an attempt at increasing activity with the Echolink NOV is spoilt by abuse.
 
73s John G0ATW.
 

 

 

 

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Picture 1 shows the repeaters antennas picture 2 shows that they are mounted on top of a mobile phone mast
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Advice to users of GB3GY

The Repeater GB3GY is maintained and operated by the Grimsby Amateur Radio Society (GARS)
and is licensed to operate by Notice of Variation to the Repeater Keepers own licence.

GARS and the Keeper do not undertake to maintain operational the repeater or other facilities at all times, and shall not be responsible for the loss of, or the content of any message carried by the repeater.
Users are requested to follow the proper operating procedures and practices for repeaters, and to operate within the terms of their Amateur Radio Licence.
For advice on operating you may refer to the RSGB Website [1], the RSGB Yearbook and your
Amateur Radio Licence.

From time to time users may experience deliberate abuse or jamming.

Do not respond in any way at all on the air to unlicensed transmissions or abusers.

Do not approach suspected offenders, as this can encourage further abuse and may
predjudice investigations already underway.

Help to gather information about the problem :- e.g. dates, times and the nature of the abuse.
Make notes about the suspected location of the offender, any patterns of operation and if possible
any bearings taken with direction finding equipment.
Recordings can also be useful.

All Repeaters are available for use by any licensed Radio Amateur, but please remember :- Repeaters cost money to run and maintain. There are Site rents, Electricity and Insurance bills to be paid. Some work like aerial maintenance and rigging must be done by professionals, their fees do not come cheaply.
Your support by being a member of GARS (for GB3GY) or by making a donation is essential for the day to day running and up-keep of the repeater.


[1] http://www.rsgb.org/operating/procedures/ethics_and_operating.pdf

 

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