GB7CD News and Related Articles

 

 

 

 

November 2011

 

GB7RB now live in Brackla Bridgend.

MB6ISB operating on 430.0625(Sarn) Attended operation only.

MB6MT Due to air in Merthyr Tydfil 

 

October 2011

 

MB6AA operating on 144.8375 (Gilwern) and

MB6AB operating on 144.8250 (Cwmbran)

Both Nodes active from this month.

 

August 2011

 

Site permission withdrawn for GB7RB New Site now sought.

 

July 2011

 

The Nov for GB7RB (C) 2 metre node, has cleared (5th July 2011) to allow the installation to go ahead during the summer.

 

MB6AA (Gilwern) and MB6AB (Cwmbran) Both 2 Metre Nodes Applications with ETCC and Ofcom For approval.

 

April 2011

 

MB6LV in Pen-y-Fai simplex gateway is now active on 144.83750

This node will improve links into D-star from further west of GB7CD it is planned for this simplex node to piggy back onto GB7CD when idle to extend local coverage. Users will be free to link or unlink to desired reflectors / repeaters at will but system is likely to auto re-link to GB7CD when inactive.

 

November 2010

 

MB6ISB due to air at Sarn near to McArthur Glen Shopping Centre on the Jct 36 M4 Corridor it is expected on 70cms, the node is now licenced

 

Update: 05/07/11 , Still awaiting arrival of hardware to progress.

 

 

GB7CD now has script linking to semi permalink to Reflector 5a from 07:00hrs to 19:00hrs and to link to Reflector 36B from 19:00hrs to 00:00hrs where it will then standalone until 07:00hrs. Users are encouraged to freely use the linking and unlinking features but the repeater will default back to its permalink locations if no "RF" is generated over a given time. 

 

 

September 2010

 

Wales and West Reflector 36B active  thanks to all at GB7WF for use of this facility.

GB7CD / MB6BA and MB6LV all form part of the wider area coverage for Wales and the West Country these will be followed by GB7RB and MB6ISB in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

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The GB7CD repeater went live via the internet Gateway on the 05/02/2009, with many thanks to:-

 

  • Mike G1ZRN 
  • Dave 2W0RUH 
  • Mark 2W0RMR

 

The install work completed by

 

  • Steve GW6CUR
  • Brian GW6WTK
  • Roy GW1XZI
  • Petrie GW0KAX
  • Wayne GW1UDK
  • Dave 2W0RUH

 

In July 2008.