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Labrador West Repeaters
Below is a listing of vitals for all the non-Functional, Functional & Future repeaters in Labrador West as of August 3, 2023. NOTE: Frequencies given here are the Repeater Tx & Rx frequencies. . If programming a radio for a repeater, switch the Tx & Rx frequencies. VO2WL As of April, 2022 VO2WL was upgraded…
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Callsign “Foxtrot”
When VO2LMC was built, one of the built-in “Features” was a webcam which, since it’s install on the mountain, has captured some interesting pictures. Due to Bandwidth, the webcam only takes one picture every minute and transfers it to the VO2WL web server where it is displayed live HERE. I try to check it out…
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VO2WL back On Air
Or Wire depending on how you connect to VO2WL 🙂 Late last week, VO2WL had a partial failure of the SD card (constant write failures), which kept crashing the hub. The image for the repeater controller was rebuilt over the weekend & written to a USB stick which the RPi 4B now boots from instead…
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Repeater Outage WL & LB
VO2WL Allstar repeater has been consistently dropping stations over the past couple of months from reports that have been coming in. The issue seems to have steadily grown worse until this morning, Nov 23rd, when the WL station appears to have gone down completely. Allstar, Echolink, & the UHF repeater are all down, and the…
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VO2LMC Allstar Operational
The forth trip up the hill since the original install proved to be successful & get the new VO2LMC Allstar repeater on the air. It appears that at least one of the filters was de-tuned in transport up the hill, and it’s strongly suspected its the Tx Reject filter in the Rx line, which was…
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VO2LMC On Site
VO2LMC was moved to the site on Smokey Mountain on Monday, July 24 with help from VO2NS (Naz), VO2PC (Ray), VO2GO (Glen) & Cory (Our Driver & general help). The location was prepped by leveling out the pallet with Rocks & placing the repeater enclosure on the pallet next to Lighting pole which or antennas…
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Smokey Visit
On the morning of March 4th, Naz, VO2NS & Glen, VO2GO visited the Smokey Mountain Ski Club and rode the Chair Lift to the top to get a good look at the location where the new VO2LMC repeater will be going, as well as get some measurements for cable lengths and other info needed for…
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Welcome to our Newest Ham!
As some of you know, David has been studying hard towards writing his Basic exam, and last night, on his first attempt, David passed the Basic with Honors! I hear there is going to be an “Un-Boxing” of all the new toys David has acquired in anticipation of this day, including a brand new 7300!…
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VO2LMC Milestone Controller Complete
The electronics tray / Controller for VO2LMC has been completed and is now under final bench testing. In addition to the Allstar controller on the Raspberry Pi, an APRS iGate is also installed on the RPi 4 using using an SDR as the receiver. A number of telemetry data points and weather are collected via…
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An extra hand
It doesn’t look pretty but it’s very handy, everybody got one of these lying around.
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Jerry VE2ACP
Jerry lived and worked in Mt Wright, retired and moved to Maygog PQ. Great DX’er and a wonderful operator and a great friend.
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Open House @ HOWL
Dan VE2III listening to a signal while Mayor Janice Barnes looks on
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Open House @ HOWL May 2010
Glen VO2GO, Dan VE2III (SK), Linda (Town Counselor), Janice (Mayor), Gordon VO2WA, Karen (Deputy Mayor), Dan VO1DZM.
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Club Meetings Time Change
At our December meeting, a decision was made to alternate the dates of the regular club meetings in order to accommodate the 7 on / 7 off shift workers. On a trial basis, Starting in January, 2023, we will be holding our meetings on the Third Thursday of the Odd months and the Second Thursday…
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How to Register
This post is for those who would like to sign up to the HoWL web page to get the automated e-mail updates. Those of you already registered can disregard this post. The question “How do I register on vo2wl.ca” has been asked a number of times. The advantage of registering is you will receive an…
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TransCo RF Switch Rebuild
Our club recently acquired an RF coaxial switch from the estate of a fellow ham who is SK. The switch looked to be 1970’s vintage, is quite heavy & gave the impression of a very well designed piece of hardware, even before the cover was removed. The tags on the side were in two sections,…
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DMR repeater
Update 21/10/2022 A local DMR repeater is now active in Lab West under callsign VO2ETC and available for general Amateur DMR traffic. The repeater is operating on 145.300 – , color code 5, local talkgroups on TS2, dx talkgroups on TS1. Currently TG 3020(NFLD) static on TS2. The repeater consists of a RB STM32-DVM Raspberry…
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Club Main Tower Maintenance Sept 26, 2022
On September 26th afternoon, a significant amount of work was done on the Club main tower by VO2NS (tower crew) & VO2GO (ground crew). Maintenance took almost 4 hours & weather conditions were very cooperative (Sunny, No wind & +12C). Old antennae & feed lines were removed, Connections were repaired & resealed, and a new…
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VO2LB Installed at Club
For more info on why VO2LB was put on the air read the earlier post about Repeater Upgrades. Today, VO2LB Allstar repeater was moved from the test bench to the club building. The install went very smoothly after all the prep work that was done by VO2NS on the repeater rack when VO2WL was installed…
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Emeril Site Now & Then (VO2KG)
Pictures & video of Emeril Mountain Site where VO2KG is located some 70Km East of Labrador City on Trans Labrador Hi-way route 500. The picture & video were taken on July 14, 2020 prior to the removal of the commercial tower and buildings surrounding VO2KG shack. Shortly after the above image was taken, and before…
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