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VO2WL Allstar Unavailable
This morning, Nov 3 2024, VO2WL repeater which is the Hub for our VHF/UHF repeater network & all incoming external links, was continuously dropping. Testing with the help of VO1ACZ narrowed the issue down to the RPi 4 running the station. This afternoon, the station went completely off the air & will need further work…
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VO2LB On Air
Back in July, during the forest fire in Churchill Falls & the multiple power outages, the main power supply switch on the VHF/UHF repeater rack at the club building failed. A temporary & smaller supply was temporarily installed but was only able to power a single repeater, VO2WL. Our permanent link to The Canada Hub,…
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VO2LMC asl Operational
As of this morning, Aug 5, 2024, the old VO2LMC repeater on round hill has had its transmitter disabled & the new VO2LMC allstarlink repeater on Smokey Mountain is now operational in its place. The old repeater has has some issues over the past year, one being a problem with the receiver, and over the…
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Thank You Recent Donors!
A lot has happened since the last update, including 3 significant donations to the club. First, CRRS TV (our local cable company) board approved a donation of a Landline at the club, and to upgrade our internet access by providing a fiber to the club building. The fiber was installed & our internet access upgraded…
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HoWL Network Outage
Sometime in May, our Internet Provider will be upgrading our Internet upstream access from DSL to fiber. During this upgrade, all incoming & outgoing traffic will not be available. The physical upgrade should take no more than an hour, but post upgrade, significant portions, if not all, of our site & network will be unavailable…
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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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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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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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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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VO2WL update
VO2WL Allstar UHF repeater and the new web server was installed at the club building yesterday by VO2NS (Naz) and myself, VO2GO. After a few minor bumps it went well & WL is now live on the air along with our new web server. VO2WL repeater was upgraded from Motorola Maxtrac Radios to two Motorola…
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The 47th Labrador Loppett
Today was another successful community event, The Great Labrador Loppett, which the club has helped provide communications for over the past 35 years. This year there was nearly 70 skiers competing in races from 2.5 Km to 40 Km, with only one DNF in the entire group. Five members took part covering the four check…
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