EYRG.net
East Yorkshire Repeater Group, a radio amateur group dedicated to providing repeater services including training to the East Yorkshire Region.
Apr
27
The GB3HS and GB7HU repeaters in East Yorkshire will be liable to interruption this Sunday (28th April) from 1100 to 1400 local time.
The repeaters both cover East Yorkshire, the Humber and the Vale of York. Engineering work is being carried out by the East Yorkshire Repeater Group on the cavity filters, and an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) in being installed to ensure the repeaters are more resilient in an emergency.
The repeaters both cover East Yorkshire, the Humber and the Vale of York. Engineering work is being carried out by the East Yorkshire Repeater Group on the cavity filters, and an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) in being installed to ensure the repeaters are more resilient in an emergency.
Apr
05
Yet another beta release of the G4KLX gateway software was uploaded to GB7HU yesterday. This morning I'm pleased to be able to report that DTMF call routing is now working well.
On my way to Leeds today I was called by Chris G7TCF on DCS005B and he then dropped the link at his end and punched in my CCS number. GB7HU anounced that it was linked to G7TCF and the QSO continued until I dropped out of range at Ferrybridge.
Excellent work by G4KLX and the crew!
73 Clive G3GJA
On my way to Leeds today I was called by Chris G7TCF on DCS005B and he then dropped the link at his end and punched in my CCS number. GB7HU anounced that it was linked to G7TCF and the QSO continued until I dropped out of range at Ferrybridge.
Excellent work by G4KLX and the crew!
73 Clive G3GJA
Mar
30
We have been advised by the Scarborough Club that they have resolved their site problems so GB7RW will no longer be coming to East Yorkshire. They have decided to relocate GB7RW to near Robin Hood's Bay where they have been offered free Internet and a peppercorn rent. The site was used in the past for 2m packet operation.
That means that there will be even less 2m D-Star coverage into East Yorkshire so your Committee is looking at the possibility of putting a 2m node on GB7HU. The G4KLX gateway software is very flexible and will allow us to add a 2m homebrew node to work alongside the existing 70cm Icom kit. A PRF10 radio is available and we have some filters so all we will need is a GMSK modulator which makes the project financially viable.
Comments would be appreciated!
73 Clive.
That means that there will be even less 2m D-Star coverage into East Yorkshire so your Committee is looking at the possibility of putting a 2m node on GB7HU. The G4KLX gateway software is very flexible and will allow us to add a 2m homebrew node to work alongside the existing 70cm Icom kit. A PRF10 radio is available and we have some filters so all we will need is a GMSK modulator which makes the project financially viable.
Comments would be appreciated!
73 Clive.
Mar
30
There have been some teething problems with the introduction of CCS to the G4KLX D-Star gateway controller software.
Jonanthan G4KLX has addressed most of the issues that have arisen through beta releases and these have been applied to GB7HU as soon as they have been made available for download.
However, as with all beta releases, they are not fully tested or proven so please bear with us if you find GB7HU misbehaving in a strange way!
73 Clive
Jonanthan G4KLX has addressed most of the issues that have arisen through beta releases and these have been applied to GB7HU as soon as they have been made available for download.
However, as with all beta releases, they are not fully tested or proven so please bear with us if you find GB7HU misbehaving in a strange way!
73 Clive
Mar
02
I am pleased to announce that yesterday I took possesion of keys giving us access to an additional radio site at High Hunsley. This is a major development for the Group that will allow expansion and protection of existing services.
The new site is a commercial radio site operated by Maxxwave a company based in Leicestershire who have been extremely generous and helpful in making the site available to us for a nominal peppercorn rent. We will have our own rack, feeders and antennas on the site for 2m and 70cm.
It is just a couple of hundred yards or so from where our repeaters were located prior to the move to Weedley at the end of the 90s and will be used as a emergency comms repeater site using crossband linking and as a fall-back should Weedley become unavailable.
We also plan to use it so that we can take over the financially troubled GB7RW 2m D-Star repeater at Octon and move it to Weedley so that it can be integrated into our existing 70cm D-Star repater GB7HU giving us a full D-Star capability for East Yorkshire.
Pictured below are some of the PMR racks on the site.
73 Clive, G3GJA / G8EQZ
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The new site is a commercial radio site operated by Maxxwave a company based in Leicestershire who have been extremely generous and helpful in making the site available to us for a nominal peppercorn rent. We will have our own rack, feeders and antennas on the site for 2m and 70cm.
It is just a couple of hundred yards or so from where our repeaters were located prior to the move to Weedley at the end of the 90s and will be used as a emergency comms repeater site using crossband linking and as a fall-back should Weedley become unavailable.
We also plan to use it so that we can take over the financially troubled GB7RW 2m D-Star repeater at Octon and move it to Weedley so that it can be integrated into our existing 70cm D-Star repater GB7HU giving us a full D-Star capability for East Yorkshire.
Pictured below are some of the PMR racks on the site.
73 Clive, G3GJA / G8EQZ
Feb
27
Now that the gateway software has been updated to the latest release, new features are available on GB7HU as per Andy's earlier post. However, to use these features you must register by browsing to http://xreflector.net/neu3/ and then look for the CCS System menu on the left side. Click on 'register'. You will be asked to agree to the terms of use and you must supply an email address, password, callsign and your local D-Star repeaters callsign.
Upon a successful registration you will be issued a unique four digit code which can be used by other CCS users to locate your radio on the DCS network to initiate a call. I was issued with 9663 so if you punch that in on the DTMF buttons on your radio the system will link you to me wherever I am.
Now that's clever! Enjoy.
73 Clive
Upon a successful registration you will be issued a unique four digit code which can be used by other CCS users to locate your radio on the DCS network to initiate a call. I was issued with 9663 so if you punch that in on the DTMF buttons on your radio the system will link you to me wherever I am.
Now that's clever! Enjoy.
73 Clive
Feb
27
The D-Star CCS (Call Connection Service) is a newly added feature of the G4KLX ircDDB Gateway Software that allows you to call any station, anywhere in the world, by transmitting a four digit code into your D-Star radio’s DTMF keypad...
This new method of callsign routing uses the ircDDB database to locate the last repeater or gateway that the station last used. It then connects all parties together, so that everyone can hear both sides of the conversation, without interrupting any QSOs that are already in progress, and it even works if the repeaters are connected to a reflector - The system allows the station receiving the call to just reply, without having to use the Icom R > CS key to program the return path.
The CCS system was developed by DG1HT, the developer of the DCS reflector system and a member of the DV-RPTR team. For more information and registration, see http://xreflector.net. This will be added to GB7HU when we are able to visit the site update the ircDDB Gateway software.
73 de Andy
This new method of callsign routing uses the ircDDB database to locate the last repeater or gateway that the station last used. It then connects all parties together, so that everyone can hear both sides of the conversation, without interrupting any QSOs that are already in progress, and it even works if the repeaters are connected to a reflector - The system allows the station receiving the call to just reply, without having to use the Icom R > CS key to program the return path.
The CCS system was developed by DG1HT, the developer of the DCS reflector system and a member of the DV-RPTR team. For more information and registration, see http://xreflector.net. This will be added to GB7HU when we are able to visit the site update the ircDDB Gateway software.
73 de Andy
Dec
21
A Repeater Keeper’s Night before Christmas
It was the night before Christmas all through the land,
Not an amateur was using the 2 metre band.
Some were blaming the jammer but he wasn’t there,
When Ofcom had got him he just didn’t care!
Had all the M3’s gone on HF instead?
Or, dusted off the CB that lay under the bed?
Had they gone QRT or “SWARed” up their twigs,
Or, spent all their money on new HF Rigs?
When out of the blue a “K” from GB3HS came on the air,
And a bleep from the D-Star; was there somebody there?
A flicker on the 10GHz from the old ATV,
Was there really a picture or just snow to see?
All of a sudden whilst drinking my beer,
A thought of what might happen became really clear.
With no users, there’d be no repeaters, no beacons, all canned!
Surely they wouldn’t auction off our VHF bands?
Whilst we still have repeaters, at least for today,
With electricity bills, insurance and site rental to pay.
We run it, and fix it and clear weeds from the grounds.
So please “Use it or lose it” and spare us ten pounds!
Andy Russell, G0VRM
Christmas 2012
From an idea by Gary Pearce, KN4AQ
It was the night before Christmas all through the land,
Not an amateur was using the 2 metre band.
Some were blaming the jammer but he wasn’t there,
When Ofcom had got him he just didn’t care!
Had all the M3’s gone on HF instead?
Or, dusted off the CB that lay under the bed?
Had they gone QRT or “SWARed” up their twigs,
Or, spent all their money on new HF Rigs?
When out of the blue a “K” from GB3HS came on the air,
And a bleep from the D-Star; was there somebody there?
A flicker on the 10GHz from the old ATV,
Was there really a picture or just snow to see?
All of a sudden whilst drinking my beer,
A thought of what might happen became really clear.
With no users, there’d be no repeaters, no beacons, all canned!
Surely they wouldn’t auction off our VHF bands?
Whilst we still have repeaters, at least for today,
With electricity bills, insurance and site rental to pay.
We run it, and fix it and clear weeds from the grounds.
So please “Use it or lose it” and spare us ten pounds!
Andy Russell, G0VRM
Christmas 2012
From an idea by Gary Pearce, KN4AQ
Oct
28
Please download and print the GB7HU Quick Reference Guide which includes DTMF commands...
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