GB3MN was stuck transmitting an empty carrier over the Christmas and new year period. Attempts to reboot the repeater failed to clear the fault. A software rollback was performed which appears to have fixed the issue. The repeater is fully operational once again.
News
AGM 2019
This year's AGM will be held on Monday 2nd September at 19:30 local time. Stockport Radio Society are kindly hosting us this year at Walthew House. For full details, please see the events calendar. We hold our AGMs at different venues around the area so that we can reach as many members as possible. If... Continue Reading →
GB3MN Restored to Service
Following a successful hardware and firmware upgrade, GB3MN is back on the air. GB3MN is now on C4FM via Wires-X Node 44006. FM Service is as before.
GB3MN Planned maintenance
The GB3MN Yaesu fusion repeater has been removed from its site today, Sunday 28th July to allow a hardware and firmware upgrade. This will involve the hardware being returned to Yaesu in Winchester for a few days. If successful, we hope to return GB3MN to service by Saturday 3rd August. GB3MR on 70cms FM is... Continue Reading →
Stockport Radio Rally 2019
Come and see us today at the Stockport radio rally at Walthew House. Myself (Jake 2E0SEY) and Peter G8NSS are present.
GB3MP – Upcoming planned maintenance
On Monday 8th July there will be a planned power outage on the site of GB3MP. Power to all non-essential systems (including GB3MP) will be unavailable. GB3MP will fail-over to it's battery backup power source during the outage. Run time will depend on usage of the repeater. Normal service will resume once power is restored... Continue Reading →
New Repeater on Stoke-On-Trent Site
Following our survey on GB3VT, a few things became clear. DSTAR users were mostly happy to keep VT as a DSTAR repeater, as they now had a good repeater to use in the area. Moving VT to FM again would open up a hole in DSTAR repeater coverage. On the other hand, many respondents clearly... Continue Reading →
NARSA (Blackpool) Rally
Come and see us at the Blackpool Rally today. Our stand is opposite the RSGB book stand and next to the RSGB membership stand. The weather is much better today so come to Blackpool and say hello! 73 Jake 2E0SEY
GB3WP Off Air
As some of you have noticed, GB3WP has been off the air for some days now. We are currently vacating the repeater's current site as the site owner has sadly passed away. Work to find a new site has already started. In the meantime, if you have any ideas and suggestions for a new site... Continue Reading →
Red rose QRP Rally
Don't forget that we are at the Red Rose Rally in Leigh today. Come and say hello! St. Josephs Hall Chapel Street Leigh WN7 2PQ