GB3JB which is funded solely by donations, provides coverage across South Wiltshire, South Somerset and North Dorset, with specific areas such as the City of Salisbury, Salisbury Plain, the Blackmore Vale and Cranborne Chase being well within its range. Coverage also extends, for fixed stations, across most of central and parts of North Wiltshire, Southern Dorset and West Hampshire, plus parts of North Somerset - see link to coverage map. GB3JB is an analogue voice repeater, with no internet linking, simple intuitive logic and no bells or whistles. The beacon gives callsign and locator. The invitation to transmit is a single dit, and to access the repeater users must continually transmit the 88.5 Hz ctcss tone. There is NO 1750 hz tone burst capability. The system timeout is set for 4 minutes.
The simple rules for using GB3JB .... (1) Only use the power necessary - remember there are other repeaters on the same channel, (2) If you wish to use another repeater on RV63, please turn off the 88.5 Hz ctcss tone otherwise you will still access JB, (3) Please wait for the invitation to transmit (a single dit), and leave a pause - please give others a chance to call-in, and (4) Ignore any idots - If you don't hear a callsign, do NOT respond.
