GB3JB - RV63 - Output 145.7875 MHz - Input 145.1875 MHz - 88.5 Hz ctcss (E) - IO81vc - South Wiltshire - England.

GB3JB is funded solely by donations and 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 and West 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 currently 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 always leave a pause - please give others a chance to call-in, and finally .....
(4) Ignore any idots - If you don't hear a callsign, do NOT respond - EVER !
SITE LAST UPDATED ON: Tuesday, 10/01/2012 @ 12:45 pm local time.

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

"Ofcom forced to publish tests on dodgy radio kit". The Register

Hi All,

PLT Interference.

As Radio Amateurs, we should all be very interested in this subject, irrespective of being a current sufferer of PLT Interference or not.

If you are not a curent sufferer, please don't worry, as it's probably coming to a place near you .... REAL SOON !

Please take a look at the following link which will take you directly to the published article.  It makes very interesting reading, and appears to through some doubt on the credibility of Ofcom, as a regulator.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/ofcom_plt/

I'm sure that you can also think of lots of other Amateurs, that may also be interested in the article.


Cheers & 73's
Dave, G3ZXX
Posted by at 18:37