VA3BPL is located 100km south of
Dryden off Hwy 502 on the way to Fort Frances. The tower is a 260', operated
by solar, owned by Abitibi Consolidated.VA3BPL Repeater
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VA3BPL is located 100km south of
Dryden off Hwy 502 on the way to Fort Frances. The tower is a 260', operated
by solar, owned by Abitibi Consolidated.
The side mounted Sinclair 210-C4 was
once the antenna for a packet repeater node. This was a joint effort between the
Amateur Radio Society of Dryden and The Lake of the Woods Amateur Radio Society
of Kenora.
Dryden supplied the radio and packet node while Kenora supplied the 210-C4 and
7/8" feed line. Since packet has virtually died out locally, it was decided
to change the station into a voice repeater. With permission from Abitibi
Consolidated, the radio equipment donation from Kenora
Mobile Communications, and the controller supplied by the Amateur Radio
Society of Dryden we now have a 25 watt repeater to service the area.
The
repeater is a GE Exec II, Sinclair Reslock 6-cavity duplexers and an S-Com 7K
controller.
Here
are a two people that helped make this happen, with the donation of
radio equipment and time to help build the repeater . On the left, Murray
Ronald(VE4RE), President of Kenora Mobile Communications & Prairie Mobile
Communications. On the right, Richard Walczak, Service Technician & Manager
for Kenora Mobile Communications.
