I hope to post better pictures of the system very soon.  In addition, we are working to add additional receive sites for the 6M system as well as automatic linking of the 6M / 222 system, already linked fulltime, to the UHF system.  Finally, we are working to add a 1.2GHz system in the not-too-distant future.

In addition to the repeater work, I also do a limited amount of broadcast engineering; mainly to keep current in that field of work.  I have been working closely with the great people over at WGN radio in Chicago since 1985 and I have been involved with WRPQ radio in Baraboo, where I am a stockholder.  WGN and WRPQ are are opposite extremes of the AM broadcast industry.  WGN is a 50kW clear channel station that generates tens of millions of dollars in revenue each year in the third largest city in the US - Chicago.  WRPQ is a 250 watt daytimer with an after hours operating authority for 6.4 watts.  Yet, WRPQ serves the greater Baraboo, WI region as well as any big city station.  Please enjoy a few pictures of each station, plus a few more of the more than 250 stations I have performed engineering work at around the world over the past 25 years.

          The new ATU under construction for WRPQ                    An oblique view with the turns counter installed on the cap.

                       RF Design by Greg Buchwald, construction by Jim Taylor and Greg Buchwald