Pictures of the FS5ZMG 146.850mhz Repeater Installation (Oct. 23rd 2002 ve3kr)

 

80 Foot Rohn Commercial Tower Next to Repeater Shack

Top view of Standard 1500U RF Repeater Link Radio

Bottom view of 22s Icom Node Link Radio with TS-32 Tone Decoder/Encoder Installed

Showing Tone Decoder COS Transistor for Carrier or Tone Squelch switchable via rear switch

Jefferey Gibson 9Y4AT Owner of Node 7500 Trinidad, departing St. Martin  

Jefferey Gibson 9Y4AT checking out his Yaesu VHF Repeater with GE MVP UHF Link Radio on table

David Vanputten PJ7VP, Local Resident Ham ready to lend a hand during the Installation  

PJ7DB David, P7VP David and VE3KR Klaus, behind camera, removing the damaged force 12 HF Yagi for repairs

Beach at Le Habitation Hotel

Bottom View of New Harris 2000 VHF Repeater on work bench in Canada at ve3kr qth

PJ7DB removing the rusted bolts on the force 12 yagi

Force 12 yagi on top of  20ft tower on shack roof to be removed for repairs to wind damage

PJ7DB ready with the tool box

View from shack roof at 1500 ft absl to south east

PJ7VP and PJ7DB discussing wind damage to HF antenna

New RX/TX Duplexer for Repeater

Harris Repeater, Astron Power supply and Spectrum 77 Repeater

View of Orient Beach development from shack roof

Removing rusty clamps that should have been stainless steel

Harris Repeater with Standard 1500U Link Radio

Top side of Harris VHF Repeater showing CIB1 TFMCS Link Controller

Standard 1500U Link Radio

Still working on those rusty bolts

DX Site at 1500 ft ABSL St. Martin

Mort Bardfield PJ7UQ/W1UQ Owner of Node 5830 at his HF operating position in St. Martin

Another Potential Repeater Site at St. Peter's Hill

Closeup of new VHF RX/TX Duplexer. Is it not shiny?

Linux Computer Custom VE3KR Link Radio Interface Cable

Another great View of Orient Beach. The right hand end is the famous Nude Beach

Wind blown Klaus Rung, VE3KR, Instigator of IRLP Node 5830 Repeater Linking Project for St. Martin

PJ7DB Standing atop the square tower installing the temporary repeater antenna

VE3KR, Pretending to do antenna work

Temporary 3db Repeater Antenna installed and ready for test

David taking a break to discuss the next move

Road leading to Peak Paradis Repeater site turns to Jeep trail the last km

View of Shack Roof

Why they made stainless steel hardware

Leverage required to loosen the rusted bolts

View of Island of SABA 17 miles to south ,has (Repeater 146.740 mhz)

Commercial site with Ham DX Station

View of Dutch Capital Philipsburg where Cruise Ships Berth in Harbor

Cole Bay Location of the IRLP Node Link

Spectrum Repeater with tired Wacom Duplexer

IRLP Node, Harris VHF Repeater, Standard 1500U RF Link Radio, 22S Icom Node Radio and Cabling ready for site

Top view of Harris showing CIB1 TFMCS Linking Controller

Fan relay modification on Standard UHF Link Radio , carrier COS, and CTCSS COS mods

Standard 1500U, UHF linking radio.