THE K5RWK REPEATER THE K5RWK REPEATER HOW IT WORKS By F Cummings, W5LQU August 2009
OUR REPEATER BLOCK DIAGRAM
THE PRESENT RWK REPEATER
BACK OF OUR REPEATER
THE REPEATER
INSIDE THE REPEATER
PROGRAMMING THE REPEATER The repeater is programmed using a PC There are 8 possible channels we set up 4 Set RX and TX frequencies Set timers for hang time and time out Set TX power out and RX squelch Set CTCSS tones if needed for TX and RX
PROGRAMMIMG THE REPEATER
THE CONTROLLER
THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD
PROGRAMMING THE CONTROLLER The controller is programmed using DTMF tones through the RX Set various control operator functions Set the normal voice ID and CW ID Set timers for hang time and time out Set the time out message Set the courtesy tones
TROUBLE SHOOTING
2M DB224 ANTENNA A DB224 antenna with 4 vertically stacked folded dipoles which can be connected to form an omni or eliptical pattern with about 6 to 8 dB gain
OUR PRESENT ANTENNA
OUR NEW LOCATION
VIEW FROM THE NEW SITE
LIGHTNING PROTECTION and 2m / 440 DUPLEXER
THE BIG PROBLEM Connecting the TX / RX to the same antenna at the same time 2m / 440 dual band radios Collinear verticals Delta of / = 0.4 % Need a very special Duplexer for 2m repeaters Combination bandpass/bandreject circuit Requires very high Q circuits
RWK DUPLEXER BP/BR vs LP/HP 6 quarter wave cavities – 3 TX and 3 RX 1 BP and two BP/notch cavities each RX bandpass and notch MHz TX bandpass and notch MHz About 95 dB isolation from BP to notch each
DUPLEXER RESPONSE CURVES
Tx
AD5VO TUNING THE DUPLEXER
RWK 6 CAVITY DUPLEXER
THE K5RWK REPEATER