Repeater Status- UPDATE

The K4ORE 146.925- repeater is back on the air.  The power problem is resolved for the time being.  The equipment suffered no apparent damage.

The K4ORE 146.925- and the co-located AA4TA 442.625+ MTEARS repeater are available now for normal amateur use.

Howard- K2CEM

Repeater Status- Off-Line

Attention all K4ORE 146.925 repeater users-

The K4ORE Repeater is currently down due to power issues at the site.  Recent weather events have resulted in unstable power at the site.  There is no reason to suspect any equipment damage at this time.  Work is in progress to bring the repeater back on-line at the earliest opportunity.

The outage also affects the co-located AA4TA 442.625 MTEARS machine.

We are actively engaged in resolving this issue at the earliest opportunity.  We understand the hole in 2 meter coverage and MTEARS coverage this outage leaves.

In the meantime, there are the following 2 meter repeaters in the area:  147.390+ KF4L (T 123.0) Clarksville, 147.030 (T 123.0) Hopkinsville, and of course the wide coverage AF4TZ 146.670 (T 123.0) in Nashville.

Remember the standard repeater outage protocol:  if you can’t bring the repeater up from a normally solid location, check your settings.  If that fails, go to the repeater output on simplex and transmit.  This will stand the best chance of contacting users who may not be aware of the status of the machine.

Updates to this status will be posted here as available.

Howard- K2CEM

Montgomery County ARES Meeting Postponed

For those who are interested, Frank AA4AE- Montgomery County EC relays the following:

Due to the possibility of freezing precipitation Thursday evening, the ARES Meeting scheduled for 7pm at the library on Pageant Lane is postponed until Thursday, 17 February 2011.  There will be an ARES Net on the K4ORE 146.925 repeater at 7 pm local.