VE7NFR 927.9875 ON THE AIR!

With the permanent installation of the repeater antenna, the first 900 MHz amateur radio repeater in British Columbia is on the air!  Testing has proved that the signal is very robust and the repeater has great ears.  The Kenwood TK-981 15W mobiles are performing well in mobile situations with simple glass mount antennas. Repeater is on 927.9875 with a 25MHz down offset. The PL tone is 114.8 encode/decode. Coverage is very good through out Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, East Coquitlam & Westwood Plateau.  Had very workable QSO almost to Abbotsford while driving on the Freeway. Westward the QSO was lost around Lougheed Mall and the Freeway.  There is also great coverage in North Surrey and North Langley, Fort Langley areas as well.  Now we need to work on location number 2, link the repeaters and start the 900 MHz wide area network with the dream of covering the entire Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley on one repeater system.