The first of many exciting new things!

GB7DX has been tested on the bench and given a good bill of health, thanks to Don G4TKR.

Today's net was the first to be on both GB7IC B (Herne Bay) & GB7FK B (Folkestone) at the same time ~ which was hugely successful and drew a good number stations on the air!

This is a sign of things to come ~ with GB7DX B (Wittersham) joining the net when the NoV is authorised by Ofcom ~ and then GB7EB B (Eastbourne) being added when they able to be QRV.

It is planned for the repeaters to be automatically linked from 16:30 Hrs (Local) each day.

Hope to hear many Kent & East Sussex operators on :-)

More information to follow later.

73 de John G0GCQ
Repeater Keeper

GB7DX Off-Air Prior To Move

Just to inform all users that GB7DX went Off-Air today at 11:00 Hrs.

The repeater is being checked over prior to the forthcoming move to Wittersham.

Further updates to follow.

73 de John
GB7DX Repeater Keeper

Awaiting the NOV from Ofcom

Awaiting the NOV from Ofcom

Everything is ready in the shack for the GB7DX move to my QTH: power, ethernet cable & aerial connection.

I am expecting the coverage to be very good. Here is the plot I worked out:

[If you look closely at the address bar, you can see the website I used for generating this plot]

I'll await the official plot from the ETCC in due course, but I think it gives a good guide as to the coverage once it gets to my location.

Currently, the repeater is sited in Ashford & will be going off-air within a few days for a software upgrade and a check-over ~ ready to be transported to this location in due course.

With Paul [M0LRE] having put an application in for a DStar repeater in Eastbourne, we should eventually have very good coverage along the Sussex & Kent Coastline. With our plans for linking up GB7IC / GB7FK & GB7DX between 16:30 > 18:00 Local Time, and disconnecting the link from the 1C reflector during that period, we are hoping for a much wider 'natter' net each day. This will help, at the same time, to encourage greater use of the DStar system.

There are plenty more discussions going on at the moment, regarding other features we hope to utilise across IC / FK / DX, but more about them nearer the time.

I am certainly looking forward to an exciting DStar future in our part of the world :-)