Knowing Mr Salem, attorney at law but EE undergrad, he likely has more than one spare.  But I'm sure he'd accept more! 

There is also a decent possibility that the Apollo-era Motorola RF unit will be replaced later this year.  I think the current unit is a very old Micor, but not certain - final amplifier is one or more vacuum tubes.  Laugh if you wish, but that's not what is causing the current trouble!  Housed in a Motrac cabinet with a Motrac power supply.  If Mr Salem is here, he can correct me!


http://www.w5tc.org/repeaters/

From: Alpha Sigma Delta Radio Society <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Jerrod Frederking <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 10:11
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: 146.88 repeater OOS

I did see years back that if somebody had an eeprom programmer it would be possible to cram its config as a backup now that it is cheap and memory is much more advanced now than then! 



I may have an old ACC hanging around that hasn't been used for decades. If I can find it, I'll donate and it can be used as a spare after reprogramming.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:22 AM Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

The controller is an ACC RC-850.  State of the art in its day and there was a time when many more of its features were in use at OU.  It's not nearly as "vintage" as the Motorola RF section.  In spite of that, it has had reliable service *between* outages.  :-)  There have been a few long outages in the past few years but between those, it just works. 

Getting up there to do maintenance, particularly now, is not always easy and is usually responsible for the length of the outages.  Other trips up there that I've been on have left the repeater running again - this time the RC-850 left tucked under the Section Manager's arm.


http://www.repeater-builder.com/acc/acc-index.html

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From: Jerrod Frederking <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 21:37
To: Alpha Sigma Delta Radio Society <[log in to unmask]>; Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: 146.88 repeater OOS

 

Not good!! KE5JZN and I went up

Many years back and that controller eeprom was not available anymore even 10 years ago!! Hope it is an easy fix that is a good reliable solid repeater!!

Jerrod de WX5JF

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On Apr 6, 2021, at 7:59 PM, Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



If you've tried to use the 88 repeater in the last month or three, you would know that the repeater was malfunctioning.  

Given ... *gestures at everything* ... a trip to the top of PHSC only became possible today.    

Diagnosis showed that the controller (interface that allows ancillary functions and services) has been removed for repair.  

No ETR at this time.

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