GB3TL

GB3TL the 70cm repeater located in Spalding has recently been reactivated, following a period which left the town and surrounding area without a local repeater due to the original site becoming unavailable. 

Pete G0SVO, the NOV holder for the repeater undertook the task of reactivating the repeater with a site change to the clubroom, located in the centre of the town. 

Derek G4SJV provided the necessary equipment and constructed the logic and control interface for a Pye F496 base station.

The idea of this repeater from the late G3YFS, the head of the original team, was that it was to be a local fill in community repeater, this ideal has been followed from the new location.

 The repeater provides reliable coverage to an area within a 10 miles radius of Spalding, although as is always the case, stations well out of this area are often heard.

Specification
Transmitter-receiver:     Pye F496
Transmitter power;        6 Watts
Receiver sensitivity;      0.2uV
Control system:           GB3US Mk1 Logic
Transmitter aerial:        Jaybeam C8 at approximately 40 feet agl.
Receiver aerial:            Dual band collinear at approximately 40 feet agl.
Access:                      1750Hz toneburst or 71.9Hz ctcss
Frequency:                  Output 433.350MHz
                                  Input    434.950MHz

Back up equipment:     Pye F496 and GB3US mk2 logic