Post by N4RDB on May 8, 2016 21:51:57 GMT -6
Greetings, I have been an amateur operator first licensed in 1994. My original call was N1MXL. I originally built a 440 machine which I ran back in Conway SC on 442.450. Then I ended up getting away from ham radio due to my time in the military, various deployments over seas, and sold everything off to another ham friend.
I was a full time police officer in Conway, SC for four years 2006-2010 and also a volunteer firefighter for Horry Co. Fire Rescue. I always had an interest in serving the public.
I retired from the military, moved to Lawton, Oklahoma back in Sept 2014. I met a great bunch of guys on the 442.525 machine and it sparked my love for ham radio again. I started slowly putting together another 440 machine.
I coordinated through OSRI for another frequency pair on 442.450, and was granted that pair again. So the construction on the new machine began. With the help of great friends (Matt Walker K5WXL & Stephan Ellis KG5ICZ) I got great ideas and put the final stages in place.
The machine first went online, April 11 2016, and I have been slowly adding to it, tweaking and upgrading it as I can.
The future will see a revamped, even more powerful machine based off a Motorola Quantar or MTR2000 repeater, running 110 watts on a 100% continuous duty cycle.
Just a shout out for the technical assistance to Matt Walker K5WXL for all his expertise and help with me getting the machine as best as it can be.
Hope you enjoy the machine, and if you have any suggestions for the website, please drop me a note and let me know.
Bob Bergeron
N4RDB
I was a full time police officer in Conway, SC for four years 2006-2010 and also a volunteer firefighter for Horry Co. Fire Rescue. I always had an interest in serving the public.
I retired from the military, moved to Lawton, Oklahoma back in Sept 2014. I met a great bunch of guys on the 442.525 machine and it sparked my love for ham radio again. I started slowly putting together another 440 machine.
I coordinated through OSRI for another frequency pair on 442.450, and was granted that pair again. So the construction on the new machine began. With the help of great friends (Matt Walker K5WXL & Stephan Ellis KG5ICZ) I got great ideas and put the final stages in place.
The machine first went online, April 11 2016, and I have been slowly adding to it, tweaking and upgrading it as I can.
The future will see a revamped, even more powerful machine based off a Motorola Quantar or MTR2000 repeater, running 110 watts on a 100% continuous duty cycle.
Just a shout out for the technical assistance to Matt Walker K5WXL for all his expertise and help with me getting the machine as best as it can be.
Hope you enjoy the machine, and if you have any suggestions for the website, please drop me a note and let me know.
Bob Bergeron
N4RDB