First Few Days in Brunswick

I am back from my first few days in Brunswick. I was pretty busy with work, so I don't have much to report quite yet. There wasn't much military to report on because one day was a holiday. The Glynn County TRS is very active, but I haven't had much time to search for TGs that aren't listed on the Radio Reference page. Here is what have found:

• The 442.700 repeater covers the area south of Savannah better than the 2-meter repeaters. I was able to start carrying on a conversation with Mark, KA4CID from milemarker 49 while on my way back to town this evening.
• The 444.625 repeater in Kingsland has good coverage in Brunswick. This is an interesting repeater; it is dual mode with both analog and P25 voice. I had a good QSO with Pete, K4QHR on the 444.625 last night while out getting something to eat.
• My programming files need some serious work! The portions for Glynn and Camden have not been used much and extended monitoring and attempted use has exposed some problems.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT

442.700 Repeater on the Air With the New Antenna

The new antenna is on the 442.700 repeater. Dan, KF4MND was able to hit it from Long County on 5 watts from his fixed station and I was able to hit it from inside the house here in midtown Savannah with an HT.

This repeater should have an excellent coverage area now that it has a proper antenna up!

Thanks to Lowell, N4ZLJ and his crew for the work out at the tower site. From what Lowell says, the 146.700's new antenna should be up sometime tomorrow.


Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

442.700 Repeater Update

Last night, while on the way home from work, I was able to carry on a QSO with Guy, K4GTM and Jerry, W4SGA using the 442.700 repeater. For most of the trip, which was from Rincon to Savannah, I was receiving the repeater at 3/4 to full scale on the S-meter.

Given that the current antenna situation is a compromise (they're using a 2-meter antenna, but no reflected power problems) that wasn't bad at all. Once they get a 70cm antenna up on the tower, the coverage should improve considerably.

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net

442.700 Repeater on the Air

The W4LHS 442.700 repeater is on the air. After going up with some problems yesterday, some troubleshooting this morning has improved the performance. I heard it well from the Eisenhower and Waters area and from Pooler this morning as they were doing some testing.

Thanks to Lowell Beckner, N4ZLJ, Ed Bigbie, W4MMQ, and others for the work they put into getting the 442.700 up and running. It's good to have a 70cm repeater in the area!

Mac McCormick III, KF4LMT
kf4lmt@comcast.net