Essex gets 2m D-STAR Amateur Radio Repeater

As of Saturday 18th July 2015 the Essex 2m repeater GB7TE was connected to the amateur radio D-STAR network

It took over a month of configuring and tweaking to get GB7TE successfully configured and the repeater actually went on air on Friday 17th July 2015 but wasn't connected to the network until the following day.

Icom donated the repeater modules and the Martello Tower Group supplied the server, cavities, broadband and site.

The repeater, located in Grid Square J0O1ot NGR TM218172, has an output frequency of 145.775 MHz.

Coverage map - http://www.ukrepeater.net/my_repeater.php?id=2582

The Martello Tower Group - http://www.martellotowergroup.com/

Two New UK Repeaters

The Essex DMR digital voice repeater GB7SE is now licensed and it is expected on-air in by May 2015.

The 70cm repeater, located at Thurrock, will be part of the DMR South East regional talk group 8.

Output frequency is 439.4750 MHz with the input on 430.4750 MHz

GB7SE - http://www.eardx.co.uk/home/gb7se/

A new D-Star repeater, GB7KH has become active in Essex. 

It joins the other Essex D-Star repeaters GB7ZP in Danbury and GB7SS in Hockley.

The repeater is located at the Keveldon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker about 30 km N.E of central London and provides coverage of West and Central Essex.

It is based around the Icom ID-RP4000V UHF repeater with ID-RP2C controller and Procom duplexer tuned for the output frequency of 439.6125 MHz and 430.6125 MHz input.

GB7KH - http://www.gb7kh.co.uk/

6m Global Repeater List

The UK Six Metre Group (UKSMG) are currently expanding their current 6 metre repeater list.

The aim is to create a global list of all 6 metre repeaters. The group are looking for volunteers in each country to collate a list for their country.

UK Six Metre Group (UKSMG) - http://uksmg.org/landing.php