UK Repeaters Closed due to Abuse

Two UK Amateur/Ham Radio Repeaters have been temporarily closed due to abuse.

The repeaters, GB3DY at Wirksworth and GB3EE at Chesterfield have been closed for a period of 14 days to try and resolve the problem.

The RSGB advise that if a repeater is suffering abuse it is essential that users do not react or attempt to communicate with the abusers as doing so inevitably makes the situation worse.

Repeater Abuse Guidance - http://www.ukrepeater.net/abuse.htm

Southern Ireland Repeater Group

Starting in early March 2017,  the Southern Ireland Repeater Group have been experimenting with the MMDVM and have interfaced it with a UHF MTR2000.
 
After several months of configuration, testing and sourcing equipment, the group have obtained a licence and a repeater location and plan to put their project into service from a hilltop in West Waterford, providing coverage from Cork City to Waterford City.
 
Call Sign will be EI7CDD, with operating modes DMR, DStar, Fusion and Analog modes on 439.650 MHz with a shift of -9 MHz (DVU52) which is one of the newly allocated 70cm channels for digital voice in Ireland and the UK.
 
Digital modes will be given priority on the new repeater.
 
More infomation - sirnrepeaters.blogspot.ie

New South African HF Beacons

The South African Radio League have announced three new HF beacons in the country

Bradley Glen, ZS5BG, started to beacon regularly on 250 mW using an Off-Centre Fed Dipole and he is getting many spots on 40 metres as well as 20 and 10 metres. 

The Jeugland Radio Club, ZR6JRC, beacon also became live pushing 250 mW into a 40 metres inverted Vee and it has already reached as far as Cape Town and Durban. 

A third beacon, built with donated kit by Nic van Duffelen, ZR6AEZ, and it is currently active using the callsign ZS6ZU on 5 MHz using a centre fed folded dipole.

SARL News - http://www.sarl.org.za/public/_news/read_arch.asp?file=../../bulletins/sarlnews%2020170429.txt