KD4RAA Repeater Group Photo Gallery
The 441.725 Hub, 444.675 and 146.775 site.

The 444.675 Repeater is on the top, It is a Kenwood TK-820.  the Hub is a Vertex VXR-5000U It has a set of TX/RX Duplexers with Times Microwave LMR-400 and RG-400U jumpers. A Polyphaser is in line prior to duplexers above the cabinet. The remote base radio is a Johnson, Challenger UHF mobile that has been modified and interfaced into the controller. It is using a 6 element yagi at 85 Feet pointed east at 85 degrees. The bottom half of the cabinet is the 146.775 KD4RAA Repeater that shares the 675 and 725 Hub cabinet at the site.

Danny KD4RAA and Jim WW4M (formally N3QYE) tune up the 
 146.775 machine with the IRF-1200.  (1999)


The new RF tight transmitter building on Chapel Hill Road, home of the 
444.675 and 146.775 repeaters and Linking Hub equipment.

After our repeater was installed in the back left corner,
many other commercial systems soon followed.

 
Our 360 foot stick on a Carolina Blue Day.



One of our link antennas at the lower level, A dual-bander at 320 feet for the 
Hub and 146.775  The antenna is pointed toward the northeast.  This pattern 
is nulled to the southeast to southwest because of the wide tower.

At the 320 foot level, our mast hangs to the right on the Northeast face.  The DB-420B
folded dipole in the center is the antenna for the 444.675 on the Northwest side.

While Our Diamond X-500NA is being installed, there is a view of the NC State Fairgrounds,
Western Blvd and Hillsborough Street to the east.

Riggers at 320 feet swapping out the dual band antenna.


Danny KD4RAA looking for the loose screws. This shot was taken during the move
from the old Leonard building on the right, to the new TX building on the left. 
Our gear was one of the 1st repeaters to make the transition.

One of our riggers with Glenn KF4RDN and Danno KD4RAA telling
one of the many unbelievable tower tales.

A View from the Fairgrounds looking SouthWest.  A careful look and you'll see
 the riggers  on the way down. CC Mangums stick is to the right of the water tower.

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