@malachi17RV Mostly, however, you can do better. The repeater in North Carolina stayed up after Helene and was a lifeline.
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Malachi17
In response to this post@ai6yr oh sure, you can, but it requires your community to care...
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Malachi17
In response to this post@ai6yr How is ARES in your area?
@malachi17RV Very active, but dependent on these repeaters to a degree.
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Robert A. Hill
In response to this post@ai6yr @malachi17RV Hell, it stayed up with the antenna half destroyed too. Power should not be the limiting factor in SoCal. You don’t even need to count on a diesel generator. 1kWh of battery storage can run a repeater indefinitely in SoCal if you have solar generation. You don’t even need fancy lithium batteries, cheap lead acid stuff can do this.
@robert @malachi17RV Yep, for sure. I have a repeater (alas, very low level and no one uses it --- footprint is ridiculously small LOL) which has operated on old lead acid batteries and 400W of solar panels for years and years.
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Tony Yarusso
In response to this post@malachi17RV @ai6yr As I understand it, the Mt. Mitchell repeater has government support.
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