ONØVTI - Updated !!!

Summary

Location:

VTI-Tielt
Grote Hulststraat 28
8700 TIELT
West - Flanders

3°19'41" E
50°59'48" N
Locator: JO10PX

CTCSS

In het kader van een nationale afspraak opgesteld door Filip, ON4PC is de CTCSS frequentie van de repeater veranderd naar 79.7Hz. Wat tevens de standaard is voor West- en Oostvlaanderen.
Door deze functie te activeren zal je enkel maar de repeater meer horen als het ook nodig is. Vervelend CW ID worden niet hoorbaar gemaakt, ook ongewenste repeaters worden niet meer ontvangen, ... Kortom als je toch de frequentie programmeerd. Een kleine moeite om dat erbij in te stellen !

The beginning

About 20 years (so that would be the time I was born), the city of Tielt wanted a repeater. Due to lack of good management and interest it never saw the air, till January 22nd 2006!
Frank Vandevelde, ON6VDV had a spare Kenwood repeater module with all the other hardware necessary to build a fully operational repeater. But as a single person it's not possible to get a licence for a repeater. So he contacted me if it would be possible for the radio club Tielt to take care of the license.
Of course who wouldn't be happy with such proposal?
 

Project

So Stefaan, ON3BND had the job to take care of the repeater for his last years project.
Now the repeater is more or less fully operational including rogerbeep, emergency power, ... and this al in the range of 70km diameter.

Setup/hardware

The repeater is placed on top of the roof of a local school (VTI-Tielt).
Tielt is located about 40m ASL (on a small hilltop).

The repeater is also equipped with emergency power and multiple rogerbeeps that let anyone know what the status of the repeater is.

Updated!!

• In the months of July and August there will be tests on the repeater. We are currently looking to install echolink again in Tielt. And the new repeater would be the excellent target to do that!
  And this can also be a next years students final project.

• Thursday 13th of July new antenna was mounted at the new mast. With the help of Frank, ON6VDV and myself, ON8TK the work was done in about 8 hours, including the installation of the coaxial cable....
  A 360° view of the new location:
  
  
   

• Info: In case of breakdown we have a backup repeater. At the moment in use for educational purposes and try/error-programming

Operational with hardware from:
              
 

The hardware consists out of:

Kenwood TKR-850 UHF repeater module

Band:	70 cm - 430-440MHz
Type:	19"
Power:	25 W (~10W on ANT)
Impedance-TX:	50 ohms, N
Impedance-RX:	50 ohms, BNC

Procom Duplex filter

 

Procom bandpassfilter for RX

Procom CXL70-5C

	Bands:	70 cm
	Gain:	7.15 dBi (5dBd)
	Type:	heavy-duty vertical
	Max power:	150 W
	Impedance:	50 ohms, N-female
	Length:	2.2 m
	Weight:	2.8 Kg

Coax

7/8" cellflex was used to connect the antenne with the repeater module.
 

If you would say something to us about the repeater: on0vti@on8tk.com

Gelieve ontvangsrapporten te sturen naar frank at vdvcom.be en te vermelden wat uw uitrusting was (antenne, antenne hoogte).

This project was made possible with the help of:

• Logistics: VDV communications; Frank Vandevelde, ON6VDV www.vdvcom.be

• Technical Realisation: Stefaan Vanoverbeke, ON3BND

• Sponser/brainstormer Ronny, ON4DRX

• VTI-Tielt

• UBA Radio Club Tielt http://trk.uba.be