Ham Radio Fun At Over 5000' High

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Come join the fun as we fix a ham radio repeater on top of the highest mountain in the state - complete with snow and ice!
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@paultams54 3 месяца назад

Mount Ginini is a mountain with an elevation of 1,762 metres (5,781 ft). Home of VK1RGI

@iansinclair860 3 месяца назад

Mount Perisher repeater VK2RLJ is at 2010m, highest repeater in Australia.

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Awesome I never knew that!

@gazzaj6422 3 месяца назад

Great video mate, now go and break another repeater in another glorious repeater site so you can make another video about repairing it!!!😂😂😊😊

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

That's the plan!

@chriswebb9059 3 месяца назад

Thanks

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Thanks Chris 👍

@SteveAB4EL 3 месяца назад

Mt Mitchell NC 6,684 feet ... highest peak east of the Mississippi River USA. Years ago I knew the ham who was a NC State Police radio technician charge with keeping the NCHP Mt Mitchell repeater "on the air." The ground plane antenna consisted of 5 (five) mobile whips with springs bolted to a pipe at the peak. It was the only antenna that could stand the Winter ice storm coatings of up to 18 inches thickness. :^)

@VK3TWO 3 месяца назад

I've driven and walked there. Was a hairy drive even without snow/ice. Didn't realise that was a ham repeater there. Stunning views! Bit eery with almost nobody in the village up there.

@DonzLockz 3 месяца назад

Thats pretty remote. Luckily it was an awesome day. Lots of trekking by foot though. Avoid the yellow snow. Lol

@Hank_W6IR 3 месяца назад

The snow on the antenna at 6:10 kinda looked like a koala hanging on for dear life 🤣.

@AA0Z 3 месяца назад

Who in the world decided to put a repeater that you needed to walk 2 miles to get to? Were you guys walking on a road that you could of used for part of that. Usually when a nice set of cans need to be tuned and I turn the knob, I get a dirty look and am told to be gentle. Your cans don't seem to talk back.

@russturner3454 3 месяца назад

Not all mountain tops warrant a road when they are infrequently visited. Cost.

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

We started for about maybe 100m on a road... and then it turns into road scrambling.. When there is enough snow a ski-do would make it up the top - I think that's how the last batteries got there. This repeater is right on top of the peak of the mountain. The rest of the mountain has plateau's and valleys - so the coverage isn't good down in one of them.

@jeremyturner4327 3 месяца назад

How did the repeater get there in the first place

@vk2ycj 3 месяца назад

Best video ever Hayden and great music too. 73, Jamie VK2YCJ

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Thanks Jamie, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for coming along for the journey.

@4S7JL 3 месяца назад

Do a video about you vehicle setup 4S7JL

@crazyham 3 месяца назад

You are Brave Hayden OMG I could not handle that icy cold climate.

@mikemcnamara3777 3 месяца назад

I the United States we need auto tuning HF mobile antennas like Barrett and Codan. Neither of which can interface with anything other than their own brand of transceivers.

@quadcam24v 3 месяца назад

Ready for people to start kerchunking it (;

@AndrewB416 3 месяца назад

Hello from Canada where it has been 32*C+ for the last couple days. :)

@haxwithaxe 3 месяца назад

It's the kilos on the front that get you.

@GamingKing545 3 месяца назад

i wonder what it would be link to stay in that shack overnight

@jameyevans29 3 месяца назад

Nice 👍. No worries about vandals?

@chuckp3739 3 месяца назад

I really enjoy these repeater repair videos. Thank you very much.

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Glad you like them!

@LarryAllenTonar Месяц назад

I'd guess that the solar panels face north and the moss grows on every side of the repeater shack? Is there adequate solar throughtout the year?

@HamRadioDX Месяц назад

No moss, too high and cold. Usually in winter the batteries get a bit low due to poor weather and snow covering the panels

@dazzerf8682 3 месяца назад

Wow Hayden , amazing location !! Looks stunning

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

It was really serene and beautiful. Loved every minute up there

@mikesradiorepair 3 месяца назад

I service some pretty remote repeater sites at the end of some pretty treacherous mountain roads but that site is off the hook.

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Yeah mountain goat tracks are fine - but there's a few of these walk to sites around the place

@crazyham 3 месяца назад

I know for HF height is a bit of a myth. For tidy VHF & UHF I am sure it is very critical. Keep up the great work mate.

@RayDabkowski 3 месяца назад

Brrrrr!

@ugsisr 3 месяца назад

Nice work. I've done many Mountain top repeater sites and it never got old..

@yv6eda 3 месяца назад

Amazing work Hayden!

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Thanks!

@MrMudsHamRadioRadioTime 3 месяца назад

Have you ever tried a silicone spray on the antenna to keep the ice from sticking?

@mikesradiorepair 3 месяца назад

Problem is it's a dust magnet.

@peterokeefe9960 3 месяца назад

Hi Hayden, nice work. I used to know the ABC-TV Tx OIC many decades!!! ago. Can't remember his call. Are any of the repeaters accessable from Coles Bay. I get down there a couple of times a year? VK3YF

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

VK7REC on 146.900 MHz is accessible from Coles Bay. 123 Hz tone... 141.3 Hz tone used to link back to Hobart and Launceston

@oz1iom 3 месяца назад

Hi Hayden Could you make a video about your UHF-CB band

@crazyham 3 месяца назад

Just look on google for our UHF CB frequencies. The fundamentals remain the same for that part of the spectrum.

@HamRadioDX 3 месяца назад

Hey mate, I've done a couple in the past - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6j60bMoLNc0.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OV_zFfRP3o0.html