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petes2.jpg (10500 bytes) The repeater is located at Pete ZL3TJH qth. He's also known to host great party's complete with live bands in the living room. alford.jpg (14766 bytes) The new Alford slot aerial being installed on Pete's roof. Quite a bit of fine tuning was required to get the aerial to perform as required
install.jpg (13496 bytes) Installation in January 2000 required a few volunteers phase.jpg (10349 bytes) Phasing harness and shorting strap for tune up on the alford slot
tpattern.jpg (17636 bytes) Test pattern as received in the city, we use a modified "Cropreddy" generator as the main pattern source veiw.jpg (8388 bytes) As can be seen the view from Petes roof is pretty well unobstructed to most of the city
proto1.jpg (13457 bytes) Prototype equipment on the test bench. Now finally in a rack and some commercial parts added, this setup ran for about 2-3 years power.jpg (12764 bytes) The power amps still used today , giving around 10 watts