Caberfeidh SIDX Project

GB3EI Analog Repeater

Site pictures added as I get time to take them, these will include actual radio equipment and server system based on UNIX Linux Asterisk AllstarLink

Site Pictures

Radio system TAIT 800 Series 1

Antenna Mounts and locations

Construction of Mast Head pre-amp in its water proof die-cast box this will be mounted up with the RX antenna about 1.5 meters of coax away from the Base connector of the Diamond X50 Antenna. The TX Antenna X30 remains the same.

 

Antenna Array and Mast Head Pre-Amp

Configuring hardware Controller

· See link for more info   www.minikits.com.au

GB3EI Logic being tested based on RaspberyPi and a DMK usb control fob

The board was designed to suit the construction of receive only preamplifiers for the 30 to 500MHz bands. All Kits use the low cost BF998 MesFET from NXP has a low noise figure and were designed for television tuners.

With 18db gain and noise figure of 0.6db will give good low signal improvement to weak signals.

This will be mounted in water proof box just under the coax feed point of the RX Antenna, and is powered up the coax, from the Tait Transceiver.

Mast Head Pre-Amp Mini-Kit

Configuring hardware Controller

· See link for more info   www.minikits.com.au

GB3EI Logic being tested based on RaspberyPi and a DMK usb control fob