Even slightest amount of rain causes mist to cover the place, favourable conditions for lightning strike.On 1st November, 2007, there was a lightning strike on an experimental setup with two different antennas and everything was destroyed. Both radios, power supply, interface, charger, powerline and both antenna were damaged beyond repair. After learning lesson from the incident, this time we have installed lightning arrestor.
CORE MEMBERS -TECH. & ADMIN.
Prashant(SWL), Ashok Ghule, VU2GT, VU2NA, VU2KQY, VU2IIA, VU2IZO, BIJOY(SWL), VU2HSL, VU2SGW, VU2VVP, VU2WSM, VU2UBQ, VU2ATV, VU2PJN,VU2HDC
We are Grateful to our friend Mr.Homi, VU2HSL for his help.
On Air Support & Testing
VU3MHC (Silent Key), VU2UBP,VU2HOC,
VU2CVD, VU2UPQ, VU3JOY, VU2PDN,
VU2KIB, VU2YAG, VU2WLL,VU2PJM,....Incomplete list .
Thanks to all members of
Bombay Repeater Society,
Thane Amateur Radio Association
Thane Amateur Radio Association
& Collector's office, Thane.
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13 comments:
Hi Mahesh,
This is great. In fact, I would like if you would add about the lightning strike on 1st November 2007.(I believe the date is right. 73.
Dear Mahesh
Congrats are due once again for the second useful project done. The first being the satellite image decoding of NOAA weather satellites.
Keep up the good work, more strength to you and all the team members of VU2BBB.
Thanks for Helping All Mankind
73
Percy = vu2ple
Bravo ! Bravo ! Bravo ! you and team!
73 de 2nak
I was one of the original monetary contrubutors for VU2BBB
Kishore
Vu2KKO/VA7KKN
Hi Maneesh ,
Congrats for this project
I planning to access this repeater from Oman (Ras al Hadd) near Sur,
With 26 B2 ANTENNA & 100w on mid Aug.
73’s
VU2SDF --- A45WH
SANGEETH
Congrats to all of u.Try to propagate this hobby especially among students and youth
vu3dde
Joseph.D
Trivandrum
congrats to all hams behind this project and hoisting this webpage with all details. mathern is such a wonderful place, but extremely prone to lightning strikes. what is the distance covered, like are mumbai hams able to access BBB repeater etc.
vy73s vu3mes satyan chennai.
Dear mahesh
It is a great job indeed.
we hams in Mumbai are proud of you and the team members.
please keepup the good work.
73s
shashi VU2NA
Nice ! Also, why not publish the code under GPL and the hardware design for PIC under the open-hardware initiative so that people can use it, grow further.
73,
VU2BUG
good job, maybe i can contribute for a better telemetry control of your repeater setup using PIC and voice module. If interested do let me know.
Thanks for the first ever photographs of the Mumbai Repeater that we used for so long. Good job done.
regards
Charudatt - VU2UPX
Hi Mahesh
Great to know the repeater is back up and running. Greetings!! to all who have contributed towards this project. Location is simply awesome!!... Way to be team!!
We at New Delhi would also love have a repeater at Dhanulti in Uttarakhand, its at a altitue of 10,000 feet. And ideal location for long range communication almost throughout 12months of an year.
I have visited that place 5 times and each time I was able to communicate back to New Delhi with Handheld with .5 to 5 watts on 2meters depending on the propogation.
I am sure your VU2BBB system will play an integral role in increasing the Ham activity and act as a back bone from a disaster mangmt. perspective.
73's
Karan, VU3GTF
New Delhi
Google search landed me here...matheran repeater is still going strong, works like charm, always...
congrats to the entire team responsible for setting up the station.
vu2pct
73s,
paresh thakkar.
Hello keepers of VU2BBB, It is very exciting to know that there is a repeater installed in the beautiful hill station of Matheran. On 26 January 2010 we (A group of 9 SWLs) were at Matheran.
Latest news is we put up VU2PXR, the Punjab Repeater at Naina Devi temple Complex (Height 1100 mts) in HimachalPradesh.
SWL Tushar Gupta
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