11/1/21 Wilderness Repeater Trip

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November 1, 2021 trip to the Wilderness Ridge repeater site

  • Swapped out Motorola MTR2000s to spare pair configured for external controller
  • Installed Arcom RC210 repeater controller
  • Replaced 5″ wall entry boot and cushion to seal the cable penetration
  • Bonding/Grounding Work:
    • Tied to building ground pigtail
    • Tied to pole ground buss bar
    • Installed building external ground buss bar
    • Bonded ice bridge to both building and pole buss bar
    • Reestablished ground connection to inside rack and lightning arrestors
  • Added 10′ RG-400 jumpers between Polyphasers and duplexers to reduce connector torque and stress
  • Redressed cables in rack
  • Removed helical preamp assemblies after testing both VHF and UHF HT coverage from valley
    • These had been added during the DR-1X era to clean up the receiver front end, no longer necessary with the MTR2000s
  • Additional housekeeping in the rack