It's done

We'll need to make some tweaks, of course.  Kyle already dialled back
the too-aggressive kerchunk filter and I'm sure there will be others.

Special thanks to Ken B, Ken E, Kyle K for doing the work, Phil S and
Bill L for the supervision, and our friends from the Cleveland County
Sheriff's Office, John G and Jon L (both hams).

Next up:  Tower work!

West receive site off the air

But only temporarily. The room that houses it is being renovated, so it has been moved to a temporary location. Once power is restored, it will again be active and we expect that to occur TODAY, May 6.

• UPDATE:  We're back.  Shouldn't be any change in operation as no equipment was changed, just moved.

We now pause for Station Identification ...

... This is W5NOR ...

Whenever you hear the repeater transmit its callsign, in voice or code, take this as a hint that you should identify your own station. The timer is set for 9 minutes, so if you've been in a long QSO, you should have enough time to stay legal.

Also recall that the repeaters have blab-off timers. Should you talk too long without allowing the repeater to reset its timer, the transmitter will be shut off.

The repeater will signify that the timer is reset by sending the courtesy tone. If you "tailgate" and start talking between the time the other operator stops transmitting and before the courtesy tone sounds, the timer will not reset!