GB7JL - LOWTON DMR REPEATER

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CURRENT STATUS: OPERATIONAL
There are no planned maintenance outages during the next seven days

The GB7JL Brandmeister DMR Repeater formerly located in Golborne is now located in Lowton just 1.25km south of the Golborne Location but still in the Borough of Wigan.

Locator: IO83rl WAB Square: SJ69

The repeater is under the management and ownership.of Alan G1EFU

When my son M3JON died my wife and I had nobody to become the beneficiary to our wills so we decided to make the RSGB Legacy Fund the beneficiary and I set about putting this into action by making contact with the RSGB requesting information I received a TWO WORD email from the then general manager saying "Read Website" I made three more attempts to obtain the information I required and our DRM Dave Wilson also made contact for me but still no reply.

At this point seeing how much was already in the Legacy Fund I decided they must have enough and did not need our money so we decided that we would leave it to a local Christian charity.

It was at this time the owner of the Golborne repeater GB7JL decided to close it down and after some discussion with some other local amateurs and the NOV holder it was decided that I would fund the replacement repeater in John's memory so the repeater is now

GB7 John's Legacy

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NORTH WEST LINK

Slot 1 - Talk Group 23520

GB7JL Lowton - GB7DJ Northwich

GB7WX Tarvin - GB7JC Bootle

GB7BF Blackpool South Shore

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If you are thinking about or are new to DMR radio

before you do anything download and read the booklet

"A SIMPLE GUIDE TO DMR IN THE UK"

The New 2020 Version is now available in an on-line format .

From Chris Waters, it is unbiased and includes all

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CODE PLUG V7.02 WRITE UP

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Brandmeister UK intend to switch off reflectors in late 2020

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Read the full News Release from Brandmeister >>>> CLICK HERE

Timeslot-1

TG 9 - Local Current non linked repeater (Subject to change)
TG 23520 - North West Link GB7JL (Lowton), GB7DJ (Northwich), GB7WX (Tarvin) & GB7JC (Bootle), GB7BF (Blackpool)
9990 Echo Test on TS-1 or TS-2, is a Private call ( NOT a Group Call ) In YOUR Contact List.

Timeslot-2

Timeslot 2 implements the use of reflectors similar to the Dstar network. The easiest way to use the reflector is to program your radio with Talkgroup 9 (local) in timeslot 2. This is the only talkgroup you will need for a QSO on the reflector.

Brandmeister UK intend to switch off reflectors in late 2020

watch this page for further updates

Read the full News Release from Brandmeister >>>> CLICK HERE

To link and unlink the reflector, program the radio with the reflector number as a group call on timeslot 2. To link to a reflector, select the reflector number from the contacts list and transmit for about 1 second. The repeater should respond with a voice announcement, "Connect to reflector xxxx". Then go back to Talkgroup 9 to make a QSO.

To unlink select 4000 from the contacts list, transmit for about 1 second, and you should hear a voice announcement "Reflector Disconnected".

To enquire about the reflector link status call 5000, and the repeater will respond with the currently linked reflector.

If you do not have the North West Link in your code plug use this method to connect to it using the reflector number 4412*

ACTIVE Reflectors in the UK.

4400 UK.

4401 UK Chat

4402 UK Chat

4403 UK 3.

4404 Ireland.

4405 Scotland.

4406 Wales.

4407 UK 7.

4408 UK Test

4412 TG23520 North West *

9990 Parrot

Brandmeister UK intend to switch off reflectors in late 2020

watch this page for further updates

Read the full News Release from Brandmeister >>>> CLICK HERE

NEWS FROM DMR SCOTLAND

The Administrators of the BrandMeister Network have made the decision to end support for Reflectors on their Network at the end of 2020 because the Network. Alistair GM7RYR has decided to implement the changes on GB7DE, GB7EE, and GB7SQ Repeaters earlier than the end of the year.

The new graphic below shows the allocation of Talkgroups on some of the Scottish Repeaters (GB7EE, GB7DE, and GB7SQ), this change was active as of Midnight on Friday the 17th of April 2020.

NEWS FROM DMR SCOTLAND

The new graphic below shows the allocation of Talkgroups on some of the Scottish Repeaters (GB7EE, GB7DE, and GB7SQ), this change was active as of Midnight on Friday the 17th of April 2. www,dmrscotland.co.uk GB7DD has secured a new location and is waiting for the issue of it's new NOV, Watch this space

Some people are confused when writing code plugs

THE Repeater TX frequency is 430.9625 MHz, and the RX frequency is 438.5625 MHz

But the transceiver TX frequency is 438.5625 and the RX frequency is 430.9625

See the screen shots below,

The first is what is shown for GB7JL on the ETCC website and the second is how to add it to the codeplug

This information is the same when programming Analogue repeaters into your codeplug

CHIRP SETTINGS: FOR GB7JL IN ANALOGUE MODE

Frequency: 438.562500 - Name: GB7JL - Tone Mode: Tone - Tone: 82.5 - Duplex: Minus - Mode: NFM - Power: High

PREDICTED COVERAGE OF GB7JL

Digital Simplex Channels
DMR VHF FREQUENCIES.
Name       Frequency              Use
               144.6125 Mhz         Calling channel
               144.6375 Mhz
               144.6500 Mhz
               144.6750 Mhz
               144.6875 Mhz
Colour Code: 1. Talk Group: 9 Admit Criteria = Always In Call Criteria = Always

DMR UHF FREQUENCIES
Name       Frequency             Use
DH1         438.5875 Mhz
DH2         438.6000 Mhz
DH3         438.6125 Mhz        Calling Channel
DH4         438.6250 Mhz
DH5         438.6375 Mhz
DH6         438.6500 Mhz
Colour Code: 1. Talk Group: 9 Admit Criteria = Always In Call Criteria = Always

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Welcome to the website of the GB7JL repeater located in Lowton

It is located in the borough of Wigan but just half a mile from the boundary with Warrington on Winwick Lane railway bridge and just one mile from the boundary with St.Helens at Haydock Island (M6 J23)