The Repeater is now operational at its new site of Lansdown.
The coverage of the repeater, once it becomes fully operational, is expected to cover West along the M4 motorway towards the outskirts of Cardiff, to Swindon at Junction 16 of the M4 going East. The outskirts of Gloucester to the North, down to Weston-Super-Mare of the M5 are also expected to be well covered. However, we have paid extra attention to maintaining good coverage for hand-portable & mobile users in the built-up areas of Bristol.
It is expected that other towns will be well covered. These include Chippenham, Calne, Melksham, Trowbridge, Tetbury, Malmesbury and Cirencester.
Please be aware that GB3BS although operating from its new site is currently running on a temporary antenna. Unfortunately, due to its location on site, coverage will be reduced and black spots due to reflections and some shadowing will hamper performance. We hope this will only be short lived until we can get the riggers on-site to install the main antenna on the tower.
Please see our "News" section for more information.
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NGR: ST 716 702 (IO81TK)
- 51.43054 N. -2.40905 W
- Site Elevation: 764ft/233m (ASL). Antenna Height: 100ft/30m.(AGL)
INPUT: 438.450MHz OUTPUT: 430.850MHz
The Repeater is on channel RU68 which is one of the newly allocated "Wide Split" frequencies.
Please remember that we are now using a +7.6MHz shift rather than the old +1.6MHz
GB3BS supports both CTCSS 118.8Hz (Tone J) and 1750Hz tone burst access.
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