The KJ6ZD Repeater in brief

Below is an attempt to catch the entire system in an Image. The Test Gear is shown below. Further down there is the Homebrew repeater box and following the Echolink Screen and to be fancy control center. In the meantime the setup has changed slightly in so far that it looks somewhat more organized. Updated images will be posted and replace the outdated ones soon.

Bottom to Top:

At the bottom is the 52 Amp Pyramid Power supply which smoked up after two years of continues run. This supply charges also the Battery Backup (not visible) behind the Supply. On top of the Pyramid is another 25 Amp Switching supply for general purpose. Above the Computer Monitor and Keyboard. A little bit of the Track Ball is also visible. Above the Monitor the 100W, 100% Duty Henry Repeater Amplifier can be seen. The two FT7800R transceiver, are right above the AMP one can see in the background a cooling FAN pointing towards the Transmitter. The FT7800's aren't designed to perform a 100% duty cycle, and have been replaced with the HAMTRONICS components. The HAMTRONICS exciter produces about 3.5 W of RF power that enters the HENRY through a 4dB pad into the first stage. This will run the Amplifier at about 60-70 Watt into the Duplexer. The total feed line loss, including the Duplexer is at about 3dB. So about 30-35 Watt make it to the antenna. The Antenna is a Vertical Omni Collinear with manufacturers specification at 11.7dB gain. ERP will be around 250-300 Watt.

At the right hand behind the Henry a Bandpass Filter is peeking out a bit. Above the Bandpass is the Echolink Radio (Kenwood TM-V71A) which can be easily switched to stand alone Sysop mode, just in case

Next above is the Sinclair Q3220E Duplexer with 75dB isolation between RX / TX. As of now the Sinclair is performing quiet well, however may be exchanged with an Modified TXRX  28-070-2 (basically 28-066-02 the harness is just tuned for a higher frequency) because of the higher isolation specification. Behind the Duplexer is a fair amount of control circuitry audio and power distribution (Wire Spaghetti) etc. Hard to see to the right of the Duplexer is the VIA single board computer, recently upgraded to a VB7001 (1.5GHZ) Those computer are small, low in power consumption and run very reliable and almost noise free. Above the Duplexer is the Arcom 3 Port  Repeater controller. Although, it has its ups and downs it is the best in terms of Money to Feature ratio.  Partially to the right is the Hewlett Packard CDMA and Service Monitor seen.

Some essential Test Gear needed to maintain a repeater System

Repeater and Wire Spaghetti - This could look a lot nicer, but Murphy is with us and alive.

Echo-Link Screen