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CARLA 14 repairs and upgrades
Last updated on June 16, 2013 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
This weekend CARLA 14 had the following improvements performed:
-Permanent mounting of Repeater antenna and re-running of transmission line on new tower extension.
-Replacement of older repeater controller with newer model (S-com 7330), re-programming and enhancements enabled.
-Replacement of batteries with larger Amp-hour capacity.
-Re-routing onto 'preferred power' circuit with generator back-up.
This leaves only CARLA 9 & 33 as the last two systems in the entire network that are slated for controller upgrades and improvements.
Shasta region outage
Last updated on June 16, 2013 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
The controller at CARLA 13 (Shasta Lake) is OOS (Out Of Service) which in turn has caused an interruption in service at CARLA 13 as well as the regional hub and the link to the Oregon Connection.
We are currently trying to ascertain what equipment resources we have available to use as a replacement and when that can be effected. There is no ETR as of yet.
Currently this is the state of things in the Shasta Region:
CARLA 13- OOS
SHASTA HUB- OOS
Link to OC- OOS
Link to CARLA Network- OOS
CARLA 20,25,28- Operational with stand alone/local repeater coverage ONLY
More details to follow as we get them.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
EchoIRLP Issue
Last updated on May 3, 2013 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
The EchoIRLP node currently has an audio issue. System audio cannot be heard on the incoming
connection. We are working on a solution.
CARLA 33 Off link
Last updated on May 1, 2013 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
CARLA 33 is off the network backbone while
upgrades are made to the link path.
ETR is June 2013.
This should improve the signal quality of
the link path.
Thank you for your patience.
Notice: CARLA 35 PL tones changed
Last updated on March 6, 2013 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
Due to ongoing interference issues, CARLA has changed both of the PL tones associated with the CARLA 35 repeater. The new PL tones are listed below.
Link PL: 162.2
Local PL: 103.5 (also the output PL)
Nevada ring on back-up link
Last updated on August 22, 2012 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
Due to some problems on the new wireline circuit feeding the Nevada ring (at CARLA 18's site), there has been a lot of falsing of the PTT circuit which in turn was creating a lot of kerchunks on the entire Nevada ring (CARLA 18,21,22,23,24). We've bypassed the circuit and reverted to the back-up RF link in the interim. Please keep in mind there is some added delay on the back-up link so leave enough time after you key up before speaking so you don't cut off your first word(s). The local repeater at CARLA 18 may still experience the problem (kerchunks) but the rest of the ring should not.
CARLA 21 OOS
Last updated on April 28, 2012 by The C.A.R.L.A. Team | Permalink
The repeater is in the process of being relocated from one shelter to another at the site.