147.300+ PL 88.5 HZ

TEARA's WB4IUY repeater in Wilson, NC

Here are a few more pictures of the Wilson repeater.... This picture on the right is the UHF link antenna, pointed back towards Zebulon. It provides a passage to the "backbone repeater on 442.400, which in turn provides a common point for other repeaters to "link in".

The photo to the left is the another of the repeater with it's cabinet open. In this picture, Brandon (my younger son) and I were pulling a bit of _MAJOR_ maintenance on the repeater. Over the years, it has been hit by lightning 3 times... once destroying the controller, once blowing a large DC Power Supply, and lastly blowing the processor chip in the controller and the main VHF power amplifier. Since 1993, it has had 3 power amplifiers, and a variety of other little things replaced. The main antenna has been destroyed twice by lightning, as well as destroying the feedline on one ocasion. This type of maintenance isn't abnormal, and isn't too bad considering that it runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The next photo on the right is of the repeater when is was getting an overhaul about a year ago. It was hit by lightning in a spring storm, and received a bit of damage to the VHF power amp, duplexers, antenna, phone patch, and controller. Steve KD4WIW, my son Brandon, and I spent a couple of days trying to sort through the wreckage, hihi!

The photo below is a shot from the 147.300's rooftop, as seen when looking eastward.