Channel 8 UHF Repeater Pinnacles Victoria
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 05, 2008 at 20:39
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DarrynJ
Hi all, for those of you who travel around Gippsland and the High Country to the north of Gippsland the Ch 8 Repeater located at
the Pinnacles Fire Tower is operational as of 15:00 hrs today.
Regd's Darryn
Reply By: Dunaruna - Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 08:29
Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 08:29
That puts a whole new meaning to 'line of sight reception'!!!
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Reply By: Member - Warfer (VIC) - Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 13:54
Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 13:54
Thanks Dazza for the info,even looked up the info on how they built the station,What would we do without Heli's Huh
Well apart from a Bullock Team !
Cheers
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Follow Up By: DarrynJ - Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 20:37
Sunday, Apr 06, 2008 at 20:37
Choppers certainly make it easy, would have been nice to have one drop everything at the Spotting Hut! Fortunately technology means it wasn't hard to carry the parts up this time, unlike the original installation with a huge battery that took 6 blokes 2 hours to haul up!
Cheers
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Reply By: Member -Signman - Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:22
Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 10:22
Excellent !!
Now if only people would use it 'responsibly' it will be a great asset to High Country travellers..
Did the installers put in an 'idiot filter' ....
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Follow Up By: DarrynJ - Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 17:51
Monday, Apr 07, 2008 at 17:51
Hi Signman, at the risk of upsetting Doug and the other Truckies on this
forum, the worst "idiots" are Truckies using Ch 38 as they drive along the Princes Hwy. As the Repeater has a wide coverage of the Hwy you can have up to 2 hours of the same drivel and foul language at a time. At further risk of upsetting our resident Truckies they aren't too
bright as they will be told what they are doing and will change channels, only to be back the next day. Hopefully one day after being told many times it might sink in.
Regd's Darryn
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