Introducing The W5AUM DMR Repeater

On August 5th, 2022, members from the Washington County Amateur Radio Club deployed a DMR repeater in Brenham. The equipment deployed includes a Motorola SLR5700 repeater and Cellwave UHF duplexers. Digital Mobile Radio – or DMR for short – is an open standard/protocol for digital mobile radios defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Read More…

Bringing The 147.260 Repeater Home

The 147.260 repeater was reinstalled on the Blinn Water Tower in Brenham this week – bringing to an end a three-month adventure of equipment moves and upgrades to accommodate maintenance work at the site. While re-installing the repeater, the original LMR-400-style coax was replaced with 1/2″ heliax, a new Hustler G7 antenna was installed, and Read More…