Bob DeMattia, K1IW writes:
As you may know, the Minuteman Repeater Association placed a repeater in Brookline, MA a few weeks ago on 146.610 MHz. This frequency is shared with our repeater in Marlborough.
After some conversations with neighboring repeater owners, we were able to find a sixth 2m frequency so that we would not have to have two repeaters operating on 146.61. However, this change requires a little bit of shuffling. These changes will be done in stages. When all is complete, the BROOKLINE repeater will move to our 146.820 frequency. The WESTON repeater will move to a new frequency of 146.790. Both repeaters receive -600 KHz with a PL of 146.2.
This also allows us to return the 146.61 repeater in Marlborough to the MMRA standard PL of 146.2.
Currently, step 1 is nearly complete: The Marlborough ’61 machine is back to the standard PL. The Brookline repeater should be operating on 146.820 MHz sometime this evening. The Weston repeater is temporarily off-the-air until the new crystals arrive.
The final picture of the MMRA network is described on the recently updated MMRA webpage: http://www.mmra.org/repeaters
I apologize for any confusion, please let the club know if you have any questions.
73,
Bob, K1IW