Colorado Connection

  • Thorodin Intermittent issues

    Many of you may have noticed that the receivers for Mt. Thorodin are going offline for brief periods.  The issue has been isolated to a timing issue with the voting receivers.  The replacement hardware is ready, but is different, so we need some time to burn in before we take it to the repeater site.  We don’t want to make the problem worse!

  • Walden status update

    The Walden site had been mis-reported as working but offline.  The status is actually working, but not for local-local communication.  It is linked into the system, but in simplex mode only, so not useful for talking to other repeaters, just not for two people in/near Walden.

  • Repeater Status Page Update

    The repeater status page has been update to include explicit links for coverage and details for each repeater site.  Some sites have more information than others!

  • Microwave link to Glenwood and Grand Junction having issues now

    Our microwave link west to Glenwood and Grand Junction is having issues too.  We are using the cell modem backup link which works, but not well.  A trip is planned for Sunday to get the microwave link restored.

  • COS offline due to weather

    Colorado Springs is offline.  The cause appears to be icing on the microwave antenna, so expectation is that it will remain offline until things warm up, hopefully by Thursday.

  • System Back up

    Big thanks to Mark N7CTM and Ben KC2VJW!!  The system was only down for a few hours Thursday night before being restored.  They trecked up the hill by foot to get to the site and were able to affect repairs in one trip.

  • Entire System Unlinked

    A failure at the Thorodin site has the entire system unlinked.  A team is actually heading up this evening with a backup team getting queued up for tomorrow if we are not able to fix it in one trip.

  • CCRI Flyer error corrected

    Oops!  We had a frequency error for the Breckenridge repeater in our flyer you can download from the About Us page.  It has been corrected.  If you downloaded that flyer, please get the latest copy.  Thanks for catching this Bob!

  • Grand Junction Back Online

    Our western slope folks fixed the repeater.  It was locked up likely due to a lightning strike.

  • Colorado Springs Back Online!

    We were able to organize a quick trip to the Almagre site and were able to effect repairs in a single trip.  COS is linked again.