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Thank You!

The N5FDL Repeaters are on-the-air thanks to major technical and equipment assistance from Fred Coe, WB6ASU.

The Tracy controller is a gift from Kevin Quinn, K6KBQ.

Judi W6CJG and Bob K6VZT Greenwalt made a donation that purchased the Tracy duplexer.

There have been many other donations as well, all deeply appreciated.

Special thanks to my wife, Elionora, K6SWE for being barely tolerant of the time and money I have put into this project.

Thanks also to Tim Sivils, K6TRK, our 2-meter frequency coordinator, for his assistance.

N5FDL/R Tracy Photo Gallery > N5FDL Repeater Photos

Eric KE9O installing the antenna

Capt. Eric Oliveri, KE9O, installed the three-element M2 2-meter beam antenna that currently sends out flamethrower signal in Lathrop’s general direction (60-degrees true).
Fred WB6ASU with repeater and duplexer

This repeater would not be on-the-air without the extensive technical help provided by Fred WB6ASU, who also runs the Lodi repeater.
Fred tuning up the duplexer

This took hours. N5FDL spent more hours programming the repeater — which required DOS and Windows 98!
Repeater and duplexer

Sitting on the bench at Fred’s house.
As installed at Station 94

This is the loaner duplexer and repeater as installed under a desk at Tracy Fire Station 94.