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Our New Memorial Club Call Sign Is W4KIP
"Hi Kip""
Information About Our Repeaters
What's BSRG ?
BSRG stands for Big Shanty Repeater Group. Located in Metro Atlanta, GA, we have operated an extensive Amateur Radio repeater
network for almost 30 years.
How are we funded since we don't have "memberships"? We are funded entirely by N4NEQ as well as donations. Our monthly expenses include electricity, internet, generator fuel, county taxes, building, tower, and repeater maintenance and improvements.
If you would like to make a monetary donation for repeater upkeep, we would love it! Use this link for Venmo
Or this one for PayPal
Latest Site News...
224.12 Back on the air
After being down for a bit due to severe lightning damage, 224.12 is back on the air with new equipment. Break out the old 220 rig! If you have an Anytone 878 or 578, remember that you can program 220 frequencies into it. Ask us how. Don't miss out!!
224.12 Being rebuilt and soon to be on the air
N4NEQ is rebuilding the 224.12 repeater. The 30+ year old converted GE MASTR II finally bit the dust and he's going with all new gear. It just lacks being reconnected to the controller and duplexer and will be ready to go. Stand alone at first and will be linked to the others. Dig out that 220 gear so you don't miss out on the best Ham band above HF!
900 MHz is back!!
In October 2023 K8MDM completed the installation of his Motorola Quantar 900 MHz repeater at the site (Peties House as we call it). The output is on 927.075 and the input is on 902.075. PL code is 151.4 in both directions. It is linked to the rest of our repeaters (146.655 and DMR TG 311340) most of the time but he switches it to a 927 Technical net in the afternoons instead. There is a photo and more info on this external site provided and maintained by K8MDM.
https://sites.google.com/view/927075/home
146.655 Repaired
In December 2022 after an outage due to severe lightning damage, the flagship 2 meter machine 146.655 was returned to the air. We're working on getting all the original features working again. The repeater's call sign is now our Memorial W4KIP.
Repeater Work Party
In December 2023, we worked for a couple of days replacing the leaking roof on the repeater shack, also known as "Petie's House".
We appreciate all of you who listened to our Space Shuttle broadcasts (dedicated to Tim Mallory AI4B) on our repeaters and watched on the BSRG Amateur Television repeater.
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We are a Group, not a Club. Therefore we can be very quick on our feet when we want to be and have always been known for technical progress, guided by our members.
We have a rich history:
We had the FIRST dedicated RF linked repeaters in Georgia. Way back then, the 146.655 repeater in Marietta and the 147.135 N4BZJ repeater in Dalton were linked over a dedicated UHF frequency. Many other systems imitated us later on using remote bases on the other repeater's input frequency. However that just caused interference to other distant repeaters and gave linking a bad name.
We had the FIRST Brandmeister DMR repeater in Metro Atlanta.
We had the FIRST 2 Meter DMR repeater north of Valdosta.
We had the FIRST IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) repeater in the entire Southeast. We were linked by duplex paths via Internet to hundreds of other systems Worldwide.
We had the FIRST 900 MHz Ham repeater in Georgia. As a matter of fact our founder, N4NEQ helped write the new SERA 900 MHz band plan that enabled reuse of cheap Motorola radios. This laid the foundation for other 900 activity all over the Southeast.
From 1990 to 2012, the BSRG retransmitted all NASA Space Shuttle mission audio non-stop throughout each mission.
Our Shuttle audio transmissions (as well as the video feed the Big Shanty TV Repeater provided) were a memorial to Tim Mallory.
AI4B. Tim and Ralph (N4NEQ) had an idea years ago to provide this service to the Amateur community. We proudly presented it as a tribute to Tim and his love of radio!
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