Philipsburg 575 Repeater

The Philipsburg 575 is a low-level repeater serving the Philipsburg Borough and surrounding areas.

Parameters:

  • Call sign:  WRDT431
  • Frequency:  462.575 MHz  (FRS/GMRS Channel 24)
  • Offset:  +5.00 MHz
  • Uplink tone:  192.8 Hz
  • Downlink tone:  192.8 Hz
  • Location:  Allport PA
  • Elevation:  1640 ft. AMSL
  • Height:  25 ft.
  • TX Power:  36 watts out of the duplexer and into the feed line
  • Feed line loss:  1.3 dB  (26%)
  • Antenna gain:  6 dBd
  • Effective radiated power:  107 watts

Components:

  • Hustler G6-450-2 omnidirectional collinear antenna (6 dBd)
  • Times Microwave LMR-600 feed line (60 ft)
  • WACOM 532-4001-004-678 Duplexer
  • Sinclair FP30107-3 bandpass filter
  • 1 dB attenuator before preamp to provide 50 ohm impedance match
  • ARR P460VDG preamp  (18 dB)
  • 6 dB attenuator after preamp to reduce preamp gain
  • ICOM IC-F621-2 receiver  (0.25 µV)
  • ICOM IC-F621-2 transmitter (45 watts)
  • Communication Specialists TP-3200 Controller

Familiar Voices:

  • WRDT431 – Bob Snyder, Allport, PA
  • WREE664 – Darren Dixon, Philipsburg, PA