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Hi Gang, been a while since I've sent any repeater updates. 2004 was a busy year with work and house projects taking precedence over repeater adventures. Not that we didn't do a few things such as;

• Built and installed a new repeater in Baraboo. Took a few trips to iron out a failed preamp and other bugs but it is working great now.
• Installed a new link beam and 250' of 7/8 line at our North receive site.
• Replaced/upgraded the repeater antenna at Fond du Lac. (Pictures on FM38.org)
• Various service calls by myself, Bob N9GMT and Dave KA9FUR to fix busted/melted/worn out items

Hopefully we will get a few more things done this year such as;

1. Build and install a new repeater in Rockford, IL
2. Move the Princeton 444.950 system from it's current 70 ft.ham tower to a 400 ft. commercial site north of Ripon.
3. Add a voter and remote receive site to the Baraboo 444.500 system.
4. Upgrade several Milwaukee remote receive sites with cans and preamps.
5. Install a new amplifier at the Fond du Lac 444.600 system.
6. Lots more behind the scenes re vamping projects.

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