Author Archives: GB3OA

Node 5302 short outage

Posted on October 8, 2015

The repeater’s internet linking Node (5302) went offline last night (7th October) due to a failed Operating System upgrade. We’re pleased to report the fault has been fixed and everything is now running normally. In addition, it was noticed that … Continue reading →

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GB3OA back on air

Posted on December 20, 2014

Although nothing was actually found that could explain the problems that took ‘OA off air, a re-aligmment of some elements on the repeater has been undertaken. As promised, the repeater was back “on air” yesterday (19th December), but in the … Continue reading →

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GB3OA available via Internet streaming.

Posted on January 10, 2014

On test now is a stream feeder of the output of GB3OA to Shoutcast, which means that GB3OA can now be listened to worldwide by anyone! On your smartphone browser, tablet or PC go to www.shoutcast.com and type GB3OA into the search … Continue reading →

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Internet linking temporarily unavailable.

Posted on January 1, 2014

I hope everyone who used the internet linking facility on the repeater managed some good contacts yesterday! Unfortunatley, due to some inappropriate operating practice this morning (Wednesday 1st January), the internet linking has temporarily been turned off. The reason for … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 24, 2013

Wishing all users and listeners of GB3OA a very merry Christmas!  Why not pop on or listen out for activity over the forthcoming days! It’s likely GB3OA will connect up to the New Year’s Eve party on Reflector 9200. An announcement … Continue reading →

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Internet Linking Twitter Updates

Posted on December 19, 2013

The twitter feed of the repeater @GB3OA now contains an update every time the repeater becomes connected to a remote node or station. If you are subscribed on your smartphone to GB3OA on twitter you’ll receive the following  information: which system … Continue reading →

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Internet Linking

Posted on November 17, 2013

To avoid any confusion, just a friendly reminder that the internet linking (both IRLP and EchoLink) is currently not available on GB3OA. It is planned to have it returned as soon as possible, but the hard drive in the “Node” … Continue reading →

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