The magic repeater can be activated on several band now!

You can now find us on VHF 145.170 MHz. - offset amd a 100.0 Pl tone.
On UHF you can access the system from UHF 443.050 MHz. +offset.
We also have 6 meters up on line. 53.470 MHz with a - offset, (Temporarily down for repairs)


Currently the Magic repeater system is going through several changes and we hope to have another system near Foresten, Mn. on 146.745 MHz, N0GOI repeater. At this time we have three receive sites up and running. The receive sites are located in Woodbury, MN. KF0ZM, St. Paul, MN. KA0JLB, George N0SBU in Hugo, MN. One of the current changes to the Magic repeater system is the installation of a new voter and two new reciever sights. One in Brooklyn Center,and one in Bloomington.  We hope this will solve a lot of the sight hopping we were having. The sites use a UHF link to the voter for those of you who didn't already know. Note!

While listening to the repeater I often hear the first time amateur asking questions like, how come I can hear the 145.170 mach. on 443.05 or what do you mean I'm going through the St. Paul Park site? If your one of the newbie's to the magic repeater system or any VHF or UHF system your not alone. With all the new no-code techs entering the VHF an UHF bands I hear these questions every day. What ever your current license maybe or maybe your even a avid scanner listener, let me see if I can fill in some of these blanks for you. For an example if your in the Woodbury MN. area and using the 145.170 MHz machine with a negative offset and a Pl tone of 100.0 your listening to the out put of the transmitter which is located in St. Paul, MN. When you transmit with the negative offset your transmitting on 144.570 MHz and may very well be getting into several receive sites. WHAT IS A RECEIVE SITE? A receive site and we have a few, is just what it sounds like. In short its another repeater that receives your signal as you transmit and then retransmits the signal. In the case of the magic system and the example above your signal is received and retransmitted on what we call a UHF LINK to the main transmitter in St. Paul. At the St. Paul main site there is of course a UHF receiver that grabs the signal and retransmits the signal out on 145.170 MHz. Now that is a simple explanation of what is going on when you transmit. There are a few other thing to keep in mind that are going on behind the scenes. #1 the main site may also be transmitting your signal on another band such as UHF and our 443.050 machine. #2 You might be into several sites at the same time. That's where the voter comes into play. It receives your signal from the different sites and determines which sight your getting into best by comparing each signal from each sight and the noise levels coming from each of the sites. The voter then says "hay I'm getting a better signal from the Woodbury site than I am from the St. Paul  sight so lets use the Woodbury signal" and then passes that signal through the system.

Magic's Main Site

  1. LOCATION

    The main site for the magic repeater system is located about 1 mile north of the MN capital



  2. POWER

    The 145.170 -offset 100.0 Pl tone transmits 100 watts



  3. HEIGHT

    Elevation at the main site is 980 ft. The tower stands 56 ft. and the antenna base is 60 ft.



  4. 6 METER MACHINE

    The magic 6 meter machine can be found at 53.470 MHz -offset. Currently running 30 watts.

    (Temporarily down for repairs)

  5. Woodbury Site

    LOCATION Just SE of 694,94,494 junction.

     

  6. Hugo Site

    LOCATION At Hwy. 61 and 141 St. No.

     

                                                                                                                                           

The Magic Repeater would love to have you check into there Saturday night net. All are welcome to check in. The net is friendly general chat net with various topics. Have a want? Have a question? Well then you should be checking in at 7:00pm every Saturday, on the 145.170 repeater with N0SBU George your net control. We have Rain Report at the top of the net provided by George NØSBU. And we always have KA0NAN Marty with great announcements. Than we take checking's  and at times we even have a topic to discuss.  

 So don't be shy, come on by ,and say hi. From me and you and the MAGIC crew.

73 N0SBU, George.

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E-Mail George.

n0sbu@arrl.net