Above:  The old and the new, side by side:  The rack on the left houses the new repeater, with the duplexer in the middle, and its predecessor on the right, as a backup if the new unit fails beyond what can be repaired on the spot.

Above:  The new W7LT/R 146.84 repeater, mounted in its rack.  Power amplifier above, exciter, receiver and controller below.  Power supply lives behind the power amplifier.

Above:  Putting the pieces together:  John White, K7RUN, installing the power amplifier into the rack, and making tuning adjustments.

Above:  The Larch Mt, WA, repeater site. Home to W7LT/R.

The program for PARC's general meeting will be ""They've Gotten Rid of All The Radio Ops on Merchant Vessels--What Do We Do Now?"  Dick Bass, W7SMR, will be presenting this overview of maritime communications at the meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m., Friday, January 17.  The club meets in the auditorium on the lower level of One Liberty Center, 650 N.E. Holladay Street, Portland, Oregon.  Entrance is at the rear of the building.  Refreshments will be served.

The VE test session will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room on the lower level.  Please contact n7xb@arrl.net or call or w7lt@arrl.net or call 503-257-7320 to assure a spot.