Bucks-Lehigh UHF Repeater Association

[BLURA]

The Bucks-Lehigh UHF Repeater Association (BLURA) was founded in 1974 to serve the radio amateur community in southeastern Pennsylvania's northern Bucks and southern Lehigh counties. The WA3KEY UHF repeater operates on a standard coordinated frequency pair of 443.200 MHz TX and 448.200 MHz RX with a 114.8 Hz (Code 2B PL) tone activated squelch from a location just south of Quakertown in Bucks County. Auto-Patch is available to members. Trustees: Norm - WA3KEY and Steve - WA3RXP.

System Parameters Constitution & By-Laws

Present Day BLURA Equipment

20 Watt Motorola Flexar desktop repeater
Zetron 48MAX controller

20 Watt Motorola Radius R-100 repeater &
i50 phone-patch for portable / back-up service

Cellwave Super Stationmaster antenna

BLURA Repeaters of Years Gone Bye...
WA3KEY/R - WR3AFX

Motorola J74-BBY repeater
American Microsignal RCP-780 controller
Donated by Lehigh Valley Mobile 1981-1989

Converted Motorola J74-BBB base station
Homebrew controller by WA3GAA 1976-1981

Converted Motorola T44 strips
Homebrew controller 1974-1976

Current System Parameters

Transmitter Callsign - WA3KEY
Output Frequency - 443.200 MHz
Input Frequency - 448.200 MHz
Transmitter City - Quakertown
Transmitter County - Bucks
Transmitter State - Pennsylvania
Access Mode - PL Tone 2A (114.8 Hz)
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power - 197 watts
Elevation Above Sea Level - 640 feet
Height Above Average Terrain - 100 feet
Transmitter Antenna Pattern - Omnidirectional
Transmitter Antenna Polarization - Vertical
Transmitter Site Latitude - 40° 25' 38" north
Transmitter Site Longitude - 75° 18' 50" west

Area Repeater Coordination Council for Eastern PA and Southern NJ
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This Home Page was created by wa3key, Sunday, July 18, 1999
Most recent revision Sunday, February 26, 2017

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