Minuteman Repeater Association

Belmont Repeater Site

The Belmont repeater was originally built and operated by WA1TFJ & WA1RTT in the 1980's. This equipment ran for over twenty years, but began to falter in the early 2000's. In 2004, the Crocker Public Service Group took over maintenance of the equipment and later that year replaced the Vertex-Standard repeater with Motorola transceivers and an Arcom controller. In the photo to the left, you can see the older Vertex repeater which is no longer functional. The Motorola equipment, controlled by an Arcom RC-210 sits on top of it. The 200W Vocom paging amplifier (located below the Vertex repeater) is still running strong.

CPSG dissolved on November 27, 2007 and became part of MMRA. MMRA continues to operate this repeater standalone with the original trustee's callsign (WA1RTT). The Vocom amplifier, duplexers, feedline, tower, and antenna are still the property of WA1RTT/WA1TFJ while the Motorola and Arcom equipment belong to MMRA.

As you can see, the 145.43 antenna shares a tower with several other antennas, most of which are inactive. The only other live transmitter at the Belmont site is a 222 repeater owned by another party.

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	The Belmont repeater was originally built and operated by WA1TFJ & WA1RTT in the 1980's. This equipment ran for over twenty years, but began to falter in the early 2000's. In 2004, the Crocker Public Service Group took over maintenance of the equipment and later that year replaced the Vertex-Standard repeater with Motorola transceivers and an Arcom controller. In the photo to the left, you can see the older Vertex repeater which is no longer functional. The Motorola equipment, controlled by an Arcom RC-210 sits on top of it. The 200W Vocom paging amplifier (located below the Vertex repeater) is still running strong.
CPSG dissolved on November 27, 2007 and became part of MMRA. MMRA continues to operate this repeater standalone with the original trustee's callsign (WA1RTT). The Vocom amplifier, duplexers, feedline, tower, and antenna are still the property of WA1RTT/WA1TFJ while the Motorola and Arcom equipment belong to MMRA.
	As you can see, the 145.43 antenna shares a tower with several other antennas, most of which are inactive. The only other live transmitter at the Belmont site is a 222 repeater owned by another party.