Our repeater team was advised recently that a new company is managing the Galleria building and is changing the agreement regarding hosting our repeater equipment. We were previously working under a handshake agreement with the building engineer, but that agreement is going away because the building has been sold and the new owners no longer want to honor the previous arrangement.
We have determined that the proposed access arrangement under the new owners is far too expensive for the club to support. We are now under a deadline to remove our equipment by June 21. To accomplish this, we need several volunteers to accomplish this, because we will have a one-time access agreement to remove all of our equipment.
There are two repeaters that are currently functional, as well as some older equipment that was previously in use. There are also some antennas, equipment racks, and power supplies that will have to be removed, as well as the bandpass filters and associated cabling. This will require carrying this equipment down a couple of flights of stairs, loading it in an elevator(s), and loading it into vehicles on the ground.
This will be a significant undertaking, so we need as many members to volunteer as possible, as well as a couple of pickup trucks to haul the equipment to storage.
Rich Jones, W5VEK, is coordinating the effort. If you can make yourself available on Saturday, June 21, please contact Rich at 281-960-1583 or by email at
