The Lafayette City-Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness has constructed a remote receiver site for the 145.370 Mhz Skywarn/ARES/RACES repeater system. Amateur radio operators may transmit on 145.370 -600 Khz offset with a P.L. tone of 94.8 Hz to gain access to the system when in the Broussard vicinity. A similar remote receiver site already exists at Cajun Field. Following are photographs taken during its construction and assembly.

Photos From March 3, 1999

View looking South on Highway 90. The Broussard
Water Tower is visible in the distance. The remote
receiver is located under the tower.


Turning onto the tower road off Highway 90.


The concrete slab that will support the remote
receiver electronics. It was constructed March 3, 1999.


L-shaped slab. The cabinet will sit on the
top part high off of the ground.


The four mounting bolts for the cabinet can be seen.
One conduit will be for wires and the other for
a grounding rod.


Thanks to everyone involved, the remote receiver
may soon be a reality!.


Photos from March 5, 1999


The form cleared away on March 5, 1999.


George Jackson (left) and Dave Moore cleaning off the top
and adjusting the mounting bolts.


George inserting the grounding rod.


Carrying the radio housing to its foundation.


The receiver enclosure mounted on its foundation.
Almost completed! Thanks to George and Dave
for a job well done.