Ham Radio and the Splash – 2018 FINAL
Awesome Day! Awesome Comm-Team! Nearly Perfect! This year the stretched goal was to add a second radio system. Over the
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Ham Radio and the Splash – 8 – 1 Day to Go
Here we are – the night before Race Day. DMR Repeaters are package up for the move to the race
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I am under 2-3 feet of snow from the last snow here in the Berkshires. I will be snow-blowing for
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So what are really the Communications Goals for this event? Here are the objectives in order of priority: Bus Coordination
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Today, I added a temporary Cross-Band Repeater on Bailey Rd. It is operating at 10w on both VHF simplex and
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Next step is to test the effectiveness of the 2 X-Band repeaters to solidify HT coverage of K1ENF. The known
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Options for 2nd Talk Channel: Ideally on DMR which would provide 2 more talk channels with one repeater system. Maybe this
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We placed a commercial DMR at K1EAK’s QTH on his tower. Typically, commercial equipment has less sensitivity on the receive
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K1ENF is the old police channel 1 antenna with a 70w Motorola MSF5000. It is located at the Enfield recycling
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For 20+ years we have used ham radio in this event. From a feeble birth with a handful of guys
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