[FADCA] Bridging The Gap - Update

[Chuck Hast]

On Thursday 10 October 2002 19:10 L, you wrote:
> Deltona
> Thursday Oct 10 1855EST
>
>
> BRIDGING THE GAP ALONG THE EAST COAST NETWORK
>
> Today Charlie, N3PPC, and I braved the 100+degree / 300% humidity inside
> the hut and installed a backbone/trunk port at Orlando FPAC (W4PLB-9) to
> link to Melbourne (W4MLB-9). (We likely lost five pounds each, and Charlie
> can hardly afford that!)

This is very good. Now if we can only get the same done over here.

> During the mid-day heat we had a solid 220 MHz link to #COA (X1-Jn) which
> must be used as a digi (N4LEM-2) to link between FPACS W4MLB-9 and W4PLB-9.
> This should mean we will have a 24/7 link between Orlando and Melbourne
> once Melbourne FPACE is stable. Then we will have 24/7 network connectivity
> from Jacksonville to Hollywood along the East Coast.

Is there any way that they would convert that X1J box to FPAC? if they would
do that the whole problem is taken care of. 

-- 
Chuck Hast
KP4DJT
kp4djt@tampabay.rr.com
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my
going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of
torn and twisted metal."