[FADCA] Heard this morning

[Tom Tishken KD4WOV(laptop)]

kd4wov's telpac node is running a DSL connection.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bud thompson [mailto:budt at cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:18 AM
> To: Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association;
> k4gbb at earthlink.net
> Cc: Harold Lloyd W4OE; Edwin A. Crowell; Tom KD4WOV Leesburg;
> k4rot at arrl.net; Catherine KG4UKI; Dan Babilla KA0OXH
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Heard this morning
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles S Schuman" <k4gbb at earthlink.net>
> To: "FADCA - News Reflecter" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 09:23
> Subject: [FADCA] Heard this morning
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> >I usually run a check on the Ocala Heard lists every weekday morning.
> > This morning I saw 4 strange calls on the 145.030 port - I
> can't tell what
> > their Sigs were because I am accessing the port as a user.
> > the calls were :
> > KI4DYE - Sumpter ARES
> > K4ROT - Lady lake
> > W5TWR - The Villages
> > W4OE - The Villages
> >
> > <<Charlie>>
> >
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> Thanks for the good news, Charlie-
>
> W4OE is Hal Lloyd who lives in The Villages but is in charge of
> the Sumter
> County digi at Lake Panasoffkee.
> W5TWR is Ed Crowell who lives in The Villages as is the mover/shaker for
> getting the ham group there set up for EMCOMMs
> K4ROT is the Assistant EC Lake County ARES
> KI4DYE is probably a digi (licensed to Sumter ARES Repeater
> Group)  I'm not
> sure this is the digi scheduled for Lake Panasoffkee (Sumter
> County) but may
> be.
>
> Horary for four more packet stations on the air!
>
> I believe the digi radio for Lake Panasoffkee is 50w and likely
> programmable
> (at least frequency agile in some way).  The digi will be on a
> 140 ft tower.
> With the information flowing so fast, I suggested it be programmed for
> 145.01, 145.03, and 145.65 and so they would be able to put it on
> the best
> frequency to serve their group and the network  (yet to be determined).
> There has been more antenna damage at Citrus Tower (Clermont site) than
> previously thought, so it could be another few weeks getting the Clermont
> Switch up (Also a heard of wasps has taken over the Citrus Tower
> and must be
> relocated before any work can be done up top!)
>
> Ed W5TWR has a Telpac Node (DSL broadband) in The Villages and Tom KD4WOV
> (Grand Island) has a dial up TelPac working.  We plan on having those two
> Telpac nodes on 145.01 to be reachable through the K4FC (TAV) node at
> Tavares for the meeting / demonstration of E-mail over ham radio at the
> Tavares EOC on Nov 18th.
>
> I just yesterday had a call from Catherine KG4UKI north of Crystal River
> (Inglis) - perhaps less than 20 miles from the K4GBB ROSE switch
> in Citrus
> Springs.
>
> We may bring some of this together yet!
>
> bud N0IA
> 386 574 4124
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