[FADCA] Network Status - E Central Florida

[bud thompson]

DAB ROSE 145.05 (N4WKQ-5) links northward to St. Augustine ROSE.  Northward 
beyond that we go through two X1-J nodes to get to JAXBBS or KC4OUA-10 
Telpac.

The DAB to STA backbone can be moved to 9.6kb in a day on two day's notice.

DAB
9.6kb
south to
DeLand FPAC 144.91 (N0IA-8/9)
9.6kb
south to
Orlando FPAC 145.07 (N4PLZ-8/9)
(Located in Deltona 20 miles too far north)

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Melbourne FPAC 145.09 (W4MLB-8/9)

Melbourne is sitting there with  few users but has 1200b (145.09) and 9.6kb 
(441.050) user access and UHF backbones to Vero (1200b) and Orlando (9.6kb) 
The backbone to Vero can be changed to 9.6kb in less than ten minutes time 
when Vero is ready.

An appropriate site for the Orlando FPAC previously thought lost may be 
re-visited in the near term.  Once the Orlando switch is moved there will be 
9.6kb backbones to Clermont, DeLand, and Melbourne.  The Orlando/Melbourne 
path is 50 miles, so might be a tad tight.  If so, we may be able to link to 
Coco then Melbourne.

What is needed to complete this is (1) Clermont on the air with 9.6kb 
backbones eastward and westward, and (2) a positive link between Orlando and 
Melbourne.

Sunday we put a  LINUX computer on my workbench with more than sufficient 
comports/USB ports for the Orlando FPAC (which will need five eventually as 
we plan on a 9.6kb user access LAN.)  K4GBB has been configuring this test 
box this past few days and we hope to have the Orlando FPAC running under 
LINUX by this time next week.

Charlie, N3PPC and Jack KB9LEB are the Linux gurus on this end - I just keep 
the computer plugged into the wall.

Let's hope for the best over the next 90 days or so.

73,

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