[MCARC] Brk

Tue May 26 19:03:35 EDT 2020

So to recap, there's a DB224 on the tower not being used that you/the club
has permission to use as a result of them taking your antenna down without
permission?
(If that DB224 wasn't being used I wonder why they didn't "clean it up" as
well?)

I know it's not tuned for the ham band, but that's a nice antenna.  Is it
the one at the very top?  Is there a good feedline already in place?

Doesn't the club have a 2-meter repeater sitting around waiting for a place
to put it???  I've lost track of what happened to the Greanleaf repeater.

I've never been up there -- how much space is available in the building?

I vote we "do something" up there!  I'm open to alternative ideas including
packet as I've been slowly gearing up to get back into packet again.

-Farren

The Computer Shed
Business Computer Services
785.747.8100

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:32 PM Dennis Mason <masondw at att.net> wrote:

> I guess this is info to anyone, so I replied to ALL.  Yes probably a year
> or
> so ago or longer, I was going down there to do a restart on the TNC, and
> observed the pile of what was the antenna for the Packet repeater.  I
> informed the city that we were not aware of what had happened, they said
> that "Bluevalley comm.", had "Cleaned up the tower".  I arranged to meet
> with BV at the tower and they indicated if we wanted to, we could use a
> DB224 ant that was on the tower( somewhat performance reduced ) being
> Business Band designed, at that time Phil and I were the only users.
> About
> a year later Phil announced he no longer had the ability to use it.  I did
> collect the pieces and purchased pieces that was needed to restore it.  It
> was purchased by Dr. Ryan years ago and I told him I had repaired and it
> was
> ready if he wanted it back.  Presently it is still in my garage and he did
> indicate he might get back on the air when his "retirement is complete".
> On the rest of the equipment I had supplied including the cabinet, is
> complete if we wish to put it back in operation.  It is at my house.
>
> Dennis k0byk
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Farren Constable
>   To: Marshall County ARC
>   Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 6:44 PM
>   Subject: Re: [MCARC] Terrestrial Amateur Radio Packet Network
>
>
>   And, talking about packet.....
>
>
>   Dennis:  whatever became of BRK on the Blue Rapids tower?  Is there
> still
> equipment there?  Is there still an antenna there?  Does it belong to you
> or
> the club?  etc.
>
>
>   If there's an antenna there that belongs to the club, how can we get
> some
> good out of it???
>
>
>   -Farren
>
>
>
>   The Computer Shed
>   Business Computer Services
>   785.747.8100
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 2:18 PM Dennis Mason <masondw at attnet> wrote:
>
>     Yep... talking about packet, I have a total, packet, 2 m Icom251A, &
> 60
> watt amp, I would like to find a home for.... Dennis k0byk
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Ken Kopp - AK�A
>       To: Marshall County ARC
>       Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 8:34 PM
>       Subject: Re: [MCARC] Terrestrial Amateur Radio Packet Network
>
>
>
>
>       I'd love to see this take off.
>
>
>       73,
>
>
>       Ken AK�A
>
>
>
>
>       On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 8:31 PM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>         This apparently has been in existence for a while:
>
>         http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html
>
>         There is a resurgent thread on QRZ.com and while they've been
> doing
> the
>         usual stuff with Raspberry Pi computers, TNC Pi TNCs, and so on,
> they
>         now have a very inexpensive KISS TNC that does 1200, 2400, 4800,
> and
>         9600 bps:
>
>
> https://forumsqrz.com/index.php?threads/packet-radio-ax25-bbs.585113/page-9#post-5475694
>
>         I'm kind of intrigued.
>
>         73, Nate
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