[MCARC] Brk

Thu May 28 21:00:05 EDT 2020

>From what I've gathered from BVT, the City owns the tower.  Somebody,
somewhere, might care about the kilowatt or two of electricity we'd use per
year....

-Farren

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On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:46 PM Dave Crawford <dcrawford2020 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I will talk to Jerry (Mayor) again and see if I can find out who we need
> to get permission from.  I think it would be OK with him but I think we
> need to touch base with the city superintendent and maybe the land owner.
> I don’t know if Mike M. (KAØDQP) is reading this thread but I would be
> interested in knowing if the city has an antenna there and also does the
> county.
>
> Also, have we determined who owns the tower itself?  I assume Blue Valley.
>
> If we have to choose between Packet and 147.285+ repeater, I also vote for
> the 285 repeater.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On May 28, 2020, at 7:12 PM, Farren Constable <farren at computershed.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> So, we have the possibility of using an existing commercial VHF antenna
> >> and/or putting a ham antenna up there.  I say both!  the .285 repeater
> and
> >> a club digipeater.
>
> >There would be too much desense each way unless there is substantial
> >vertical separation of the antennas.
>
> True, but how often would that really happen with our typical usage of
> both systems?  My guess is it would be pretty rare....
>
> Question:  what packet frequency was BRK on?  145.010?   If not, I vote
> for .010 if we put packet back up there....
>
> If we can only have one, I vote for the .285 repeater....
>
> -Farren
>
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> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:46 PM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>
>> * On 2020 28 May 18:31 -0500, Farren Constable wrote:
>> > All:
>> >
>> > I just had a very nice phone conversation with Rick Stoll from BVT.  I
>> > shall attempt to summarize:
>> >
>> >
>> >    - He knew all about the accidental removal of the clubs antenna. He
>> said
>> >    it was in the process of falling off already when they took it down.
>> >    - He's willing to install another antenna for us as long as we
>> provide
>> >    it and all the PROPER mounting equipment.  He's not going to do a
>> "duck
>> >    tape and bailing wire" job.
>> >    - (I think we should still get City approval, but that's just me.
>> Maybe
>> >    it's a "what they don't know won't hurt them" thing?)
>> >    - He said the City used to have an equipment cabinet up there but
>> he's
>> >    not sure what's in it.  BVT's cabinet is full.
>> >    - (Dennis: is the City's cabinet where the packet gear was located?)
>> >    - He said they have some old power supply cabinets "in a pile out
>> back"
>> >    that we might could adopt one if it would be large enough.
>> >    - The DB224 antenna that was offered isn't BVT's. It was just
>> something
>> >    still on the tower that wasn't being used so they offered it, but
>> it's not
>> >    really theirs to offer. My thought on that is that if somebody comes
>> along
>> >    years from now and wants their antenna back, we'll worry about that
>> then
>> >    and in the meantime we may as well get some good out of it.  He
>> didn't
>> >    remember about feedline from that antenna.
>> >    - When I asked about the possibility of getting an Internet
>> connection
>> >    up there for remote-control of the repeater, he said
>> "may.....be.......".
>> >    I don't know if the controller even has that feature, I just thought
>> I'd
>> >    ask about getting Internet.
>>
>> You're reading my mind...
>>
>> The controller won't but there are plenty of Raspberry Pis around and
>> AllStarLink would be interesting.
>>
>> https://www.allstarlink.org/
>>
>> > So, we have the possibility of using an existing commercial VHF antenna
>> > and/or putting a ham antenna up there.  I say both!  the .285 repeater
>> and
>> > a club digipeater.
>>
>> There would be too much desense each way unless there is substantial
>> vertical separation of the antennas.
>>
>> > If there's existing coax to the DB224, I've got a RigExpert AA-600
>> that'll
>> > make quick work of telling us where that antenna is at.....
>>
>> I've got the AA-230 ZOOM as well and have AntScope2 all loaded and
>> ready...
>>
>> > Dave, can I leave it to you to talk to the City people about us going up
>> > there on a recon mission?
>> >
>> > I'll be the BVT contact person.
>>
>> Thanks, Farren.
>>
>> 73, Nate
>>
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