[MNham] NE MN & NW Wisc Digi Information

[Jeffrey Nast]

I'm in too....

-Jeff
KC0MKS


john af9t wrote:

>Hi Doug and others,
>Matt  KB0KQA was kind enough to forward your recent posting on the MNAPRS
>list to me. I have since joined the list.
>
>I have been on aprs for about 4 years have worked with a small group of hams
>to install a system of digipeaters in NW Wisc. and NE Minnesota. This
>started with K0NDX-10 in Duluth in the Summer  of 2001. The terrain in this
>area makes digi locations much more challenging than in "flatland". We have
>an area within  the Duluth city limits that even the club voice repeater @
>500 ft does not access.  Our coverage area goes across a continental divide
>and over some very rugged hills, especially on the north shore. We also have
>a much smaller number of stations to act as relay stations.
>These factors make a 60-80 mile distance between digipeaters unworkable in
>many areas.
>
>Each year we provide a number of aprs trackers for Grandma's Marathon and
>the North Shore Inline Skate marathon.
>The course for these marathons wind along the rugged north shore of Lake
>Superior. Some of the 5 watt trackers are in vans, and some on motorcycles
>with ham/EMT combinations. We have cellular phones for backup communications
>and they don't work on some parts of the course that aprs covers.
>
>I will pass along the specifics of each digi and approximate mobile coverage
>area. Maybe this will help to avoid duplication of coverage areas when
>planning future digipeaters.
>
>73, John AF9T
>
>K0NDX-10 Duluth Antenna Farm
>Motorola Micor @ 40watts
>Diamond X700HNA @ 600ft S face of large tower
>KPC3plus ver 8.3 Relay,Wide,Trace, NoID
>Coverage: approx 25 mile radius with shadowing to N &NE
>
>
>W0GKP-10 Mahtowa,MN
>GE Delta SX @ 35 watts
>M2 4 element yagi @ 125ft pointing 225deg (I35)
>KPC3 ver8.2 Relay,Wide,Trace NoID
>Covering I35 from Atkinson to Willow River
>
>
>N0WW-10 Deer River,Mn
>Mitrek @ 40watts
>Diamond X700 @ 300ft
>KPC 3ver 8.2 Relay,Wide, Trace NoID
>25-30 mile radius.
>
>KC0FTN-10 Two Harbors,MN
>GE Delta SX @35 watts
>Diamond CP22 @50ft
>KPC 3 ver8.2 Relay,Wide,Trace, NoID
>15mile radius  also covers S shore of Lake Superior to Cornucopia & Iron
>River,WI
>Primary site for start of Grandma's Marathon & N. Shore Inline Skate.
>Covers north shore to Split Rock/Beaver Bay.
>
>
>KA0TMW-1 Hermantown,MN
>Ge Delta SX @ 35 watts
>4 dipole array @ 120ft  inline to North
>KAMplus Relay only
>Fills in holes of K0NDX-10 coverage to north.
>
>KC0MKS-10 Knife River,MN
>Heathkit @ 10 watts
>vertical @ 35 ft
>DIGI-ned experimental station.
>Relay for marathon mid-point gap.
>
>N0BZZ-10 Washburn,WI
>Motorola @ 40 watts
>Directional antenna to S
>KPC3plus ver8.3
>Relay,Wide,Trace NoID.
>US Hwy 2 from Iron River to Hurley,WI
>
>KC0KSH-10 Rice Lake,WI
>Icom 2100H @ 25 watts
>vertical @ 120 ft
>MFJ1270b
>Relay,Wide,Trace UIDIGI1.83b
>30mile radius
>
>KD9FC-10 Hayward,WI
>Ge Master II @ 40 watts.
>vertical @ 100ft
>MFJ1270b
>Relay,Wide,Trace UIDIGI 1.83b
>20 mile radius
>
>AA0AW-10 Solon Springs,WI
>GE Delta SX @ 40 watts
>Diamond vertical @ 120ft South face
>KPC3ver8.2
>Relay,Wide,Trace NoID
>Douglas county south of Middle River ridgeline.
>
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