[NCARC] our Digi/APRS system

[Matt Kassawara]

Does this shadowing happen further west towards the hills or close to I-25?

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Kevin D Hogg <kevindhogg at msn.com> wrote:

> Michael,
>  I've been working with the software Radio Mobile Deluxe over the past few
> months, and have prepared a rough plot of the LRA APRS repeater on Namaqua
> hill.  I've attached it, but it can be found online here as well:
>
>
> http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pT4vfRPRsX4L9zuhVM3MwqtoP_pBfWm4hJ8P0y
>
> Qent77noiAgBuznzCDLriQp4gwipywM8dqNEvMxiDtlDc3U2g/LRA-VHF-RprtCoverage.pdf?d
> ownload
>
>  If you pull it up, you'll note that just west of Wellington (near County
> Road 60) there are some areas of "spotty" (yellow) coverage - I'm guessing
> due to some hilly areas just to the south.  Note I used many estimates
> entering parameters into the software to assemble this coverage plot, so it
> is what I call very rough.  However, the fact that the areas you mention
> show up in yellow makes me think it's not too far off.  Anyway, take a look
> and let me know what you think.
>  If what the plot shows is reasonably correct, further north of where you
> mention would start to improve.  Only suggestion I would have to improve
> the
> coverage in this area would be to move this repeater to Horsetooth, as it's
> area of coverage is generally better due to its higher elevation.
>
> Thanks,
>   Kevin, W0RF
>
>
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:25:48 -0700
> From: Michael Robinson <michael at frii.com>
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> I've been experimenting with our APRS digi.
> It seems there is severe shadowing north of Larimer county road 60.
> Anyone aware of this?
>
> 73 Michael N7MR
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