[PCR-1000] receiver location in house/Antenna relay et al

[mikea]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 02:11:53PM +0200, Graham Black wrote:
> That's a really interesting set-up. What about lightning though? No concerns
> there?


> From: "Dr Tom" <trichert@tir.com>
> To: <pcr-1000@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] receiver location in house/Antenna relay et al
> 
> 
> > Yo Group......
> > I just got to tell you all how my PCR-1000 is configured and where it is
> > located in the house.  It is not in the house, it is 80 feet up the tower
> > right under the 18 foot duel band antenna and it really cooks!
> > No coax loss, well, a foot of 9913 and couple of connectors.  Serial port
> > works ok for about 60 ft of wire as my shack is on the second floor.
> > Receiver is in a tupperware container (I'm serious!) I have a video camera
> > in there too, one of them little x-10 Annaconda's...  It watches the back
> > yard.  Four floodlights at 40 feet are x-10 controlled. I am located on
> Lake
> > Huron and listen to the marine channels and commercial aircraft.  I am on
> > the route from Boston/New York/Toronto to Chicago/MN St Paul and west.  I
> > run TalkPCR.  Took a while to get it to work good....
> >
> > mcsdottom
> >
> > 60 miles NE of Detroit..

I have a summer place on the east side of L. Huron: the part that
the Canadians call "Georgian Bay", which is the eastern half or
so of the lake. Summer weather there includes frequent T-storms
and the occasional tornado. I'll be taking my PCR-1000 and Yaesu
FRG-100, but the antennas will all be indoors, and I'll run the
rigs off battery to isolate them from power disturbances. It's
also not uncommon to be power-down for as much as two weeks,
which is not totally unreasonable since we're 15 miles from town
by boat, and lightning strikes appear to target the exposed parts
of the hydro lines.

I'll be within a 1-mile circle centered on 45N 80W, and I'll be 
thinking of you. But I won't be seeing mail or news for a month!
<insert VBSEG _here_>

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin since 1964