[HamWAN PSDR] Who has short clean LoS to Cougar?

[Bart Kus]

Good stuff!  Try to grab it from a place where we might leave a dish, 
and house a yet-to-be-weather-proofed amplifier.  *Short* runs of LMR400 
might be OK, but the attenuation/ft is really high @ 6GHz.  The 
amplifier looks a little like this, and it makes noise when it runs:

http://www.avalonamprepair.com/hughes_1177h-series.jpg

http://www.avalonamprepair.com/hughes_1177h-series.jpg

We'll dangle a 5SHPn modem with a 20dB attenuator off the RF INPUT port, 
and then attach the antenna to the RF OUTPUT port.  We'll have to turn 
down the power on the radio to just +20dBm so as not to saturate the 
amplifier.  It only needs about 0dBm for full +40dBm output.

--Bart

On 10/16/2013 8:06 PM, Kenny Richards wrote:
> This picture really sucks, since it was taken free hand with my 
> iPhone, but it sort of give you an idea of the shot to the radio 
> towers.  This is taken from my front yard, the red 'dots' are the 
> lights on the towers to keep planes from flying into them.
>
> http://www.ku7m.net/drop/CougarRadioTowers.png
>
> It is suppose to be clear tomorrow, so I'll try to grab a better 
> picture in the morning.
>
> Kenny
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Kenny Richards <richark at gmail.com 
> <mailto:richark at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I would be lying if I said the location wasn't a big part of why
>     we picked the house. :-)
>
>     Sent via radio waves!
>
>     On Oct 16, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Steve <stevewa206 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:stevewa206 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>     Dang... Can I move into your place Kenny? :)
>>
>>     Stve N0FPF
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Bart Kus wrote:
>>
>>         Got pix of the towers from your location?  When might I be
>>         able to come over and inspect the situation in person?
>>
>>         --Bart
>>
>>         On 10/16/2013 4:00 PM, Kenny Richards wrote:
>>
>>             I have line of sight to the radio towers on cougar.  I'm
>>             about 3 miles as the crow flies...
>>
>>             Sent via radio waves!
>>
>>                 On Oct 16, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us>
>>                 wrote:
>>
>>                 Hi all,
>>
>>                 Is there anyone on list who lives close to Cougar and
>>                 has a clean line of sight to it?  Issaquah highlands,
>>                 Sammamish plateau, etc? I'm looking for a volunteer
>>                 to point some equipment @ Cougar towers from a nearby
>>                 ground location.  We'll leave it installed for 2-4
>>                 weeks to run the experiment.
>>
>>                 Oh, and the experiment has to do with scatter
>>                 communications, utilizing radio towers as reflectors.
>>                  You'll get a 30dBi dish and a 10W 6GHz amplifier for
>>                 a whopping 10kW EIRP.  It'll send out beacons with
>>                 your callsign, and we'll try to pick them up around
>>                 the Puget Sound.
>>
>>                 Fun times!
>>
>>                 Let me know if you can help,
>>
>>                 --Bart
>>
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