[HamWAN PSDR] Questions from a newbie

Wed Jun 19 12:57:26 PDT 2019

Ross,

The Capitol Park install is on top of an 11 story building, so the actual figure is probably closer to 150’, though I don’t have a precise figure handy.

That said, line of sight is quite critical. Some bushes or a tree or two in the way is probably workable if the conditions would otherwise be good. A forest, buildings or landforms in the way are a serious problem.

At 9 miles away, that 50’ on the Capitol Park side probably isn’t going to make a huge difference to your models. So you’ll want what height you can get.

I could be mistaken, but I believe Tom ran the coverage models assuming the dish goes on the roof of a 2 story house, which explains you seeing some coverage.

Nigel

> On Jun 19, 2019, at 12:37, Ross Sponholtz <rsponholtz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> I’m interested in joining the PSDR as a client node, but have a couple of questions:
> Does anyone know how high above the ground the Capitol Park antenna is? I assumed 100 feet for the below.
> I live in Bellevue, and a small area around my house is light red in the coverage diagram.  Looking athttp://wisp.heywhatsthat.com <http://wisp.heywhatsthat.com/>, it says I need to be 22 feet above the ground to get LOS to capital park. How accurate would you consider this?  Would it be pointless for me to try to set this up if I can’t get up that high? I realize that putting up an antenna/hardware would really tell me this, but I’m somewhat reluctant to invest in the hardware if my chances of success are low.  I suppose I could always create a portable setup if all else fails.<image001.png>
>  
> Are there any other tower locations that would be better for me to look at?  It looks like beacon hill and east tiger won’t work at all.  Any others coming online soon?
>  
> Thanks!
> Ross Sponholtz
> N9TGX
>  
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