[Fourlanders] Huntsville hamfest

[Bill Pence]

Going?
See you there.
Breakfast before somewhere?
On Aug 12, 2015 10:50 AM, "Bob Lear" <w4zst at windstream.net> wrote:

> OK, I've looked stuff over now and here is info:
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> Networking:
> Great White has a 16 port Ethernet switch and 16 CAT5 wired outlets on the
> patch panel.  So each operating position has four outlets. There are only 7
> outlets connected to the switch and I only see one more suitable jumper for
> connecting to the switch.  One position on the switch of course will be
> needed for the cable to the other trailer, which is not prewired for
> network.  If we want two ports available for the 6m station we will need
> another small switch.  I would also like to be able to have a connection in
> that trailer too since I will be in there most of the time with the
> cooking.  Brian used to have a small switch for the 222 station but he has
> taken all that extra equipment home.  There are a couple of small Ethernet
> hubs in the network box but I don't think we like or want to use hubs
> anymore.
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> 432 Omni's:
> There is 25' of mating galvanized TV mast in GW for the 432 omni's. There
> is a 30' pc of N-N superflex in GW that I think we have been using for the
> feedline for these omni's.
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> 2m Omni's:
> There is 15' of painted mating TV mast in GW.  I thought we had the 2m
> omni's up for the January contest but I don't know what they were mounted
> on.  This isn't enough.  I don't see any other TV mast around here.  Maybe
> someone remembers what we put them up with.  It looks like we need one 10'
> piece of mating TV mast for the contest.
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> 2m Omni Feedline:   The BlackHawk tower trailer is 16' long so if we put
> the 2m omni's up at 25' on TV mast then I think we should have right at 40'
> of feedline as it will need to go to the far end of the trailer where the
> beams feedline is hanging on the North side. Remember it is hanging from
> the lower beam boom rather that having a rotor loop and the rotator is
> south-stopping.
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> MISC:  There is one chain-link top rail connector in GW.  No pipe to go
> with it.  As I remember this stuff was a bit sloppy compared to the TV
> masts with crimped ends.
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> Angle Iron:  I got unsigned e-mails from some strange addresses but it
> sounded like it had to be Ron.  If so, I do have scraps of 1 1/2" angle
> iron to repair that on your trailer.
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> Internet Access:  I might as well bring this up now and am also copying
> Bill along with you Band Captains.  The Cradle Point router is in GW and we
> need to see what to do this time for Internet.  I think Bill's card we used
> to use is defunct and I think we borrowed something from Jack last time on
> the mountain.  Bill can you identify what we need?  Let us know.  Thanks.
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> Any other issues that you can think of, let me know or get it out on the
> reflector.
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> Bob
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