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Awesome! And a great use of crossover plates to implement that
mount. Let's hope that -62 becomes a -52 with the removal of some
foliage. Is the local path @ Gold clear @ the 90ft level?<br>
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I think I left that dish+modem on the floor when I was there last.
It was supposed to be Buck.Gold, but we ran out of time.<br>
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If you're going back to Buck for vegetation maintenance, can we do a
PTZ there?<br>
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--Bart<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/1/2020 9:09 PM, David C. Jenner
via PSDR wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:bc76b73f-eb5d-87cd-d45e-74e624866527@mac.com">Kenny,
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It's great you got this link running.
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If you do remove some "biological interference" on Buck, it would
be great if you could include the trees (tops?) that might block
the view to lower elevations. In the photo you took last year
(linked following) I have placed a red oval around tree tops that
could block my view of the Buck sector in the future.
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And, if you could check if there is any chance of tipping the
sector down a bit, that would be great, too. Does the sector
antenna illuminate the tops of the Cascades? Or the lowlands
between the Cascades and Puget Sound. I am so close (and below)
that I estimate I am in the 2nd sidelobe of the sector beam
pattern, losing 20-25dB of signal strength.
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Thanks and
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73,
<br>
Dave
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K7DCJ
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On 8/1/20 7:59 PM, Kenny Richards wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">With the help of Rob-NR3O and Mike-N7NFY,
a nearly 12 month old to-do item was finished today. We were
able to complete the installation of the Buck.Gold PtP, so the
Buck site is no longer dependent on the link to Capitol Park.
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On my last visit to Buck, I installed a PtP dish and pointed it
at Gold using one of the Gold sectors. The plan was to install
the Gold PtP last summer, but the list of work items for the
Gold visit exceeded our time and no real mount point was
available. The plan was to go back up with the necessary mount
and install the PtP, but it never happened and winter came.
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This morning the crew got onsite around 9:30am and we proceeded
to lift the new mount in place and install the dish/radio for
the Buck.Gold PtP link. The installation actually went pretty
painless, I was able to eyeball the alignment enough to get the
initial connection even. The final signal strength wasn't
wonderful (~62 I think), but I know the Buck side needs some
biological interference removed on the next trip. (which we have
permission todo) The dish is mounted on the north facing side of
the tower at ~90 feet(?). I was able to run the CAT5 along an
existing path, so no additional cable cushions were even needed.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ku7m.net/drop/Buck.Gold.PtP.jpg">https://www.ku7m.net/drop/Buck.Gold.PtP.jpg</a>
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I'll get to work adding the new radios to Cacti tomorrow, along
with the Rattlesnake and Blyn radios.
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NOTE1: I don't have a portable label printer and didn't think
about pre-printing one for the CAT5 in the rack for the new
radio. I 'made' a label with some scrap paper, magic marker and
a zip tie.
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NOTE2: There was a complete 921netmetal and dish in the building
at Gold. I have a bad feeling I bought it last summer for the
Buck.Gold link, left it onsite when we weren't able to get it
installed and completely forgot about it. HamWAN purchased a
new one last month for this link, so I'll confirm what happened
with Doug and donate it to his stock....
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Thanks
<br>
Kenny
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