Lead-acidbatteriespoweringaWRT54Grepeater.Thepoweristransmittedtothe
radioovertheattachedethernetcableinjector.(Photoby
KD50UG)
Battery-poweredWRT54Grepeating
betweenaninternetsourceandthe2006
WildRide
comma
nd
post
.(Photob
yK
D5
0U
G)
connection,thecardallowedKevinSims,
Jr.,KD5PQA,tousethisarrangementto
uploaddigitalstillpictures.
Reststopnumber2,atLakeLavon,
wasachallenge.Itslocationnearthelake
levelwasnotline-of-sighttothelocal
WirelessIndependentServiceProvider
(WISP)inLavon.Lastyearan802.11b
bridgeinstalledona160-footCorpsof
Engineerstowerlocatedatthedamwas
usedtosendthesignaltothereststop.
ThetowerisnowleasedbytheCityof
Wyliefortheircommunicationspurpos
esandwasunavailable.
ThenewICOMD-STARradiowas
usedtoovercomethischallenge.John
Beadles,
N500M
,usedanID-1,provid
edbyJimMcClellanN5MIJ,witha
homebrew8-elementYagifor1296
MHz.WiththisantennaJohnwasableto
linktotheinternet-connectedD-STAR
repeaterlocatedindowntownDallason
oneofthetallbuildings
-a
distanceofabout27miles.TheD-STAR's128-kbps
EthernetoutputwasconnectedtotheinputofaLinksysWRT54Gaccesspoint
toprovidea802.11signaltotherest-stop
digitaloperator,JohnBarrett,KE5CRP.Whilethespeedwasveryslowcompared
toan802.11bwirelesssignal,itgotthe
The2.4-GHzsignalonlyhadtotravel
1/2
mile,butthetrailerlocationwasnotin
line-of-sight.Therefore,abattery-oper
ated802.11bbridgeprovidedbyJohn
Beadles,
N500M
,wasplacedonatri
podoutinafieldinline-
of
-sightofEisemannCentertorelaythedigitalsig
nalstothetrailer.Theinternetfeed
allowednetcontroloperatorsfullhighspeedaccesstosendandreceivee-mails
andpicturesfromthereststops.
Reststopnumber1waslocatedina
cul-de-sacinaresidentialareainWylie.
Theconnectiontotheinternetwasmade
withtheuseofaSprintPCSBroadbandcardinstalledinalaptopcomputer.While
itsspeedwasnotasfastasan802.11b
Thenetcontrolstationwithinternet
pro
vided
over
HSMM.Fromlefttoright:
DougKilgore.
KD50UG
;StanLiljekvist,K5SRL;
and
JohnGalvin.N5TIM.
(PhotobyN5NOT)
wereStanLiljekvist,K5SRL,andJohn
Galvin,N5TIM.Thegoalofthedigitaloperationsinthis
eventwastoexercisecapabilitiesthat
wouldbeusefulinanEMCOMMsitua
tion.ReststopsnumbersIthrough4were
connectedtotheinternettoallowsend
ingandreceivinge-mailmessagesand
sendingdigitalstillpicturestoawebsite
thatcouldbeviewedbynetcontroland
anyoneontheinternet.
AninternetfeedtothenetcontroltrailerwasprovidedbytheCityofRichard
son(COR).KevinSims,KD5YVL,who
istheCORnetworkmanager,activatedan802.11baccesspointthatwasinstalled
byhamslastyearattheEisemannCenter.
www.cq-vhf.com
Winter
2007.
CQVHF
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