Kent Petty

FCC Site – We don’t need no stinking noise floor!

I finally caught up with Pat Wilke, KL7JA a few days ago. Pat hung out with me in the tent for a good portion of the night during Field Day...

By Kent Petty Published September 22, 2017 FCC Building, Field Day

Site Summit MESH Adjustment – hold on to your hat!

KL7MD and KL5T trekked up to Site Summit again late yesterday afternoon to make some antenna alignment adjustments for the MESH node. We weren’t satisfied with the signal levels between...

By Kent Petty Published September 22, 2017 Mesh Networking

Working Wednesday, 9/20/2017 – Agenda

WORKING WEDNESDAY – 2017.09.20 @ 1800 – 2100 01). SNIPER’S NET CHECK-IN: 1800 to 1820 02). TEST HF WINLINK CONNECTIVITY TO FAIRBANKS / ANMC 03). SENIOR CENTER – FIND ORIGINAL...

By Kent Petty Published September 20, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Working Wednesday

Anchorage Senior Center Progress – Near Ready for Beam Install

Kent (KL5T) and Sid (KL7SID) did a bit more work at the Anchorage Senior Center on Friday, 9/15. We installed PL259 connectors on each end of the LMR-400 coaxial cable...

By Kent Petty Published September 17, 2017 Anchorage Senior Center, ARES

Site Summit MESH Node Status – Lookin’ Good

In the previous blog post we mentioned that we installed a MESH node at the Site Summit repeater site. To be more specific, this included a Ubiquiti Rocket M3 Radio...

By Kent Petty Published September 17, 2017 ARES, Mesh Networking

Site Summit Repeater Upgrades and MESH Install

A big work crew attacked the Site Summit 147.30/90 repeater site yesterday. Mike, KL7MD, facilitated site access and Dave, AL7LO led the effort to rewire the entire repeater and packet...

By Kent Petty Published September 17, 2017 ARES, Mesh Networking, Repeaters

FCC Building Update – Project Moves Forward

Dave Heimke (AL7LO), member of the club’s Building Committee, reported at the club meeting last Friday that there have been recent developments in our efforts to secure occupancy for our...

By Kent Petty Published September 7, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, FCC Building

Site Summit MESH Node – On the Horizon

Working Wednesday was productive tonight (9/6/2017) as a gang of us engineered an installation plan, built a Cat5e cable, set the down-angle tilt, upgraded AREDN firmware in the Ubiquiti M3...

By Kent Petty Published September 6, 2017 Mesh Networking, Repeaters, Working Wednesday

Working Wednesday, 9/6/2017

KL5T should be on site by between 1845 and 1900 to open the club for Working Wednesday. Not sure if anyone will be there earlier. KL7TS and KL7MM are out...

By Kent Petty Published September 6, 2017 Uncategorized

Site Summit Upgrade In Progress

Dave Heimke (AL7LO) reports that he and Mike O’Keefe (KL7MD) visited Site Summit today to prep for major DC supply system upgrades and other repeater-related matters. While there, a preliminary...

By Kent Petty Published September 4, 2017 ARES, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Repeaters

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