BEECN SW Portland Repeater: Difference between revisions
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* MIL-STD-810F for shock, rain, vibration. | * MIL-STD-810F for shock, rain, vibration. | ||
* .5 m drop. | * .5 m drop. | ||
=== Antenna: MaxRad Antenna === | |||
The antenna, which should be stored in the mast bag and affixed already to a segment of mast, is a portable MaxRad MFB 4505 UHF vertical 4.5dBd gain antenna. This antenna was spec'd out with the original repeater kit and includes 15 meters of connectorized coaxial cable. | |||
=== Mast: BlueSky Mast AL2 Standard Series === | === Mast: BlueSky Mast AL2 Standard Series === | ||
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=== Power: ZAMP Solar Generator === | |||
Output of 200 watts for charging AGM Group 27 battery, and directly powering PC, tools, etc. | |||
== Program/Policy Background == | == Program/Policy Background == | ||
PBEM Ops Chief purchased the repeater kit in the Spring of 2014 and it arrived at PBEM in July that year. It was tested twice, and then stored at the Jerome Sears Center. Institutional knowledge on how to use the repeater was forgotten at PBEM. A family of squirrels also took up living in the mast bag and they ate one of the instruction manuals. The repeater was moved to volunteer care in 2024 after PBEM was booted from Sears and the repeater was successfully tested again in April 2025. | PBEM Ops Chief purchased the repeater kit in the Spring of 2014 and it arrived at PBEM in July that year. It was tested twice, and then stored at the Jerome Sears Center. Institutional knowledge on how to use the repeater was forgotten at PBEM. A family of squirrels also took up living in the mast bag and they ate one of the instruction manuals. The repeater was moved to volunteer care in 2024 after PBEM was booted from Sears and the repeater was successfully tested again in April 2025. | ||
Note about the mast kit: the BlueSky mast was cannibalized out of PBEM's Go-Kit program because it is superior to the mast kit spec'd with the repeater kit. The original mast was a 32 ft. tubular antenna mast in four foot sections. However, the mounting tripod to that mast appears to be missing. | |||
