[Wprcnews] K3QY Simplex Test at new and higher repeater site July 01 2013

[John Salsgiver]

Hi ALL:

On  July 01   2013 at  or  about  2030hrs  EST, The Fort  Armstrong
Wireless   Association-Kittanning  Pa. (following it's regular weekly
ARES/RACES Net)  is   going  to  conduct  a   net  to  determine  the
coverage  we  can  expect  from  our  new  repeater  location  in Northern
Armstrong  Co.  We   will  be   operating   on  145.590 .
Ourre-coordination   is   still  pending  for the  new   site.  The Antenna
is   facing   South    so   we  are  expecting   greater  reach   into
Southern Armstrong   County  and   Alleghany  County  Pennsylvania.

The  purpose   of the  test   is  to  see  if  stations running   5 watts
on  an HT  and  25 watts  on  a  mobile  can  access  the   site and   to
determine  the   amount of   power  we'll need   to  facilitate  reliable
two  way repeater   communications.  Yes,  it's   non-scientific  but  it
may  give  Eric- KB3TTX  and I an  idea  of   how  much tx power  we  should
program  the  repeater  to   put  Too, and   most   importantly we   want
to  try  to  assure that  we   will not   cause   interference  with   other
repeaters with  an  output  frequency  of   145.410 MHz [KB8WLW-Parm  Ohio,
WV8AR - HURRICANE, WV] thus  the  reason  for   including  them on  this
email. 

To  that  end,  we  are   asking  WPRC members  to   request  of  their
client/operators  to  participate  in our  drill in  addition  to  those
who  use  the KB8WLW and WV8AR  repeaters.   We would  like   operators  to
pre-register by  28 June  2013  to  participate  in our  drill.  The  reason
for   pre-registration  is to   provide  a   list for  Eric  who  will be
the   net  control  op  at the  tower  site on  July  01.  He  can  then
go  down  the  list and call out  those  who  chose  to  assist   us  with
our  endeavor by county   in alphabetical  order   and   call out the   call
signs   of  pre-registered   operators.

To Mr.  Keller-AB3ER  I  would  request  that   you   disseminate  my
request   to   all  EC's  and  AEC's in  the  Western  Pennsylvania Section
and  to  those   listed   in your   email  of  10 June  2013 re: Energizing
Emergency Communications Conference.  While  I  have their  email addresses
from the  email  you  sent  out and  what   appeared on the attendance
sheet  for the  event,  I  did not  want  to  cold  call  those who  do not
know  me. 

To  any  and   all  who  will participate.   Eric-KB3TTX  will be  asking
for   your   call sign, zip code, state  and  if  you are   using an  HT -a
mobile OR  both and signal  report if  you   have  not  already   provided
same   with  your   pre-registration.  If  you  can  participate, please
respond to  me   by 28 July 2013.  Send  an email   with "K3QY Simplex
Test"  in the  subject  line, In  the  email  body please in   your  call
sign, zip code, the   county &  State   where you  will  operate  from and
if  you are   using an  HT -a  mobile OR  both.

If we   may get  a  large  number  of  operators  who will assist   us  by
checking in,  we  shall  call operators   by  County in (Ohio, Pa.  WV. ) in
Alphabetical  order.  

Thank  you  in advance  if  you are  able  to  assist   us.
73
John  Salsgiver-KB3SVJ  Fort  Armstrong  Wireless Association  K3QY-R
Kb3svj at gmail.com
c/ 724-954-1486




Cc 
KB3TTX- Eric  Longwell, Asst.  Reeater  Trustee Fort  Armstrong  Wireless
Association-K3QY-R
KB8WLW- KB8WLW repeater system
WV8AH- Mr. ARNOLD A HAYES  per WV8AR-R
AB3ER-Larry Keller ARES SEC, Western  Pennsylvania
N3JSP- Norm  Goldinger- Pres.  Fort  Armstrong  Wireless  Association-K3QY-R