Stafford Schools

August 14, 2010 - participated in the Stafford School Link test with the Stafford, VA ECOM group. Several volunteers drove to the schools in Stafford County and we gathered signal reports at the EOC. At the same time, we noted the signal strength of from the other test sites at our remote site. This provides a way to determine the feasibility of simplex communications between schools within Stafford.

The test ran for two hours and was well organized. My rig was a FT-857, 10' RG-58, MagMount dual band on my truck. High power was 50W on 2M and 20W on 444. Low power was 5W on both bands.

Here is my data.

W7IY	School #9						School #21					
												
			Rptr    Simplex					Reptr	Simplex			
Call          Loc	All	2M High	2M Low	440High	440Low	Loc	All	2M High	2M Low	440H	440Low
EOC	        	59	59+	59+	52	N/A		59	59	59	54	54
KJ4SDD	       2	59	51	Nil	Nil	N/A	3	59	59+	59+	59+	59+
KJ4VOV	       4	59      57	53	Nil	N/A	8,18	59	58	52	Nil	Nil
W4CTD	       16	59      59+	59+	Nil	N/A	25	59	57	54	57	54
KB4XF	       5	59      52	51	Nil	N/A	4	59	41	31	Nil	Nil
AD5QA	      12	59      59+	58	59+	N/A	17	59	59+	59	59 	55
AK1E	      20	59      51	Nil	Nil	N/A	14	59	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
K4KSQ	      19	59      Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	30	59	52	Nil	Nil	Nil
KI4JVE	      29	59      59 	53	41	N/A	24	59	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
N4WDC	      27	59      59+	59	58	N/A	28	59	59+	58	Nil	Nil
N1CDO	      15	59      56	52	Nil	N/A	22	59	59	52	Nil	Nil

• Used 'S' meter for signal strength.
• I copied all stations via the repeaters

School Info - grab the doc file with the school numbers, addresses, lat/long.

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