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Since we are on the W5ETX this maybe a good opportunity to inform the group on what capabilities we have.? These are linked repeaters and can be easily heard or used from areas around Tyler. Tyler 145.210 and the UHF link hub repeater is at the UT Health hospital downtown currently around 200 feet AGL. It is on a battery UPS backed up by a VERY well maintained generator that serves the hospital.? Edom (West side of Tyler) 146.62 is at a tower site maintained by the county with S.O. and VFD repeaters with a generator. Rusk (South of Tyler) 146.92 on hill behind rusk state hospital. Has battery backup and would go offline in extended outage. Hawkins 147.24 (North Tyler) is located at 750 feet, but has a definite null towards Tyler. On generator. Gilmer 147.38 (N E Tyler) is at 400feet on a hill and covers from Tyler to Mt. Pleasant. On a Generator. Many of these repeaters have overlapping coverage around the Tyler area in the event of a single site failure. The details for each of these repeaters and other repeaters in the linked network are listed under "systems" on the website. Since this was a topic of interest, I just wanted to point out some of the capabilities and long term realiability that we have in an extended emergency situation. The TARC repeaters have most of theTyler traffic and great coverage so most people become familiar with them. Let me know if there are further questions.? 73 Thomas KC5KCT On Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 2:24 PM Tommy Brooks via <kg5zsu=[email protected]> wrote: Oh yeah, the FAA won't like that. Interesting thought! Besides, who knows what else the outage has affected. |
