On Oct 19, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Keith McQueen wrote: > I guess it's a different world out here in the wild wild west. > Very few machines run more than 30 watts. Of course with our 10,000 > + foot granite towers we don't need any more. Some machines have > 100+ mile (radius) coverage.
Have HAAT, will travel! :-) Our highest-coverage VHF repeater puts a whopping 11W to the antenna. It lives at 11,440' MSL, about 5000' HAAT. It has a coverage radius for 50W mobiles of about 150 miles. 50 miles for HT's, generally. It covers I-70 at the Eisenhower Tunnel to the west, to almost Limon, CO on I-70 to the east. Just south of Cheyenne, WY on I-25 to just north of Monument, CO on I-25 to the south. It's nice having them thar' hills, ain't it? ;-) On the other hand -- the CRAP it HEARS up there... uggh... noise floor... ick ick ick. We push the receiver right down to the noise floor so the HT users can get in, since it's 21 miles from Downtown Denver. It's quieter up there on UHF -- the UHF at that site works even better. :-) But there's trade-offs... I'm jealous of a friend in Indianapolis who can get to his repeater year-round (no snowbanks bigger than the vehicle) and it's 5 minutes from his house (closest repeater site for me is a 40 minute drive in the mountains in good weather!). Such fun. Good stuff. -- Nate Duehr, WY0X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
