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swapped duplexers on 147.315 (installed Tx/Rx cans... they rock)

re-prom'd the UHF to change the call


damn i hate CLB MSF's....proms...YUK


NOTE: reposting potential hamsexy pics to hamsexy.com is *NOT* authorized w/o my permission... nor is off site linking to my AOL account.

i'll post more pics tonight when i receive the digi stills that were taken... there are dark b/c it was a crappy fuji toss away camera....

doug


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Now that's a site!

Is there an elevator inside the bridge tower, or did you have to lug that 160lb MSF5000 up there on a hand truck???

Bob M.

Holy nice location, what is the range from that site with your machines?

No elevator at all. You gotta pull all large equipment up with a rope. We typically attach a pulley at the top and then the ground crew will pull the equip to the equip room.

And what a beautiful site from the top! Its breath taking!

what is the range from that site with your machines?

it varies. i can trip the uhf from my house approximately 30 miles north of the site with an HT in the house.

the vhf is a little more picky, but i can hear it in the house - just can't talk analog on it... digital works ok most of the time inside tho.

overall, the coverage is pretty nice throughout jacksonville.



doug

How in the hell were you able to get your site in this location?

jim wrote:How in the hell were you able to get your site in this location?

Elaborate hoax maybe.

Actually the first person that owned the UHF machine got the site i think. When he went to Guam the machine was sold to another member in the club and then the VHF machine was added.

Its all about knowing people. And its no hoax, i have been on the top of that pillar while 2 blackhawks flew by at eye level.

ww9z (mark) petitioned the Florida DOT for permission to place the original repeater there in 1998.

it took over a year to get approval for the repeater and antenna.

there is no grounding, and limited power at the equipment room... and it's 220v wired into standard 115v outlets. seems as though they never thought anyone would want to do anything in those rooms, so the only power is the 220v system for the lights... so we tapped that and made our own outlets for the repeaters...works great.

just ask the ham club that plugged their drill into one of the outlets w/o re-wiring it!!!!


SMOKIN!


anyway, rusty is correct....i'll put up some more pics to provide photographic proof of the installation for the nay-sayers.

wb4bsd wrote:

Its all about knowing people. And its no hoax, i have been on the top of that pillar while 2 blackhawks flew by at eye level.

batdude wrote:

anyway, rusty is correct....i'll put up some more pics to provide photographic proof of the installation for the nay-sayers.

Just kidding, but seriously post some pictures.

I would LOVE to see pictures from the top with the antennas, or better yet, a shot of the equipment room. That is one damn nice location, i think i would have an excuse to visit often, like, what was that barely audible sound on the output, etc.

I take it that you have to climb a ladder all the way up if there isn't any elevator? Or is there stairs?

Doug,
I have a couple of drive isolation transformers you can have. They are 120-240 primary, 120/240 seconday. If you want them, let me know via PM how many KVA you need.

Freight is on you though!

Martin

deal!

Wow, you had to haul all the equipment up those ladders on the outside? That must be quite a job each time you need to visit the site.

Outstanding pictures to say the least. Thanks for sharing with us!

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doug

And I spent Sunday afternoon fixing a Spectra, more like four hours on it.

Very cool site...This is where I have my 147.39. It's only 340' to the tip of the Stationmaster though.

Dame's point bridge, does I-95 go over that?

no. the dames pt. supports florida state road 9A, which will eventually form the east side of the loop around jacksonville - and will be renamed I-295

d