MARCA - Motorola Amateur Radio

Pinal Peak ARA Work Project


This ongoing ARA project involves our amateur radio group.  We have a digital network node on Pinal Peak.  This digipeater is part  of a large packet radio network of radios and radio links around the state and throughout the country.  We have links on both Pinal Peak and Mt Elden.

We have participated in several work days on the mountain to help assist the ARA group in this project.

Here's what we've done ... (click to see the photos)

Work project #1: Getting the hardline coax on the tower.
Work project #2: Removing the old tower and installing some of the new antennas.
Work project #3: Finish installing the antennas.
Work project #4 Rack mount the radios.
Talk on the radios.
Work project #5: Fix the Digipeater - bad radio - bad omni antenna
Work project #6: replace the omni antenna

Reports by Paul Bennett KD7KDO


 written 19 December 2004

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