Glen, While technically not in Dallas, I will argue that it is partially in Dallas County. See the image linked below. Our antennas are <100 feet from Dallas County, according to Google Earth.
The only thing left of TAGER is the TAGER tower, and from what I hear, they want to take it down. It's sad, as the tower is hosting 1 repeater, and might be hosting a second in the near future. Feel free to drop by on our repeater 145.43- 110.9. It's typically used by K5UTD club members and a few TI guys. http://i.imgur.com/imcazFj.jpg On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Glen Zook <[email protected]> wrote: > I just hope their signals are clean! :>) Just joking! > > UTD, actually UTDIRICC (University of Texas, at Dallas, in Richardson, in > Collin County) is located about 1-mile, straight west, of my house. > > UTD is NOT located in Dallas! It is in Richardson, Texas, former home of > the "new" corporate headquarters of the Collins Radio Company. UTD > started as the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies / TAGER (The > Association for Graduate Engineering Research) and when that facility > became associated with the University of Texas System, J. Erik Jonsson, the > top official of TAGER , was the CEO of Texas Instruments and was also a > former mayor of the City of Dallas. Jonsson insisted that the new > university be called the University of Texas at Dallas and not, like with > other University of Texas campuses, be associated with the city in which > the university is actually located. As such, the university is not the > University of Texas at Richardson. > > The main university complex is not even in Dallas County! It is in Collin > County. > > Glen, K9STH > > > Website: http://k9sth.com > On Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:16 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner < > [email protected]> wrote: > In the not so distant past, in a galaxy not so far away, we had college > satellite night the first Thursday of the month. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Andrew Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Nick and Bryce, > > > > In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the > college > > stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be > interested. I > > suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup. > > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hey Andrew! > >> > >> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester > >> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as > they > >> are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station there, > finding > >> time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an email! Congrats on > the > >> station! > >> > >> Bryce > >> KB1LQC > >> > >> > >>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello Group! > >>> > >>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur > >>> Radio > >>> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our > satellite > >>> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get > the > >>> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as > we > >>> had to collect the parts from various people and build several > components > >>> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no > other > >>> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in > >>> moving > >>> about four truckloads worth of gear. > >>> > >>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for > our > >>> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an > >>> Arduino. > >>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to > do > >>> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed > with an > >>> update. > >>> > >>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science > >>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of > luck, > >>> we > >>> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just > >>> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof > >>> for > >>> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of > Davis > >>> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR > >>> preamps. > >>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a > >>> few > >>> jumpers here in the shack too. > >>> > >>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be > more > >>> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking > out > >>> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry > >>> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other > goals > >>> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club > >>> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for > >>> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects. > >>> > >>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ > >>> > >>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or > >>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have > >>> been possible without them. > >>> > >>> 73! > >>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB > >>> Vice President, K5UTD > >>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > >>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Koenig > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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