Exactly the case when the nut flew a plane into the Pentagon. The Incident Command Center was at the salvation Army Headquarters a number of miles away... right next door to a fire station on VHF high-split. It desensed the 2m receiver there. I would guess because of the low signal strength from the use of handheld radios at the impact site. Comms were virtually impossible. Until we put a portable commo trailer (now in my back yard, donated by AK1E) in the parking lot of the Pentagon with a 110 watts out to the antenna. Then the handheld radios could be reduced to a couple hundred mils... which also greatly extended battery life. And the repeater had enough "juice" to punch through the adjacent fire station without causing IX problems. We also had the Incident Command reduce his output to eliminate IX to the fire station. Things went from no-comm to near ideal!!
Not really sure why Incident Command was located remotely... most likely politics. Haney showed up the next day for pictures and the PR opportunity... along with the SEC. But there are sometimes good (necessary?) reasons to employ a portable repeater... 73 Mike Perryman www.k5jmp.us -----Original Message----- From: Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters? --- JOHN MACKEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That seems like a ridiculous idea to put a repeater > in the comm van. Not really. The incident command function may not be done from the comm van. The comm van may have simplex coverage to the units, but the incident commander may be in a bad Rf location. The repeater, if used properly, can be an asset to that person. Joe Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
