At 10/3/2008 23:46, you wrote: >Gary Glaenzer wrote: > > "and I-70 to approximately Limon, CO, almost to > > Western Kansas" > > > > with all due respect, it's 90 miles from Limon to the KS border > >Okay, "over 100 miles, and more than half-way from the repeater site to >Western Kansas". > >Better? :-) > >Nate WY0X
Back in '05 I unsuccessfully tried accessing the 2M & 440 repeaters on Pike's Peak from Mt. Sunflower (highest point in Kansas, almost right on the CO-KS border). The repeaters there use low gain antennas (I assume the owners are worried about lightning - anything more than a 3 dBd antenna would easily make it the highest point on the building & maybe the entire mountain), so I wouldn't be surprised if there are some other systems in the surrounding ranges that actually have better coverage to the east. Bob NO6B
