Re: [Elecraft] OT: Re: KPA500 mobile?

2017-04-15 Thread Clay Autery
The tunnel on Taylor Road, Newcastle, CA, which is the best candidate for a tunnel on a road that may have been part of the old US Route 40 as it officially ends in Utah now. :) That tunnel runs ENE to WSW or therabouts... 0.103 km or 544.6 feet 62 degrees 49 minutes from south to

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Re: KPA500 mobile?

2017-04-15 Thread Matt Zilmer
I think that both XM and Sirius were/are using 2.2 GHzor thereabouts. It's not MSS territory, but it works if you have enough power behind it. 73, matt W6NIA On 4/15/2017 4:32 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Well, one of the side benefits of this list ... lots of smart and knowledgeable people. A

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Re: KPA500 mobile?

2017-04-15 Thread Fred Jensen
Well, one of the side benefits of this list ... lots of smart and knowledgeable people. A summary and then it can pass into the archive ... 1. The first of "my" tunnels is in Newcastle CA [between Auburn and Sacramento on the old US40 and Lincoln Hwy route] and was constructed sometime

[Elecraft] OT: Re: KPA500 mobile?

2017-04-15 Thread Clay Autery
I would think it would depend almost entirely on the orientation of the tunnel... (and satellite reception azimuth). First, the longest of those two tunnels is only 425 feet or so. The other is significantly shorter (southbound). The tunnels are oriented generally north/south which is the