[aprssig] Lubbock Paths?

[Earl Needham]

At 07:00 AM 9/17/2007, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>Actually, I think we were misslead by the web page that made no
>mention of WIDE2-2.  Looking at FINDU centered on Lubbock, It
>appears that Lubbock has an excellent set of digis and they
>appear to be properly configured
>For New-N.
>
>http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/near.cgi?call=KC5ZRQ-10
>
>It looks like surrounding areas are still using "N" digis that
>have not been fully updated with settings, but they do support
>WIDEn-N.  So, it looks like there is no problem at all.  Its
>just the wording on the original web page that seemed to imply
>that WTX2-2 was the only recoemmnded path was missleading.
>
>End of drill.

         Not quite!

         The digis that you see near Lubbock -- W5LBB-6 and W5LBB-4 
-- are both on UHF, according to their beacons.  Someone travelling 
through the area on 144.39 will never see them.  I had no idea 
they're there, and I go through (or close to) Lubbock at least once a 
week.  If W5LBB-3 has such a great range, then I guess it doesn't matter.

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         Earl

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