Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society
The
223.66 (FWA220) Digipeater Information
Location:
N 41 05.67 W 85
10.82
The 223.66 MHz NETROM wide-area digipeater
(FWA220) located at the site of WANE-TV on
West State Blvd in Fort Wayne. It uses an antenna
that is side mounted at the 600 foot level of the
855 foot tower. It's primary and only usage is as
a backbone connection between packet BBS systems
and the packet network.
Equipment. The equipment presently in use
is an ICOM IC-38A with an output of 40 watts
connected to a MFJ-1270 TNC running NETROM
firmware.
Antenna System. The antenna is a Tri-Band fiberglass-covered collinear, being fed by 7/8 inch foam
dielectric, solid aluminum jacketed hard-line.
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