[K4RY] moving the K4RY shack -- again

Thu Jun 7 22:51:24 CDT 2012

Auburn Lakes Road is out north of Auburn proper, and the land is University property under the Ag department.  If you go north past the fisheries, turn northwest onto US280 at the Bottle, and go to the first and second streets to the left, that is Auburn Lakes Road and Gold Hill Road.  

Much of that property belongs to Auburn.  There is, or was, a respectable Ag pavillion out there with hard power that AUARC used to use yearly for field day.  So, I know there are some structures out there, although I don't think any are enclosed.  It needs to be snake and wasp free!

I would guess that there is internet access out to at least the brand new fisheries building.  Since most all amateur equipment can be powered from 13.8VDC, it could also just use solar arrays and batteries.  The duty cycle would not be all that high, normally. Sounds like a good 'green' effort to promote in the school press.  It also minimizes any line noise.  I have never just gone through that area looking for small buildings, but looking at it on Google Maps, there appear to be many.

FO internet = fiber optic internet; i.e. a decent bandwidth internet connection capable of multiple channels of data.  Probably a T1 at least.  WiFi isn't going to hack it the distance from campus out there, but might from the new fisheries building into that area.  

New transceiver(s)?  Probably yes.  Some that we currently have might be used for fixed frequency operation (like the statewide nets).  

If this were remote operation, we would be talking about multiple antennas to be able to have multiple transmitters on the air simultaneously.  So, some band filters might be in the acquisition category as well.  

Perhaps this is a driver to finally put up that log periodic dipole array.  I'll bet there are heavy duty tower sections hanging around some dusty back yards on campus somewhere.  It would not need to be 'high'.   This is also a good place for VHF and UHF antennas, because the land out there is at a much higher elevation than campus.  

73

John...
WB4LNM  

Dear John,

The administration is in a "fact finding" mode right now, trying to better understand the problem and scope of options.  I don't think they even CAN say (today) what they are willing to invest.  I just got a phone call from another department, questioning if the request to move is really mandatory -- so it is a complicated.  But I believe we need to be on the ground floor of discussions.  It doesn't hurt to explain what we feel will be the best solution. In my 23 years here, I've been often pleasantly surprised.  

Tell me more about the "perfect world":
- Auburn Lakes Road (I'm not familiar with the location, can you give me coordinate)?
- FO intranet?
- we would buy new transceiver(s)?

John Hung

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hung <HUNGJOH at auburn.edu>
To: John Klingelhoeffer <wb4lnm at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 7, 2012 5:00 pm
Subject: Re: [K4RY] moving the K4RY shack -- again

Dear John,

The administration is in a "fact finding" mode right now, trying to better understand the problem and scope of options.  I don't think they even CAN say (today) what they are willing to invest.  I just got a phone call from another department, questioning if the request to move is really mandatory -- so it is a complicated.  But I believe we need to be on the ground floor of discussions.  It doesn't hurt to explain what we feel will be the best solution. In my 23 years here, I've been often pleasantly surprised.  

Tell me more about the "perfect world":
- Auburn Lakes Road (I'm not familiar with the location, can you give me coordinate)?
- FO intranet?
- we would buy new transceiver(s)?

John Hung

On Jun 7, 2012, at 9:18 AM, John Klingelhoeffer wrote:

Good morning ;

Yes, I can understand that, but the University (or School) is saying 'get out' without providing a list of possible alternative sites.  Blue-skying the possibilities is a terrible waste of time if you are +20 dB above what the administration is willing to give.  

In a perfect world, I'd put the tower(s), antennas, and multiple transceivers out in a field up at Auburn Lakes Road (high and quiet ground and owned by the University already) and remote control them via high speed FO intranet (a full-time T1 circuit, at least) back to campus.  That way, members could operate HF and VHF/UHF wherever they wanted to, campus room, dorms, or off-campus apartments, via laptops / desktops remotely controlling the equipment.  

The Club can always meet for multi-person meetings at the Student Union, which is built and operated for such things, rather than maintaining its own 'office' space.  We need to focus on getting student hams on the air and not just meeting weekly to talk among ourselves.  The repeaters on Haley should be an intercom for all members and all members should have the ability to use them whether through Club-provided handy-talkies or via Echolink.  

That's my two cents, boss!

73

John...
WB4LNM

Dear John,

I don't know the constraints yet, but my advice is it is better to first ask for the sky, and be told we have to scale back.  Otherwise, we might miss an opportunity.

Remember, we are being moved by people who are not radio persons, so the scientific issues are lost on them.

John Hung

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