25 August 2012
To: SBARC list
From: Bill Talanian
A big step forward was reached this week as Kevin Hess from Search &
Rescue and Bill Theeringer, W8PEY, installed a 4 ft 34 db parabolic
reflector at our Mesa site. The parabolic is pointed at Santa Ynez
Peak (SYP) and will be the first leg of an independent 5.8 GHz
multi-purpose wide-band system interconnecting SBARC remote repeater
sites. The SYP side will be a similar parabolic which is scheduled
for installation on September 3. A second link will be installed from
the Mesa site to Gibraltar Peak where the system will interconnect
with a high speed Internet connection. The Mesa site will intertie
all of the present SBARC services such as IRLP, weather, video, APRS,
and telephone to one common high-speed service with Internet
connectivity for system control. The Santa Ynez Peak system will act
as a node for many services including access by Search & Rescue into
their simulcast hub for system maintenance. Further uses are
currently in the mill and we shall report these milestones as we move forward.