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.
