FARA PacketCluster

DX Spotting Node

W1FY, 145.61 MHz

Open to all hams in MetroWest... Come check us out!

Neat Stuff About W1FY!

W1FY is housed in an "insulated equipment cabinet"... a converted freezer!

Vital Statistics:

• The node is located in Hopkinton, Massachusetts at 42º 13' 00" N, 71º 30' 44" W.
• We are running on temporary antennas at about 510 feet above mean sea level. The permanent antennas will be about 20 feet higher.
• The station's digital sysops are NC1N, KA1USL, NB1B, and KC1YR. The RF system coordinator is W1RH.
• We have been on the air since Labor Day.
• Specifics about our progress are posted periodically on the node. Check the login banner messages for more details.

Find out more!

• What area will the node cover? We've run several propagation prediction models.
• Who is on the committee?
• See for yourself the presentation that led to the Board's project approval.
• Read about the project's history in the Framingham Circuit and the Scuttlebutt, the newsletters of FARA and YCCC.

Have questions about these pages?

• Contact Charlie, NC1N.

Visitor number since we moved this page on 9/28/98

Last Update: 23 May 1999