VA3BPL is located 100km south of
Dryden off Hwy 502 on the way to Fort Frances. The tower is a 260', operated
by solar, owned by Abitibi Consolidated.VA3BPL APRS DIGI
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VA3BPL is located 100km south of
Dryden off Hwy 502 on the way to Fort Frances. The tower is a 260', operated
by solar, owned by Abitibi Consolidated.
The side mounted Sinclair 210-C4 was
once the antenna for a packet repeater node. This was a joint effort between the
Amateur Radio Society of Dryden and The Lake of the Woods Amateur Radio Society
of Kenora.
Dryden supplied the radio and packet node while Kenora supplied the 210-C4 and
7/8" feed line. Since packet has virtually died out locally, it was changed to a voice repeater,
then now back to an APRS DIGI. With permission from Abitibi
Consolidated, the radio equipment donation from Prairie
Mobile Communications, and the TNC was donated by Bill, VE3BVC of Fort Frances.
The
DIGI is a GE Exec II, at 10 watts, Argent Tracker2 TNC.
Here
are a two people that helped make this happen, with the donation of radio
equipment and time to help build the repeater . On the left, Murray
Ronald(VE4RE), President of
Prairie Mobile
Communications, on the right, Richard Walczak, Service Technician & Manager
for
Prairie Mobile
Communications, Kenora.
