Tests today from Fire Station 8 and Manchester Dock with the new Poynting antenna.
FS8 Simpson Training Tower: no signals, water tower right in front of me. Next step--negotiate for access to the water tower (already started).
Manchester Dock: good signals from Baldi, Haystack, and from AE7SJ.
From Manchester on Colchester Dr. at Yukon Harbor Rd.
-78 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ (previous was -73 with Laird antenna and clear weather)
no Baldi
no
Mirrormont
From Manchester at Manchester Dock (end of Madrone Dr. E)
-71 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ 70 degrees (over the south end of Bainbridge Island)
-79 dB AE7SJ 70 degrees
-72 dB N7FSP/Baldi-S3 160 degrees (over the south end of Blake Island)
-73 dB N7FSP/Baldi-S1 160 degrees
I am getting another (same) tripod, so I will have two setups: one with Poynting antenna, and one with Laird
antenna, for some A/B comparisons.
73 from Dan at K7MM
From: Daniel Ransom <danra995@yahoo.com>
To:
Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Kitsap County Tests: Manchester, Fire Station 8
Today I did some ground-level tests at Fire Station 8, and I documented Manchester.
From Manchester on Colchester Dr. at Yukon Harbor Rd.
-73 dB Haystack-S3/AE7SJ
no Baldi
no
Mirrormont
From Kitsap Fire Station 8 (on the ground, lots of surrounding vegetation)
no signals
I expect to do an elevated test at Fire Station 8 on Friday.
I can hardly wait to get my Poynting antenna.
73 from Dan at K7MM
From: Tom Hayward <esarfl@gmail.com>
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Kitsap County Tests: East Bremerton, West Bremerton, Silverdale