BLY node site
CALLSIGN: BLY495:W5ENL-4 -- BLY44:W5ENL-5 -- TNGATE:W5ENL-7 -- BLY:W5ENL-8 -- #HAWG:W5ENL
SPONSOR: Mississippi County Amateur Radio Association
TRUSTEE: Mississippi County Amateur Radio Association
-- Jack White K5SMV
CUSTODIAN: Jack White K5SMV & Mike Nettles KB5WBH
SITE: Baptist Memorial Hospital on N. Division in Blytheville, same site as 146.670 repeater.
EQUIPMENT: Two MFJ-1270Cs, an MFJ-1270B & an MFJ-1270, Johnson VHF radio - 20 watts on 145.010, Midland 2m radio - 25 watts on 147.495, Johnson UHF radio - 25 watts on 441.025 & Ritron UHF radio - 25 watts on 446.025 radios, Pentium 200 computer running DosFBB 7.00g and BPQ nodeware.
ANTENNAS: 6 el UHF yagi for 446.025 aimed at Harrisburg, 10 el UHF yagi for 441.025 aimed at Memphis, Homemade J-Pole at 90' for 145.010 and a Ringo Ranger II at 100' for 147.495 MHz.
POWER: Homebrew power supply, backup generator for hospital.
ERECTED: W5ENL has existed as a BBS since 1993, but there has been a PBBS/Node there since the late 80's.
COMMENTS: This BBS not only serves the greater Blytheville area, but also the Missouri Bootheel and Memphis! One of the two meter ports connects back into Arkansas while the other connects into Tennessee and onward towards Nashville. There are two UHF ports, one links to nodes in Memphis, the other is for a backbone link into Arkansas.
