CON495/CON50/CONWAY node site
CALLSIGN: CON495:W5AUU-4 -- CON50:W5AUU-6 -- CONWAY:W5AUU-8 -- #ADEM:W5AUU
SPONSOR: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM)
TRUSTEE: Faulkner County Amateur Radio Club - Glenn King, N5GK
CUSTODIAN: Mike Nettles KB5WBH, State RACES Officer
SITE: ADEM Complex, End of State Hwy 286S, South of Conway
EQUIPMENT: MFJ-1270C TNCs, GE Mastr Exec II 6m radio (70 watts), Alinco Dual Band (147.495), Kenwood TM-231 2m radio (145.01), two 486 computers, VGA monitors
ANTENNAS: 6m PVC dipole, 2m 5 element yagi, and 2m 11 element yagi
POWER: Astron RS-70M
ERECTED: The W5AUU BBS has been there for a number of years, but was changed over to an X1J4 nodestack in early 2000.
COMMENTS: The Conway complex is up on a ridge that runs east-west just south of Conway. The amateur radio stations are in a separate mobile home on the grounds. The W5AUU BBS is connected through a serial connection to a second computer that has 24 hour access to the internet. While the BBS can serve as a terminal to receive messages during an emergency, W5AUU is not manned until a request is made and operators are called to activate the station. This request would normally come from a county judge or his appointed emergency director. The purpose of the internet connection is to allow system operators to access the BBS remotely, and to allow the forwarding of messages from packet to the ADEM LAN via special gateway activated by special addressing of messages.
