FSM node site page

FSM495/FSM50/FSM node site

CALLSIGN: FSM495:W5ANR-4 -- FSM50:W5ANR-6 -- FSM:W5ANR-8

SPONSOR: Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club (FSAARC)

TRUSTEE: Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club (FSAARC) - Randy Baggett, KG5NE

CUSTODIAN: Randy Baggett, KG5NE

SITE: FSAARC's Club site on Cavanal Hill, WNW of Poteau, Oklahoma

EQUIPMENT: MFJ 1270 TNC, two MFJ 1270B TNCs, Motorola Micors (30 watts on 147.495, 15 watts on 145.01), GE Mastr Exec II 6m radio (70 watts)

ANTENNAS: Workman fiberglass antenna for 147.495 meter, Diamond CT-22E 5/8 wave stacked antenna for 145.01, and a ground plane for 6m.

POWER: alternating banks of batteries

ERECTED: This is the site of the original FSM01 packet node put up back in the 80s. It was converted over to X1J4 nodestack with a new name and additional nodes in September 2001.

COMMENTS: While this site is in Oklahoma, it has excellent coverage in Western Arkansas, especially the greater Ft Smith area. Cavanal has quite a bit of altitude over average terrain. It should be able to provide links to Gaylor (NWA) and Mena into the network and to Tulsa, Oklahoma (TUL).