NEA495/NEA44/NEA50 node site
CALLSIGN: NEA495:KB5WBH-4 -- NEA96:KB5WBH-7 -- NEA50:KB5WBH-6
SPONSOR: Poinsett Amateur Radio Club
TRUSTEE: Mike Nettles KB5WBH
CUSTODIAN: Mike Nettles KB5WBH
SITE: Poinsett County Landfill, Crowley's Ridge, Harrisburg, AR.
EQUIPMENT: MFJ-1270B & two 1270Cs, Johnson VHF radio at 25 watts, GE Exec II at 80 watts,
Alinco 1200t converted for 9600 baud use at 25 watts
ANTENNAS: Two 4 bay DB products VHF antennas, one at 120' the other
at 130', 6m Ringo at 90'.
POWER: Rather large, non-descript 12 volt power supply.
ERECTED: First packet node installed at this site in approximately 1995 as PARC. Since then, a 6m node was added (AR50) and later nodes were renamed in 1999. In 2001, the UHF node was added as a backbone to the east.
In 2005 a 9600 baud node was installed and the UHF node was removed.
COMMENTS: This nodesite is located on the west side of Crowley's Ridge and is an important link between stations on either side.