During the clearing of underbrush in preparation for construction, the feedline for the temporary W7YAM Trimode Station antenna was accidentally severed at its egress from the building. The W7YAM Trimode station at the McMinnville EOC will now be unavailable until construction is complete and a permanent antenna is installed. Expectations are that the W7YAM-11 RMS Packet station may stay in operation.
It was quite a surprise to find the automatic tuner was able to still tune the remaining coax stub on 40 and 20 meters.
We are happy to announce W4BXR-10 Gateway for Packet and VARA FM is up and running near Watertown TN in South East Wilson County TN. This is a Kenwood TM-V71 with a Masters Communication DRA-50 connecting to a Dell Ultra Small Form PC.