The Simulated Internet Outage drill for W7OWO and W7OWO-10 has complete and the gateways now are running in the normal modes. In real Internet Outages they should automatically go into Hold For Internet Resumption, but can be treated as a Post Office during the outage.
After successfully placing my VARA FM Gateway (WB4UBK-12) into operational status, I have placed together a RMS Tri-mode HF station into initial operational mode.
The antenna is a end-fed half wave antenna oriented east-west. Power is set for 5 watts for testing purposes but upon testing completion will be increased to 50 watts. Only using VARA at this time.