[Ccarc] repeater coverage for website

[Tom Denton]

Brandon,
Do you have the Radio Mobile program? Your sample picture looks like a 
product of that coverage mapping program. I have it (it's a free 
download), and used it a few years ago to make a relative comparison 
between the current repeater site and a possible alternate site.
Radio Mobile includes topography in its calculations, and should give a 
good prediction of coverage under "standard" conditions.
Here is an example of enhanced propagation that would not represent the 
coverage one should expect:
Some years ago, on the morning of the Brickyard 400, Rae N9YFW was in 
the infield of the Speedway, and talked on the .18 with Todd N9PVQ and I 
here in Logansport.
So, I'm suggesting the individual reports are good for judging 
day-to-day propagation, and the software would be better for maps on the 
website.

73,  Tom Denton     KB9VMW

Brandon DeLorenzo wrote:
>
> I would like to put a coverage map on the website that shows how far 
> someone has hit the repeater for handhelds mobiles and base radio's.  
> I need for everybody to send me a brief email telling the farthest 
> location away that you have still been able to hit the repeater, type 
> of radio, (HT, Mobile, Base) and how many watts.
>
>  
>
> So far, my farthest is Fulton, IN on my HT with 5 watts, stock antenna.
>
>  
>
> If I get enough information compiled then I will create a map for the 
> website similar to the one below.
>
>  
>
> **Brandon J. DeLorenzo (KC9LVB)**
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>  
>
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