Healy Mt. Repeater

Healy Mt. Repeater
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Healy Mt.(63N52.69', 148W51.29', elevation 998 meters, GPS)
near Healy MP 249 Parks Highway
Installed May 1994 by KL7XO & AL7FQ
Healy1 Healy2 Left: Community Repeater Shack. KL7KC repeater antennes, Diamond X-50A for two-meters and Cushcraft 224WB for the 223 Mhz link, are on tower to the left of building. AL7FQ is stringing up coax.

Right:TV translator antennas and surrounding country side.

Healy3
Healy4
Left: Looking west. The Parks Highway south to north goes left to right through the center of photo.

Right: Inside of shack.

223 MHz Link - Path Profile
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Above: Path profile, Ester Dome to Healy. (already loaded)
Left: Map showing path between Healy and Ester Dome
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223 MHz Link - Path Loss Calculation
Elevation antenna A720(m) Ester Dome
Elevation antenna B998(m) Healy
Elevation obstruction853(m)Tota
Distance A to B124(km) Ester Dome to Healy.
Distance A to obstruction89(km) Ester Dome to Healy Mt.
frequency224.88(MHz)
Theta0.0047rad
V 0.90
defraction loss13.45 dB
free space loss121.37 dBEster Dome to Healy Mt.
TOTAL PATH LOSS134.83 dBdefraction + free space

223 MHz Link - Fade Margin Calculation
Tx power8.00 watts Ester Dome
Tx power39.03 dBm Ester Dome
tx coax -1.75 dB50'*3.5dB/100'
tx ant gain5.15 dBi AEA Isople *
rx ant gain7.20 dBi 224WB 4ele Yagi
rx coax-1.75 dB50'*3.5dB/100'
system gain47.88 dBm
TOTAL PATH LOSS134.83 dB from above
rx sens-110.00 dBm (20dB S+N/N)
FADE MARGIN 23.05 dBrx sens + system gain - path loss
10dB for 90% reliablity
20dB for 99% reliablity
30dB for 99.9% reliablity
40dB for 99.99% reliablity

* There is no published gain for the AEA Isopole antenna. A reasonable estimate would be 3db more than a dipole. This is 5.15 dbi

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