Station W7SA
Emergency Communications Center Building 811R Information
The EmComm Center is housed in a 8’x 20’ modular building.
Inside of the facility are 3 complete independent high power HF radio stations, a VHF & UHF Repeater, an APRS Weather Station (W7SA-12) and a Dual Band DStar VHF/UHF, iCOM, ID-5100A Transceiver.
The station also has the capability of full duplex, high power amateur radio satellite operation with computer controlled (azimuth and elevation) and frequency tracking with high gain, selectable polarity, circularly polarized beam antennas.
HF Antennas that are available for use are located on twin 70 foot, electrically retractable free standing towers Approx. 111 feet apart with independent HF Yagis at Approx. 71 feet with a horizontal 2 meter and 6 meter beam at the 77 foot level. The Dual Band repeater antenna tops out at approx. 96 feet AGL on the south tower. A Trapped, Fan Dipole covering 75, 60, 40, 30, 17, and 12 meters is suspended between the twin towers (CURRENTLY DOWN). Omni directional antennas are also available on the north side antenna rack that cover 6 and 2 meters and 70cm.
The entire facility is connected to large, auto-start diesel generator for emergency power.
A big THANK YOU to the following individuals and companies for supporting our station with their time and materials:
Henry Zappia, N7HND for donating the 2m Repeater radios
Randy Burcham, KD7KEQ, CRC EmComm Center Designer
Mark Spencer, KC7BCL, for arranging material donations
Colleen DeGrado, in memory of David DeGrado, WB6RAO (SK), for APRS, WX Station, Solar Power and Batteries
Polyphaser, RF lightning protection
Times Microwave Systems, Coax
Emergency Communications Team