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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FYI: </FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I drove the route of next weekend's MS-15 bike ride
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>(Atkins to marshalltown and back) <A
href="http://bikenth.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/NTHBikeEvents?fr_id=10600&pg=entry">http://bikenth.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/NTHBikeEvents?fr_id=10600&pg=entry</A></FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had a 45 Watt Icom IC-3220H transceiver connected
to an OpenTracker2 TNC.</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought there was a digipeater
in Marshaltown. Evidently not.</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can see from the attached track that coverage
is great until I descend into the Salt Creek valley 2 miles east of Hwy
63. Only two beacons were received west of Hwy 63, both at high
spots: 1 mile west of Garwin and at Green Mountain. These beacons were
picked up by N0INX-1 (Grimes) and N0BKB-1 (Arbor Hill).</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A temporary fill-in digipeater located
at</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Green Mountain (elevation 1024 feet)
should cover the western half of the bike route.</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Klaus</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
<DEFANGED_DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>N0YWB</FONT></DEFANGED_DIV>
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