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The 223.66 (FWA220) Digipeater Information

Location:  N 41  05.67    W 85  10.82

The 223.66 MHz NETROM wide-area digipeater (FWA220) located at the site of WANE-TV on West State Blvd in Fort Wayne. It uses an antenna that is side mounted at the 600 foot level of the 855 foot tower. It's primary and only usage is as a backbone connection between packet BBS systems and the packet network.

Equipment. The equipment presently in use is an ICOM IC-38A with an output of 40 watts connected to a MFJ-1270 TNC running NETROM firmware.

Antenna System. The antenna is a Tri-Band fiberglass-covered collinear, being fed by 7/8 inch foam dielectric, solid aluminum jacketed hard-line.

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