Antenna Farm:

There are three towers located at the Lincoln, RI site.

The first to go up was the 50' south tower for the VHF/UHF antennas.

There is a Diamond X-500-HN on the very top which is used for the main AX.25 pbbs user port and the Tcp/Ip CENTMA 1200 bps repeater in Southboro, MA. and a side mounted Austin 5/8th wave vertical for the ARPS system.

Below the Diamond are several yagi's:

  1. 15 element 220 beam for the AX.25 backbone link to the K1UGM node in Wakefield, MA.
  2. 10 element 440 beam for the Tcp/Ip CENTMA 9600 bps repeater in Southboro, MA.
  3. 6 element 220 beam for the Tcp/Ip link to the IP node switch.providence in Providence, RI.
  4. 6 element 440 beam for the backbone link to the PVD440:KA1RCI-2 node in Cranston, RI.

Below the various yagi antennas are a few 5/8th wave vertical antennas for 2 and 220 user ports.

The second to go up was the 40' north tower for the HF antennas.

There is a Crushcraft R5 on the very top which is used for the AX.25 pbbs ten meter user port . Below the R5 is a Crushcraft 2/440 beam which is mounted above the rotor and is connected to the Tcp/Ip node ka1rci.ampr.org for sysop fun and games. The next antenna is the large HF beam also above the rotor. Just below the rotor is a multi-trap dipole for 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters.

Below the HF antennas are several yagi's:

  1. 6 element 144 beam for the Tcp/Ip user port.
  2. 6 element 440 beam for the Providence Voice Repeater.


The last tower to go up was the 80' west tower for the Voice Repeaters.

There is a Diamond X-500-HN on the very top that is used for the 449.325 voice repeater and the 145.090 AX.25 port on the RILINK:KA1RCI-6 node.

Side mounted just below is a Diamond X-2000-HN that is used for the 223.960 voice repeater And the 440.700 AX.25 port on the RILINK:KA1RCI-6 node.