<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I took the trip South to NJ this weekend as I mentioned in my earlier report. The KB1LYU Digi has better coverage than any of us imagined. The Western route to Burlington VT which is primarily VT 22A which used to have a 50-60 mile APRS black hole has now shrunk to a single 20 mile stretch which is more than liveable. In addition the area just north of the new coverage which had highly 'peek-a-boo' coverage from my own N1BQ-3 digi now has rock solid coverage, the mountain shadows of each digi being totally different, anything one digi doesn't get the other does. All things considered Jonathan's digi on Mount Ellen (Sugarbush area) adds over 15-2000 sq miles of new coverage and solidifies coverage of another 1000 sq miles as well.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What remains to be checked out is the exact coverage down the East side of the Green Mountains on I-89. I plan to make a run to White River Junction on I-89 and run 30 second beacons to 'map' LYU's coverage sometime this week.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Right now it looks like all you eastern skiers will have significantly improved APRS coverage when you head North to ski this winter! We have W1CGT-3/N1BQ-3 covering the Champlain Valley, and Gore, Whiteface, Smuggler's Notch, K1UC-3 covering Stowe, Jay Peak covered by several Canadian digis, and KB1LYU-3 covering Sugarbush, Sugarbush North, Mad River Glen, and possibly some coverage in Killington area. K1UC-3, N1BQ-3, and KB1LYU-3 are all KPC3+'s running 'new paradigm' S-type settings, so, WIDE2-2 just about anywhere in the region is almost 100% guaranteed to 'print' to the APRS-IS. Killington, Whaleback, and Mt Sunapee are aslo covered by K1JY-2 on Kearsarge Mountain in NH but it doesn't do WIDEN-N.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> I want to publicly thank Jonathan, KB1LYU for this great addition to the network here in the North Country.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>cheers ... brian riley, underhill center, vermont</DIV><DIV> <<A href="mailto:brianbr@mac.com">brianbr@mac.com</A>></DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "></SPAN><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>