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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">We also have those all
around Pittsburgh Pa.<br>
Yes a UHF Beam aimed up at aprox 45 degree angle.<br>
Yes it is a satellite . Check this link <a
href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt">Click</a><br>
N3FLR - Frank<br>
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On 12/17/2010 8:11 PM, Steve Noskowicz wrote:
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<div>Hey! Wait a minute...! This is *already* done
automaticlly and by radio.<br>
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Cycling last spring on the bicycle path from Cristal Lake, IL to
south of Algonquin, IL the path crosses the Fox River. What easily
caught my eye was the UHF beam, only feet from the path, pointing
toward Pluto. There was a pretty big outdoor box, though I couldn't
see the water sensor. I don't recall the detail, but it had a sign and
was a water montoring setup beaming obviously to a satellite. The sign
had specifics and it may have been USGS, I just don't remember. I had
no pencil or I'd have Googled it back home. Shoulda' used the cell to
leave a memo @ home.</div>
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<div> The McHenry County Conservation District also recently
drilled a well on one vacant space near here and now there is a solar
panel, a box and another beam pointing at Pluto. The sign there even
has the satellite name - Geos - something or other and the beam still
has the frequency label.</div>
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<div> They're just rebuilding our Thompson road bridge, but
until recently it had a box and what looked like something that could
be dropped/cranked down to the water, and I think had a USGS label.
Without any visible sub-space radio, I often wondered how they actuated
it from Pluto.. (;-). Now I know.</div>
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<div>--<br>
73, Steve, </div>
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<div>--- On <b>Fri, 12/17/10, Lee Mushel <i><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:herbert3@centurytel.net"><herbert3@centurytel.net></a></i></b>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Gentlemen,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I find this to be a very
interesting topic. You see, next spring I might get a phone call from
the National Weather Service and then I take the key and drive to the
river gauge, open the padlock, lower the "sensor" and read the value,
then restore everything and drive to the next gauge and then the
next. This may take 45 minutes. Then I email NWS my report---or I
could radio it to them but the email is preferred because it provides a
record that is easily handled. Now, since there is that padlock to be
considered I hope that any plans would include provisions for
security---especially if I am paying for this!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">But I must warn you that a
suggestion by me that realtime water/flood photos be "radioed" by ham
radio to the hydrologist was met with absolutely no enthusiasm.
Acceptance of new ideas, even though they have merit, can be difficult!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">73</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Lee K9WRU</font></div>
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Original Message ----- </div>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="jim@riverridge-wi.net"
href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jim@riverridge-wi.net"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:jim@riverridge-wi.net">Jim
Tolbert</a> </div>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" title="aprssig@tapr.org"
href="http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=aprssig@tapr.org"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">TAPR
APRS Mailing List</a> </div>
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Friday, December 17, 2010 6:29 AM</div>
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Re: [aprssig] River Gauging APRS setup</div>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On 12/17/2010 5:30 AM, Wes Johnston, AI4PX wrote:
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<div>I just searched my email archives and this is what I
found. Link doesn't work. I do remember this thing though, it was in a
PVC pipe and shot an ultrasonic transducer down the pipe to measure the
distance to the water surface. I think the guy that made it was in
Florida.... but not sure.</div>
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Wes<br>
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God help those who do not help themselves.<br>
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<div class="yiv2127204921gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16,
2010 at 23:54, Daron Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a
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class="yiv2127204921gmail_quote">Somewhere I've seen plans for a
simple river gauge setup with APRS, seems to<br>
me it was a micro power transmitter, the thing ran on several 6v lantern<br>
batteries, PVC conduit into the river for the sensing portion and an
antenna<br>
on top of the PVC. I can't find it, does anyone remember this and have
the<br>
link or info on this?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Daron N7HQR<br>
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