The COMPAQ VHF Node is on 145.01 simplex, with the callsign of K5WH-1 and a NODE name of COMPAQ. It is made up of a Motorola Maxor with an MFJ 1270b TNC running the X1J version of the TheNet firmware.
It is located in the UPS Penthouse of Building 2 on the Compaq Computer Corp.complex in N.W. Houston, on State Highway 249 at Louetta. The antenna is a VHF mobile antenna. This puts it around 75 feet in the air.
This digipeater puts out 15 watts and has about a 20 to 30 mile coverage area. It is backed up by the building UPS system, that is then backed up by the building natural gas generators.
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Revised: July 28th, 2001