#Wes mckinney klib install#
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#Wes mckinney klib full#

It took one full day to cut the steel and drill the necessary holes so the structure could be assembled and then powder-coated to protect it from rust and match the color of the building. The mount was made of steel and weighed in excess of 400 pounds. PARK President, Kip Moravec, AE5IB, designed an antenna mount that would clamp to the perimeter wall and allow the Rohn tower section to pivot down for easy servicing of the antennas, the rotor and the weather station components. The Sci-Tech Discovery Center is located in a commercial tilt-wall structure with 50 foot walls. The clubs went to work immediately on the antenna installation and station design.

The installation at Sci-Tech provides up-to-the-minute reporting of weather conditions on the Internet and is used by WFAA Channel 8, an ABC affiliate, as well as other news organizations that monitor weather in the north Texas area. Additional funding for a WeatherBug commercial-grade weather station was provided by the Goldblatt Family Trust. David, K5RA, has provided funding for amateur radio stations in schools and museums throughout the country including the Heard Museum in McKinney, Haggard Middle School in Plano and the Saint Paul School in Richardson. The project began with a donation by David and Diana Brandenburg of the Brandenburg Life Foundation in February 2012. The teams completed the project on September 15, just in time for the station to be in operation for the Boy Scout Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) on October 20-21.

The facility has hosted over 100,000 visitors in the past 12 months and provided outreach experiences for additional 165,000 students in Collin County schools. Sci-Tech is a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning center for elementary and middle-school age students.

#Wes mckinney klib install#

The McKinney Amateur Radio Club (MARC) and the Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK) teamed up over the past six months to install an HF-UHF station at the Sci-Tech Discovery Center () in Frisco, TX.