Fort Stockton History
Our Ft. Stockton site is located about 9 miles from an
historic West Texas village on Interstate10. Believe it or
not, in the early 2oth century natural wells made swimming
pools popular. Even canals were dug, but the aquifer was
non-replenishable….
This station is co-located with part of the West Texas
Connection, Inc., and tornado-warning system. Owner Mark,
N5SOR is anxious to generate his own power. He is currently
developing a combined wind-solar panel-battery system for
that purpose.
Our Intertie equipment occupies a single 6' cabinet. There
are 4 UHF links, which form part of the Trans-Texas
backbone, as well as sending spurs to Alpine and
Penwell-Midland-Odessa. The UHF repeater allows talkie
coverage from local motels, as well as a generous swath of
I-10 to joint coverage with Mt McElroy to the west and Ft
Lancaster to the east. In addition, a frequency and CTCSS
agile programmable 2-meter transceiver allows cross-band
repeater interface.
The photos show installation of a Paraflector needed to
reach through the Glass Mountains to Alpine, Mark's wind
power machine after a snow storm and our rack of equipment
with radios and a Palomar controller.