We have discovered a nice promising microwave site above Klondike Park during our "March Madness" trip last week. Problem was that the site was not accessible by car and we didn't have enough time to climb the steep road:
However, Klondike Park is less than 30 minutes of driving from my home, so I have decided to investigate one week later. We took off with my co-pilot Darcey (K-9-DOG), armed with GPS and a bag full of goodies:
The road up turned out to be acceptable, especially for my eager companion who kept pulling on the leash and made the climb easier for me:
With such setup, we approached the top of the viewing plateau shortly. First impression was that we are entering eagle's nest (there will be a picture of one later):
I have immediately remembered why we came there - yes, this will be a good microwave site (if we manage to pull the heavy equipment up here from the car somehow). Here is how the plateau looks from the access road:
Nice! Let's look around .. following picture shows the view towards North-East (and yes, there is a rest room in that little park building):
The opposite direction looks much better (and you can see the eagle I promised before on following picture):
Next picture shows what South looks like. This is the most promising microwave direction from this location:
The North isn't bad either, but I believe that there are higher hills not visible from that location in this direction:
We have also tried to climb the hill that was shielding the view in NE direction. There was a nice trail leading in that direction:
However, this was not a scenic trail. Definitely not good for microwave signals! We have climbed it anyway, got rid of all the goodies in my bag (why did I not think about it at the bottom of the hill ...) and returned back to our car. We have made another short trip the same day, but that's a different story.
73 Herbert
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