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An 11 Mhz wireless link has been installed from the University campus
to the departments Dixie County Radio Observatory near Old Town
via the Rosemary Hill optical Observatory (RHO) with an added relay link
atop a forestry lookout tower in the town of Usher. The campus end of
the link is a small dish antenna mounted on top of the Ben Hill Griffin
Stadium, about 28 meters above the ground. Pairs of antennas located on
an 28 meter tower at RHO and the 30 meter high forestry tower relay the
signal to a 26 meter tower at the radio observatory. The link has proven
highly reliable, even in foggy or rainy weather. At RHO the connection
from the Aironet BR500 Wireless Bridges to the dome housing the 46 cm
telescope is made via optical fiber to minimize the possibility of lightning
damage to the telescope and its support electronics. |