Transmit audio levels were checked with some of the best equipment available, provided by Chip, N5LTZ:

Below is Chip (at left) and Curtis Brown, Fire Marshal for the City of Dalhart:

On August 26, the current transceiver and TNC combination was installed by Mark, W5EBS, and power output to the antenna was set at 80 watts:

Tests from mobile PACKET units have been very positive. The DALLAM node can be accessed MOBILE from just a few miles west of Dumas, and from Texline, on the TX-NM state line. The photo below was taken when we worked DALLAM from Texline, about 35 miles away... not bad for a mobile connection!

DALLAM works OLDHAM (Gruhlkey, TX), MOORE (Dumas), POTTER and AMAPCG (both in Amarillo), and will usually connect to TATOR (10 E and 2 S of Kim, CO) and GUYMON (Guymon, OK). The node has the same emergency power as the cable TV equipment next door.