Buzz is a 6.2L diesel, one-ton, 4WD military ambulance which has been re-configured as a transmitter truck. It's small, agile, and very sure-footed. If it can't get to a location,  you probably don't need to go there.

Two people can have Buzz on the air within 2 hours of arrival on site.

Shown on the tower are Maxrad 6db gain antennas, with two transmit antennas on the boom and one on the top.

Also shown is a UHF corner mounted on the truck itself.

Among its features are:

RF FACILITIES

* Six 100-Watt UHF Motorola MTR2000 repeaters, combined into three independent transmit antennas; each repeater puts 50 Watts into its designated antenna in combiner mode, or 100 watts into individual antennas. Repeaters revert to standard repeater operation if the voting system fails or connectivity is lost.

* 75-Watt digital (POCSAG numeric and Alpha) and analog (two-tone w/voice) paging station.

* 110-Watt Low-band (28-54mhz) simplex base station, synthesized, 64 channels, remoteable to the dispatch site.

* 100-Watt High-band (150-174mhz) simplex base station, synthesized, 64 channels, remoteable to the dispatch site.

TRUCK TO DISPATCH INTERCONNECT

* 5.8ghz quad T1 microwave system to connect it to the system voting comparators at a remote dispatch location.

On-board TSU to provide 24 DSØ circuits into either the microwave system or into telco point-to-point T-1 for interconnect distances greater than the microwave can accomodate, or for over-the-horizon situations.

VOTED OR STANDALONE

The truck can operate either as a component in a multi-site voted system, or as a standalone repeater site; with or without remote microwave connection to a dispatch location. It can be linked to additional sites to assemble large coverage perimeters.

SITE FACILITIES

* A master grounding system with rods which can be driven on-site. The grounding cable which goes to the rods is bonded to the steel body of the truck at the point where the lighting arrestors are bolted to the frame. The grounding cable can carry 400 amps of current continuously.

* Shown in this picture is a Force 12 telescoping tower which mounts all of the antennas used with the repeaters, maximum height to the tip of the receive antenna is 78'.

Buzz is equipped with outriggers to stabilize it in winds of up to 80mph. Tie-down points are provided for extreme circumstances to stabilize the body and provide deeper guying radius for the tower.