[HamWAN PSDR] Now accepting proposals for kick-ass repeaters

[Bart Kus]

Hello,

I have recently finished upgrading the power system @ the Haystack site 
(4100ft, near Sultan).  With the new found power budget, I'd like to get 
some more interesting things on the air.  Space is limited, and I'd like 
to give preference to new/unique/high-quality/impressive projects.  Here 
are a couple of potential ideas:

1) I'd like more repeater coverage through the Hwy 2 mountain pass. 
Present coverage drops off after Grotto, but it picks up again around 
Berne, due to mountain peak refraction.  It might be interesting to 
stand up a 6m repeater that would bend around the mountains a bit 
better, and maybe tie it to DMR or something, and run it with decent 
enough power (300W?) that it's heard.

2) It might be interesting to have an international repeater (when the 
band is open) on 10m.  Again, possibly tied with DMR, and again with 
some beefy power output.

Standby power needs to be low, but transmit power can be high.  I'm 
expecting ham applications to have a very low duty cycle.

Please reply to me (not list) with what you think might be interesting 
up there, or if you've got the skills + gear + budget to pull off the 2 
ideas I threw out here.  Feel free to forward to other folks + lists, as 
I'd like to get the best possible ideas in front of me.

Should be an interesting next few days.  :)

--Bart