[HamWAN PSDR] Current Site / project status?

Wed Aug 22 18:37:29 PDT 2018

Right. Interconnect a bunch of other sites.

I drove by this site on my way home this evening. Photo attached. The site
is particularly notable for it's ease of access.

A few hammy ideas come to mind. Kenny and I will stay in touch.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 13:22 Kenny Richards <richark at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:55 AM <rob at nr3o.com> wrote:
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>> Interesting viewshed on Caltopo for this site.  Not a lot of coverage,
>> but some definitely interesting pockets in the terrain.
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>>    1. Covers a good bit of the immediately surrounding Gig Harbor area,
>>    but not the marina due south.
>>    2. Appears to have “pocket shots” to the following
>>       1. Tacoma General
>>       2. FWARC tower / Federal Way
>>       3. Baldi
>>       4. Three Sisters
>>       5. Capitol Park
>>       6. SW QueenAnne waterfront and hillside
>>       7. Gold Mtn
>>       8. Buck Mtn
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>>
>> Definitely some overlap with coverage already provided by Gold and/or
>> Buck, but also does definitely fill a few pockets NOT covered by those.
>> Coverage in BLUE areas.
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>> Maybe it doesn't need to be a full node, but have a single sector and a
>> bunch of PtP dishes to link sites?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rob
>>
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>> *From:* PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org> *On Behalf Of *Kenny Richards
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:13 AM
>> *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Current Site / project status?
>>
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>> Second proposed site: Gig Harbor @ old AT&T Microwave site
>> (47.3938092,-122.5867653)
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>>    1. Is this site still an active HamWAN goal/project? *Should be
>>    considered proposed until additional follow up is completed.*
>>    2. Who is the HamWAN point person / contact? (name, call, phone,
>>    email) *Kenny Richards, KU7M, kenny at holenwall.com
>>    <kenny at holenwall.com>*
>>    3. Who is the Site / interested party contact? (name, call phone,
>>    email) *Wayne Shones, AF7WE, AF7WE at outlook.com <AF7WE at outlook.com>*
>>    4. What is the current status of implementing HamWAN at this
>>    location, if known? *I was contacted by AF7WE in mid-July after one
>>    of my HamWAN presentations. His group now has full access to the site and
>>    plans to install a repeater(s) at it for their local club. They offered it
>>    as a possible HamWAN site. I was going to arrange a site visit in the fall,
>>    since installation could happen during the non-summer months.*
>>    5. Who is funding the equipment for this site? *Unknown at this time.*
>>    6. When does local site access become restricted by weather? *No*
>>    7. What other locations and/or projects are on-hold until this site
>>    is done? *None that I know of for now.*
>>    8. If you are a site owner/sponsor, do you have tower climbers for
>>    this site or are they available?  *I don't believe professional
>>    climbers are necessary, but this is a 'technical' climb. The tower is ~160
>>    feet tall and the ham projects will be the only things on the tower. The
>>    Gig Harbor group was still working on installing power and a connex box for
>>    hosting equipment, so there isn't a big rush. *
>>
>>
>>
>> General question to the group, does this site even make sense to invest
>> in?
>>
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>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:37 AM <rob at nr3o.com> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Earlier in the year there were a number of discussions about additional
>> sites coming online to support DMR and other activities.  While we have and
>> are accomplishing forward progress on a number of fronts, our “summer of
>> opportunity” is coming to a close.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to find out information and status on the following list of
>> sites discussed earlier this year:
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. Lookout Mtn
>>    2. Gold Mtn
>>    3. Buck Mtn
>>    4. Rattlesnake Ridge
>>    5. Blyn Mtn
>>    6. If there are other locations, let me know.
>>
>>
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>>
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>> For each of the sites above, I would like to know the following:
>>
>>    1. Is this site still an active HamWAN goal/project?
>>    2. Who is the HamWAN point person / contact? (name, call, phone,
>>    email)
>>    3. Who is the Site / interested party contact? (name, call phone,
>>    email)
>>    4. What is the current status of implementing HamWAN at this
>>    location, if known?
>>    5. Who is funding the equipment for this site?
>>    6. When does local site access become restricted by weather?
>>    7. What other locations and/or projects are on-hold until this site
>>    is done?
>>    8. If you are a site owner/sponsor, do you have tower climbers for
>>    this site or are they available?
>>
>>
>>
>> The above info will be used to assemble resources and prioritize to
>> accomplish as much as possible before our weather windows close for the
>> year for the higher-level locations.
>>
>>
>>
>> ALL LIST MEMBERS
>>
>> Please let me know the following if you are able to help at sites
>> (obviously depends on calendars):
>>
>>    1. What sites in the above list are you available/willing to help out
>>    with?
>>    2. What skills you bring (equipment config, ground crew / general
>>    labor, tower climber, etc)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks all.  Let me know what you can and I’ll do my best to put an
>> update together for the various projects.  Please reply to the list for
>> things of value to the list.  If not of value to the community feel free to
>> send directly to me at rob at nr3o.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rob Salsgiver – NR3O
>>
>>
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