[HamWAN PSDR] Current Site / project status?

Sat Aug 25 16:34:13 PDT 2018

That poor tower is nearly naked! :)
It needs several dishes to make it look like a serious tower!

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 6:37 PM Dylan Ambauen <dylan at ambauen.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:55 AM <rob at nr3o.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting viewshed on Caltopo for this site.  Not a lot of coverage,
>>> but some definitely interesting pockets in the terrain.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Second proposed site: Gig Harbor @ old AT&T Microwave site
>>> (47.3938092,-122.5867653)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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