[HamWAN PSDR] HamWan Assistance

[Bart Kus]

Moving PSDR to BCC so as to avoid spamming every with details, and 
adding netops at .

Hi Howard,

I looked at the peaks and geography, and it looks like the easiest thing 
would be to link KO with Boistfort Peak (46.487922°, -123.214374°).  KO 
can then in turn link with Holy Cross.  And Holy Cross can redistribute 
down to South Bend area.  Looks like Sectors 2 & 3 would be appropriate 
for Holy Cross (bearing 120 + 240 degrees), and sectors 1 & 3 would be 
appropriate for KO Peak (bearing 0 and 240 degrees).

Whole backbone should be 4 2ft RB921 modems, with 4 sectors for access.  
Your EOC would just need an RB912 dish (not RB921).  A couple routers 
would also be needed to tie everything together at each site, with 
probably an extra router @ the EOC for local access.  You are correct 
about the cable requirements just being CAT5.  We use Ubiquiti Tough 
Cable Pro (TC-PRO) available here: 
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B008L143VW/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&qid=1549672653&sr=8-1 
.  It's a shielded cable, so it also needs shielded ends (TC-CON): 
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B009XE6JY0/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=all&qid=1549672740&sr=8-1 
.

Sadly this topology doesn't have any redundancy, so any link failure 
will knock you offline.  We can work to setup some redundancies in the 
future, but hope this is OK for now.

Is your club / EOC / etc wanting to foot the bill for this network 
expansion, or is that something you're needing HamWAN to cover?

Do you have climbers available to go and deploy / maintain things, or do 
you need HamWAN crew hours?

This is all contingent on Boistfort having space for another antenna.  
We can work out a bill of materials once we've established a clearer 
picture of what's desired here.

Thanks!

--Bart


On 2/8/2019 12:12 PM, Howard Auble wrote:
> February 8, 2019
>
> To HamWan
>
> Pacific County ARES/RACES would like to join the 21st Century with respect
> to emergency communications by participating in extending HamWan capability
> from the Puget Sound area and particularly Camp Murray.
>
> Holy Cross Mountain (46-41-43.14N/123-46-21.09W) is north across the Willapa
> River from the Emergency Operations Center in the Courthouse in South Bend,
> with an elevation of 1,300 feet.  Holy Cross also has county microwave links
> from the Courthouse to KO Peak, which is the tallest mountain in Pacific
> County at 2,900 feet. Both Holy Cross and KO Peak
> (46-27-39.96N/123-33-02.27W) have existing concrete shelters and tower space
> available, to which the local ARES Amateurs have access.
>
> The EOC has the normal amateur HF/VHF/UHF radio communications capability
> but the feeling is that HF modes should be a back-up to HamWan. We are quite
> aware that small rural counties have a more difficult time responding to
> emergencies. We are always looking at new and better ways to handle
> emergency communications.
>
> We will be relocating our EOC within the courthouse and moving our antennas
> in the near future. We wanted to be able to pull CAT5 (and/or whatever you
> recommend) at the same time we are relocating/replacing our RF cabling, if
> that is the best way to hook up to HamWan.
>
> We would like to explore the technical possibilities of having HamWan Sector
> Antennas on Holy Cross and possibly KO Peak.
>
> Please send us your recommended equipment list and vendor sources so we can
> begin to prepare cost estimates.
>
> Attached are elevation and map information.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Frank Wolfe, NM7R, ARRL Western Washington Section Emergency Coordinator
>    Nm7r at yahoo.com
>
> Robert Cline, N7CVW, EC/RO Pacific County rcline496 at gmail.com
>
> Howard Auble, W7HGA, District 3 Emergency Coordinator  boxa at comcast.net
>
>
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>
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