[HamWAN PSDR] Possibility of tower usage for nonprofit WISP?

[Paul Barwick]

Hi Pavel,

I don't have an answer for you, but I do wish you luck.  Please keep us
advised if you end up finding a way to get your wisp up and running.  I am
one of the EOCs of the Centralia ARES group and we, as well as the Lewis
County ARES have several members facing the same problem as you, living in
that same part of Lewis County.  I don't want to contribute to thread drift
any more than I already have, so feel free to contact me at  KE7PCB at ARRL.net
or by HamShack Hotline phone at 4557.

73
Paul

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 8:10 PM Pavel Kirkovsky via PSDR <psdr at hamwan.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm a ham radio operator with an interest in disaster preparedness. A few
> years ago I moved to Seattle from Portland, where I had volunteered with
> MCARES and PBEM. Recently, I've been considering purchasing a home in the
> Toledo/Chehalis area. I see that Toledo has fiber but
> Boistfort/Ceres/Meskill/surrounding areas have very poor internet service
> coverage.
> One of my requirements is to have (relatively) fast home internet, so this
> is a problem! Being a wireless mesh nerd, I'm mulling over the idea of
> starting a nonprofit WISP to bring coverage to myself and others in the
> area.
> I see there's a site up on Boistfort Peak/BawFaw. I know that HamWAN
> itself can't be used for internet access, but is tower space available for
> this purpose (e.g. a few Ubiquiti radios & antennas)?
>
> Thanks,
> Pavel
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