[HamWAN PSDR] Rattlesnake Mtn HamWan cell site

[Stephen Kangas]

Oops, attachment challenged today.  Now attached photos.

 

From: Stephen Kangas <stephen at kangas.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:22 PM
To: 'psdr at hamwan.org' <psdr at hamwan.org>
Subject: Rattlesnake Mtn HamWan cell site

 

In follow up to the Kiwi chat conversation with @EO_...

 

Attached are a couple photos related to two of the 7 communications site
towers adjacent to each other on Rattlesnake.  Four of those are clustered
together in a small spot: PSE, King County, USFS, and possibly DNR.  These
photos were taken in July 2019, and the USFS site appears abandoned in that
cluster.  One of these photos shows the towers for King County and what is
possibly DNR, but I don't recall exactly which one is which, perhaps you can
ID (my impression is that KC is the taller of the two).  The taller of these
two happened to have a sign on its shack with lat/lon coordinates on it,
which is shown in the second photo.  Interestingly, those coords places a
Google maps marker at the edge of the forest clearing a couple hundred feet
away from the entire cluster, perhaps because the coords are not precise
enough.  Both of these towers have a clear view of North Bend and Snoqualmie
Ridge IMO, although as EO_ pointed out the HamWan link from Haystack or
wherever may need to be at the very top.

 

I will be exploring the possibility of getting volunteer certified tower
climbing help for a workparty proposal to you this coming spring/summer when
the road there is passable.

 

On a separate note, King County supposedly also owns the tower site at I-90
exit 38 Tinkham Road that should be LOS to their Rattlesnake site, and may
be a possible hop towards getting over Snoqualmie Pass and eventually
eastern WA in the future?  Given their involvement in WA EMD and Cascadia
prep, perhaps they would be amenable.  There is a tower on top of nearby
Grouse Ridge (next to the Fire Training Academy, and an old now unused site
on Mount Washington that could be investigated as hop sites, both accessible
by roads in summer.  Just a thought.

 

Stephen (eeeehaw)

 

Stephen Kangas W9SK

Public Information Officer

North Bend Amateur Radio Emergency Services Team (NBAT) NB7AT

North Bend, WA (CN97)

stephen at kangas.com <mailto:stephen at kangas.com> 

425-503-9876

 

NBAT is an all-volunteer non-profit serving the City of North Bend during
emergencies and public service events.  

When all else fails.Amateur Radio

 

 

 

 

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