[HamWAN PSDR] Larch connection lost

[D K]

I will help in any way that I can.

David Karich
KK7DBK

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 15:39 Herb Weiner <herbw at wiskit.com> wrote:

> For those not aware, Oregon HamWAN (https://www.oregonhamwan.org) has
> received an $88K grant from ARDC to establish HamWAN in the Portland area,
> with connections to PSDR and to Salem, Oregon. We have some equipment on
> hand, with more on order. We are working to negotiate contracts with
> various tower owners and to configure equipment. We were hoping to
> establish a connection through BawFaw.
>
> If there is anyone interested in assisting with our efforts, we would
> welcome your help.
>
> Herb Weiner, AA7HW
> Oregon HamWAN Project Manager
>
> On Oct 12, 2021, at 3:29 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>
> Not only that, BawFaw is also offline now since its sole feed was from
> Larch.  Who is willing to go climb CapitolPeak tower and fix the broken
> cabling to bring BawFaw back online?
>
> For the Vancouver / Portland region, this isn't all that surprising of a
> result though.  A region can't rely on just 1 cell site, as they will
> naturally come and go.  Redundancy needs to be built up by the local hams
> over the years if continuous network availability is desired.  I take this
> withdrawal of coverage as a sign that there wasn't sufficient interest in
> the region to make it happen.
>
> --Bart
>
>
> On 10/12/2021 3:14 PM, Steve - WA7PTM wrote:
>
> My connection to Larch is down as well.  The DNR seems to have won out
> over emergency communications capability.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Marc Lacy wrote on 10/12/21 3:02 PM:
>
> So today at 1455 local, (2155Z) the connection to Larch mt HamWAN was
> lost. Is
> this the end?
>
> 73 de KD7RYY
>
> Marc
>
>
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