[HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route

[Dan Ransom, PE]

Steve,

Please add to the vision Pullman, Colfax, and Moscow, ID with a node at
Kamiak Butte; and Clarkston, WA/Lewiston, ID with a node at the canyon rim.

 

73,

Dan Ransom, PE

Station K7MM

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-----Original Message-----
From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of S. Aberle
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 8:00 AM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route

 

This is my first post to the group, so please go easy on me.

 

There has been a lot of email about using existing ham repeater sites for
extending HamWAN coverage into Eastern Washington.  What if a loop could be
created that would enable access by over a dozen EOCs, with another half
dozen within a half mile of being line-of-site?

 

Here is the potential loop of radio sites (in order):

. Capitol Peak           -  coverage of Olympia

. Davis Peak -  coverage of Vancouver & St. Helens

. Red Mountain

. King Mountain

. Klickitat County EOC

. Simcoe Butte

. Rattlesnake Hills Lookout -  coverage of Yakima

. Jump Off Joe          -  coverage of the Tri-Cities

. Cabbage Hill          -  coverage of Walla Walla and Pendleton

. Black Mountain

. Coalfire plant, Boardman 

. Juniper Point          -  coverage of Goldendale

. Mt. Defiance          -  coverage of Hood River

. KOIN Tower            -  coverage of Portland and Beaverton

. Boistfort Peak         -  coverage of Centralia & Chehalis

 

The attached page shows lat/long/elev. data (as best I could determine based
on published location information and using caltopo to plot the viewsheds).
It cross references the EOCs which could be served.

 

Although I haven't checked the line-of-site paths, it may also be possible
to link the Tri-Cities with Spokane.

 

Yes, I know this is ambitious, and there may be a myriad of obstacles to
overcome, including site access limitations and prohibitive costs, but at
least this offers a plausible vision.

 

73,

Steve, WA7PTM

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