<div dir="ltr">If a path between Spokane and Omak WA can be figured out, We (BC Interior HamWAN) can work on getting a RF path from Kelowna BC as well to provide some additional redundancy. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Dan Ransom, PE via PSDR <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr@hamwan.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_3761983954340350803WordSection1"><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">Steve,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">73,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:6.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Dan Ransom, PE<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Station K7MM<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="color:black">Secretary/Treasurer<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:k7mm@arrl.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">k7mm@arrl.net</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">West Sound Amateur Radio Club, N7IG<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.n7ig.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.n7ig.org</span></a> | <a href="http://www.wsarc.club/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.wsarc.club</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">2336 Steamboat Loop E<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Port Orchard, WA 98366<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:(509)%20330-6398" value="+15093306398" target="_blank">(509) 330-6398</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><a href="http://www.wsarc.club/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="623" height="125" style="width:6.4895in;height:1.302in" id="m_3761983954340350803Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D30A9F.0BB1B5F0" alt="Email Signature "></span></a><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>From: PSDR [mailto:<a href="mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr-bounces@hamwan.<wbr>org</a>] On Behalf Of S. Aberle<br>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 8:00 AM<br>To: Puget Sound Data Ring <<a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr@hamwan.org</a>><br>Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route</p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">This is my first post to the group, so please go easy on me.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">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?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">Here is the potential loop of radio sites (in order):<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Capitol Peak – coverage of Olympia<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Davis Peak – coverage of Vancouver & St. Helens<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Red Mountain<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• King Mountain<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Klickitat County EOC<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Simcoe Butte<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Rattlesnake Hills Lookout – coverage of Yakima<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Jump Off Joe – coverage of the Tri-Cities<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Cabbage Hill – coverage of Walla Walla and Pendleton<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Black Mountain<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Coalfire plant, Boardman <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Juniper Point – coverage of Goldendale<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Mt. Defiance – coverage of Hood River<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• KOIN Tower – coverage of Portland and Beaverton<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">• Boistfort Peak – coverage of Centralia & Chehalis<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">Although I haven't checked the line-of-site paths, it may also be possible to link the Tri-Cities with Spokane.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">73,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_3761983954340350803MsoPlainText">Steve, WA7PTM<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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