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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Steve,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>Dan Ransom, PE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Station K7MM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><i><span style='color:black'>Secretary/Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:k7mm@arrl.net"><span style='color:blue'>k7mm@arrl.net</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>West Sound Amateur Radio Club, N7IG<o:p></o:p></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> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>2336 Steamboat Loop E<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Port Orchard, WA 98366<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>(509) 330-6398<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a href="http://www.wsarc.club/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=623 height=125 style='width:6.4895in;height:1.302in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D30A9F.0BB1B5F0" alt="Email Signature "></span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of S. Aberle<br>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 8:00 AM<br>To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org><br>Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This is my first post to the group, so please go easy on me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Here is the potential loop of radio sites (in order):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Capitol Peak – coverage of Olympia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Davis Peak – coverage of Vancouver & St. Helens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Red Mountain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• King Mountain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Klickitat County EOC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Simcoe Butte<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Rattlesnake Hills Lookout – coverage of Yakima<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Jump Off Joe – coverage of the Tri-Cities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Cabbage Hill – coverage of Walla Walla and Pendleton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Black Mountain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Coalfire plant, Boardman <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Juniper Point – coverage of Goldendale<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Mt. Defiance – coverage of Hood River<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• KOIN Tower – coverage of Portland and Beaverton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>• Boistfort Peak – coverage of Centralia & Chehalis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Although I haven't checked the line-of-site paths, it may also be possible to link the Tri-Cities with Spokane.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>73,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Steve, WA7PTM<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>