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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>HI KENNY</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PLEASE CALL ME AT 425-876-5222 SO WE MAY TALK ABOUT THIS I DETAIL</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THANK YOU</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GARY COON K7HYB</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:richark@gmail.com">Kenny Richards</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:51 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org">Puget Sound Data Ring</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Gary,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I have spent quite a bit of time trying to get a HamWAN installation on Cougar, as other have as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>The last communication I had with Scott@RatelCo was that nobody was to install any equipment which connects to HamWAN at their site. If you have other information, please let me know, since I was willing to help fund the installation. (and already have equipment in one of the buildings)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Kenny<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 12:46 PM, <<a href="mailto:coong@frontier.com" target="_blank">coong@frontier.com</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>HI HAMWAN RING</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>THE WESTERN WASHINGTON AMATUER TELEVISION SOCIETY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HAMWAN IS AT OR CAN BE ADD TO THE SITE AT COUGAR MT.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>WE HAVE A TV REPEATER IN THE SAME BUILDING IS THE 147.080 REPEATER.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD FULL TIME LIVE STEAMING AND REPEATER CONTROL</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>GARY COON K7HYB </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>MEMBER OF THE WWATS BOARD OF TUSTIES DIRECTOR # 2</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nigel@nigelvh.com" target="_blank">Nigel Vander Houwen</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 1, 2017 9:12 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" target="_blank">Puget Sound Data Ring</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route</p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>The issue is always site access. If you or anyone else has contacts that would be willing to support getting HamWAN installed at site X, then please let us know.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nigel</p></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 1, 2017, at 08:24, Darcy Buskermolen <<a href="mailto:darcyb@gmail.com" target="_blank">darcyb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Dan Ransom, PE via PSDR <<a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr@hamwan.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>Steve,</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>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.</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'>73,</p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><b>Dan Ransom, PE</b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'>Station K7MM</p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><b><i>Secretary/Treasurer</i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><a href="mailto:k7mm@arrl.net" target="_blank">k7mm@arrl.net</a> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'>West Sound Amateur Radio Club, N7IG</p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><a href="http://www.n7ig.org/" target="_blank">www.n7ig.org</a> | <a href="http://www.wsarc.club/" target="_blank">www.wsarc.club</a> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'>2336 Steamboat Loop E</p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'>Port Orchard, WA 98366</p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><a href="tel:(509)%20330-6398" target="_blank">(509) 330-6398</a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.8pt;background:white'><a href="http://www.wsarc.club/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><image001.png></span></a></p><div><div><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>-----Original Message-----<br>From: PSDR [mailto:<a href="mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr-bounces@hamwan.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-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>This is my first post to the group, so please go easy on me.</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>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?</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>Here is the potential loop of radio sites (in order):</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Capitol Peak – coverage of Olympia</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Davis Peak – coverage of Vancouver & St. Helens</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Red Mountain</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• King Mountain</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Klickitat County EOC</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Simcoe Butte</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Rattlesnake Hills Lookout – coverage of Yakima</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Jump Off Joe – coverage of the Tri-Cities</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Cabbage Hill – coverage of Walla Walla and Pendleton</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Black Mountain</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Coalfire plant, Boardman </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Juniper Point – coverage of Goldendale</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Mt. Defiance – coverage of Hood River</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• KOIN Tower – coverage of Portland and Beaverton</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>• Boistfort Peak – coverage of Centralia & Chehalis</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>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.</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>Although I haven't checked the line-of-site paths, it may also be possible to link the Tri-Cities with Spokane.</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>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.</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext> </p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>73,</p><p class=m-651071459717636298m3761983954340350803msoplaintext>Steve, WA7PTM</p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:40.8pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>PSDR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" target="_blank">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr" target="_blank">http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</a></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>PSDR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" target="_blank">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr" target="_blank">http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</a></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>PSDR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr" target="_blank">http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</a></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>