June 2019 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Mt Constitution HamWan Site?
by Michele W 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Hello there, we are thinking of putting in some hardware here in Point Roberts, and we heard that you may be putting up an internet broadcast site at Mt. Constitution, and we were hoping to get some confirmation on that for our planning purposes. Is this true? Do you have any kind of timeline? Michele WB6F

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Questions from a newbie
by Ross Sponholtz 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hi Folks, I’m interested in joining the PSDR as a client node, but have a couple of questions: 1. Does anyone know how high above the ground the Capitol Park antenna is? I assumed 100 feet for the below. 2. I live in Bellevue, and a small area around my house is light red in the coverage diagram. Looking at http://wisp.heywhatsthat.com, it says I need to be 22 feet above the ground to get LOS to capital park. How accurate would you consider this? Would it be pointless for me to try to set this up if I can’t get up that high? I realize that putting up an antenna/hardware would really tell me this, but I’m somewhat reluctant to invest in the hardware if my chances of success are low. I suppose I could always create a portable setup if all else fails.[cid:image001.png@01D5269B.CF6E5B00] 1. Are there any other tower locations that would be better for me to look at? It looks like beacon hill and east tiger won’t work at all. Any others coming online soon? Thanks! Ross Sponholtz N9TGX

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Board vote - Blynn dishes and stock replenishment
by Doug Kingston 16 Jun '19

16 Jun '19

I just gave Bart the other 2 dishes I had in stock for the Blynn Mount trip he is making tomorrow. I am now out of dishes. I have not yet ordered the replacement for the CP-Buck dish. I am going to propose that we fund the 2 dishes being installed at Blynn by Bart. If this is not approved, he will reimburse HamWAN. I also propose that we buy a 4 pack of PA mount dishes and shield kits, 4 NetMetal5 radios, and an mAP-lite. Total cost including shipping from Streakwave is $1625 but I looks like I can get it from Baltic for about 300 less but with backorders on all items. I will try to talk Streakwave into a steeper discount, and otherwise go with Baltic unless there is a need for kit in a more timely manner. So board members, please let me know your vote on these two proposals. We had already approved the CP-Buck link dish assignment. I vote yea on the proposals. Voting to conclude 24 hrs from now per the bylaws. -Doug-

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