December 2021 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Lookout issues
by Tom 28 Dec '21

28 Dec '21

I lost signal a couple days and assumed it was snow on my dish. (Although being accused of being crazy, I hesitated stomping around the roof in the snow) It just came back on, so I am wondering if it was an issue at my end after all? Are there any graphs we can watch to see where the flow stops? Tom VA7TQB (50kM NNW from Lookout)

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Lookout offline / info?
by Rob Salsgiver 27 Dec '21

27 Dec '21

Does anyone have any insight as to why Lookout appears offline? Looks like all the equipment dropped off around 10:45am. Can anyone up in BC see it across the Triangle link? Power issue? Cheers, Rob

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PUBLIC COMMENTS: Expenditure for New Cell Site on Bainbridge Island
by Nigel Vander Houwen 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

Hello Everyone, We’ve been working with an emergency operations group over on the eastern side of Bainbridge Island with a fairly sizable tower, and has offered to host a HamWAN cell site. We have a fair bit of gear in storage from the recent decommission operations, and they’ve just asked us to cover the tower climber costs for the installation of the sectors. Costs in total are not to exceed $3k. The board has discussed this, and we believe it’s a good opportunity for some North-South redundancy in the backbone, and for sector coverage of the western slopes of Puget Sound, which has seen some lost coverage with the decommission of Gold. We have available funds to cover this expense and other growth items without straining our finances. This email serves as notice that we intend to move forward with this project to bring massively increased bandwidth capabilities to the backbone, and is the membership’s opportunity for public comment before the decision is finalized. It will be considered finalized 24 hours after this message. Thanks, Nigel HamWAN

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EIN & Address Validation for HAMWAN donation
by Paul Sundquist 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

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Receiving antenna for donation to EMA or for sale
by Justin Roberts 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

I recently moved out of Portland to SW Washington outside of the HamWAN footprint. I have a complete receiving setup including antenna, base, PoE supply and the sleeve kit. I paid $470 for everything. It has been in service since July 2019. I will donate to any EOC or EMA with a reputable ham that could put it to use or I will sell for $250. I would rather not have to package and ship it. It’s currently located in Portland but will be in Cathlamet, WA in the next couple weeks. I do occasionally travel to Mount Vernon for work and could also meet along I5 somewhere.

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