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.  

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Dan Ransom, PE via PSDR <psdr@hamwan.org> wrote:

Steve,

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.

 

73,

Dan Ransom, PE

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From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of S. Aberle
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Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Extending into EWA via the southern route

 

This is my first post to the group, so please go easy on me.

 

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?

 

Here is the potential loop of radio sites (in order):

• Capitol Peak           –  coverage of Olympia

• Davis Peak –  coverage of Vancouver & St. Helens

• Red Mountain

• King Mountain

• Klickitat County EOC

• Simcoe Butte

• Rattlesnake Hills Lookout –  coverage of Yakima

• Jump Off Joe          –  coverage of the Tri-Cities

• Cabbage Hill          –  coverage of Walla Walla and Pendleton

• Black Mountain

• Coalfire plant, Boardman

• Juniper Point          –  coverage of Goldendale

• Mt. Defiance          –  coverage of Hood River

• KOIN Tower            –  coverage of Portland and Beaverton

• Boistfort Peak         –  coverage of Centralia & Chehalis

 

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.

 

Although I haven't checked the line-of-site paths, it may also be possible to link the Tri-Cities with Spokane.

 

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.

 

73,

Steve, WA7PTM


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