[HamGateNY] Winter Projects

[Brian Webster]

Central NY has some interest in the Utica area and I think we can link them via RF to the Capital region based on their ability to hear various nodes.

We have a working node for Chenango County so the reach into Broome should be fairly easy. 

I will work on re-contacting the Oswego County folks to see if they have got their node stack moved and if we can get the RF link from them to Wayne County functional again.

Rusty and the State Homeland Security team have installed antennas and lines on a tower in Bristol, that now awaits them having time to get that node on the air with link ability to the East and West. They should be able to link to the W2DUC site in Ontario County which links via RF to Wayne County. That gets the RF systems linked as Far as Bristol.

Rusty says Chautauqua County is ready to get back on line if they have a site to link to.

There used to be a link from Oswego to Watertown, hopefully we can get that revived.

The guys in the interior of the Adirondacks have given me some site locations to check for possible paths to the existing network.

Buffalo and the Southern Tier areas need some activity.

In the Catskills the user port radio in Stamford should offer a large footprint. Check it out on 145.770 with the call of N2PKB. That site has links to the Capital District and gateway nodes.

The path up the Hudson Valley will be a challenge. In the old NEDA days we ran paths through Norther NJ in to Northeast PA and then up to Cortland to hub out from there. The Cortland node stack was taken down due to lack of interest on their part.

Chris WW2BSA has a site that if he gets back on line in PA, might be able to link to Camelback Mountain which if we can get them to install link radios we can hear at the Stamford site. So that could solve the downstate to upstate link via RF.

For any of you who can log in to a FlexNet node, if you issue an "A" command for announcements, most nodes have an old long list of where packet stations used to be active. Maybe take a look at that and try to revive those locations.

Thank you,
Brian Webster N2KGC


-----Original Message-----
From: HamGateNY [mailto:hamgateny-bounces at n2nov.net] On Behalf Of Charles J. Hargrove
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 10:33 AM
To: 44Net Sysops in NY State
Subject: [HamGateNY] Winter Projects

Here is the scenario for this year's winter projects.  We need people in
each of the various areas of the state to concentrate on the following:

WNY - develop links and bbs computers from Chautauqua up to Buffalo and
       then east to Wayne and Broome

CNY - develop links to WNY, lower tier (Broome) and north to Jefferson

Capitol - strengthen reach in all four directions

Hudson Valley - need help on both sides of the Hudson to supplement and
                 replace coverage from Putnam and Westchester

LI - build out links from Suffolk and Nassau to Westchester and NYC

NYC - build out reach into LI, NJ, Westchester and Rockland/Orange

We have 62 counties across the state and need to eventually service the
various EOCs and NGOs in those counties.  Even if you are not ready for
RF links, at least set up the bbs and link across the internet using
44Net.  Experiment there with no downside of making mistakes vs RF.
When you are ready, then add the RF directional links.  We all have a
stake in making sure that NY State has the messaging capabilities to
support our counties, while at the same time providing a training ground
for our local ham clubs and members.  There are plenty on this list that
can help with their expertise, provide working examples of bbs software
configuration and their experience on RF infrastructure.  All you have
to do is ask.

-- 
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

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