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<div class="gmail_quote" oninput="window.HTMLOUT.draftchange()">On Nov 19, 2020, at 1:02 PM, "Charles J. Hargrove" <<a href=mailto:n2nov@n2nov.net target=_blank>n2nov@n2nov.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue">Here's an update from N2KGC:<br /><br />Central NY has some interest in the Utica area and I think we can link <br />them via RF to the Capital region based on their ability to hear various <br />nodes.<br /><br />We have a working node for Chenango County so the reach into Broome <br />should be fairly easy.<br /><br />I will work on re-contacting the Oswego County folks to see if they have <br />got their node stack moved and if we can get the RF link from them to <br />Wayne County functional again.<br /><br />Rusty and the State Homeland Security team have installed antennas and <br />lines on a tower in Bristol, that now awaits them having time to get <br />that node on the air with link ability to the East and West. They should <br />be able to link to the W2DUC site in Ontario County which links via RF <br />to Wayne County. That gets the RF systems linked as Far as Bristol.<br /><br />Rusty says Chautauqua County is ready to get back on line if they have a <br />site to link to.<br /><br />There used to be a link from Oswego to Watertown, hopefully we can get <br />that revived.<br /><br />The guys in the interior of the Adirondacks have given me some site <br />locations to check for possible paths to the existing network.<br /><br />Buffalo and the Southern Tier areas need some activity.<br /><br />In the Catskills the user port radio in Stamford should offer a large <br />footprint. Check it out on 145.770 with the call of N2PKB. That site has <br />links to the Capital District and gateway nodes.<br /><br />The path up the Hudson Valley will be a challenge. In the old NEDA days <br />we ran paths through Norther NJ in to Northeast PA and then up to <br />Cortland to hub out from there. The Cortland node stack was taken down <br />due to lack of interest on their part.<br /><br />Chris WW2BSA has a site that if he gets back on line in PA, might be <br />able to link to Camelback Mountain which if we can get them to install <br />link radios we can hear at the Stamford site. So that could solve the <br />downstate to upstate link via RF.<br /><br />For any of you who can log in to a FlexNet node, if you issue an "A" <br />command for announcements, most nodes have an old long list of where <br />packet stations used to be active. Maybe take a look at that and try to <br />revive those locations.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />Brian Webster N2KGC<br /><br />On 11/19/2020 10:32 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Here is the scenario for this year's winter projects. We need people in<br /> each of the various areas of the state to concentrate on the following:<br /> <br /> WNY - develop links and bbs computers from Chautauqua up to Buffalo and<br /> then east to Wayne and Broome<br /> <br /> CNY - develop links to WNY, lower tier (Broome) and north to Jefferson<br /> <br /> Capitol - strengthen reach in all four directions<br /> <br /> Hudson Valley - need help on both sides of the Hudson to supplement and<br /> replace coverage from Putnam and Westchester<br /> <br /> LI - build out links from Suffolk and Nassau to Westchester and NYC<br /> <br /> NYC - build out reach into LI, NJ, Westchester and Rockland/Orange<br /> <br /> We have 62 counties across the state and need to eventually service the<br /> various EOCs and NGOs in those counties. Even if you are not ready for<br /> RF links, at least set up the bbs and link across the internet using<br /> 44Net. Experiment there with no downside of making mistakes vs RF.<br /> When you are ready, then add the RF directional links. We all have a<br /> stake in making sure that NY State has the messaging capabilities to<br /> support our counties, while at the same time providing a training ground<br /> for our local ham clubs and members. There are plenty on this list that<br /> can help with their expertise, provide working examples of bbs software<br /> configuration and their experience on RF infrastructure. All you have<br /> to do is ask.<br /> <br /></blockquote><br />-- <br />Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV<br />NYC-ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.<br /><br />NYC-ARECS/RACES Nets 147.360/107.2 PL<br />ARnewsline Broadcast Mon. @ 8:00PM<br />NYC-ARECS Weekly Net Mon. @ 8:30PM<br /><a href="http://www.nyc-arecs.org">http://www.nyc-arecs.org</a><br /><br />NY-NBEMS Net Saturdays @ 10AM & USeast-NBEMS Net Wednesdays @ 7PM<br />on 7.036 Mhz USB (alt 3.536)/1500 hz waterfall spot; MFSK-16 or 32<br /><br />"Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls <br />topped<br />by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders." - Ronald Reagan<br /><br />"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." - Tacitus<br /><br />"Molann an obair an fear" - Irish Saying<br />(The work praises the man.)<br /><br />"No matter how big and powerful government gets, and the many services it<br />provides, it can never take the place of volunteers." - Ronald Reagan<br /><br /></pre></blockquote></div></html>