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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hey Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> This is great news. What is even better news is that the WA2EMO may still have their 9600 baud radio up and running that used to connect to the old KA2QYT node. IF you can hear that site then half of the work is done. There are 6 or 7 regular packet users in Wayne County off the WA2EMO node site, they also have s second node WA2AAZ. I just talked to Jay Hamill KC2TCM. They still have a 9600 baud link on their site that used to aim to Auburn and the K2QYT node. Jack is a silent key and his nodes were taken down. Jay has one of his nodes and all the TNC’s and radios. If your location can hear their site we could easily set it back up at your QTH. Their user port frequency is 144.950 if you want to try to connect. The QYT node also used to connect to Fulton and Cortland. If you are interested in developing a full FlexNet node with all the equipment provided I think we can make that happen. The big mystery is the actual RF path being available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian Webster N2KGC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.wirelessmapping.com">www.wirelessmapping.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1043 height=647 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6BECF.070B3110"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> HamGateNY [mailto:hamgateny-bounces@n2nov.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Scrano<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 7:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> 44Net Sysops in NY State<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [HamGateNY] Winter Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have a node that has been up and down(on 44net) and isn't peered via RF currently in Onondaga county. I would potentially be interested in peering from my QTH (K2EXE- fn12uu) and there's the possibility of finding more interest at the Bear Bait Radio club in Clay, NY. I am also planning a node at our club HQ which has a decent sized tower. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mark Scrano K2EXE<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 1:02 PM Charles J. Hargrove <<a href="mailto:n2nov@n2nov.net">n2nov@n2nov.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>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>> 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><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" target="_blank">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<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>