[SDham] Fw: SD LINK SYSTEM

Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:26:13 -0600

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Burch" <[email protected]>
To: "Toby (h) Wagner" <[email protected]>; "Norb Sichterman"
<[email protected]>; "Todd Rittel" <[email protected]>; "Frank Shaw"
<[email protected]>; "Don Sanders" <[email protected]>; "Dan
Richmond" <[email protected]>; "Charles Palmer" <[email protected]>;
"David R Jeffries" <[email protected]>; "Jerry Hawley" <[email protected]>;
"Jerome F. Harvey" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: FW: SD LINK SYSTEM


> Saturday morning  06-07
> Rapid City
>
> Hi Group:  FYI to all -
>
> (I like the above title of this message!)
>
> Remember at the last NHRC meeting when we were discussing the
> door key situation on the shack which houses the state link
> equipment up on Terry Peak?  And then I went into a rant about
> my thoughts regarding the need for some IDENTIFIED contact(s)
> regarding the on-going need for maintenance of the link system?
>
> Well, I have been in correspondence with the author of the message
> partially shown below about check-ins to the evening HF SD WX
> net when band conditions don't allow would-be participants to
> check in on the air, or your antenna falls out of the tree.
>
> We had been talking about interest, especially in west river,
> of folks being able to check in to the evening net via the link,
> and that I had heard that the link was in trouble right now in
> at least two different places.  I wonder how many years it will
> take to get this valuable resource repaired?
>
> I'd like to actually help with fixing the link's various problems
> instead of just getting on the air to complain, but it's frustrating
> as hell when you don't even know who to contact to offer your services.
>
> I thought that his message was interesting and illuminating and
> I thought I'd share part of it with you.
>
> No need to respond unless you know of some way to contact whoever
> is responsible for the link.  I sure don't.
>
> 73 de John
> ..
>
>
> > The link is for sure broke. It will not get back to the guys
> > west of Murdo. It has been this way most of the time since
> > it was installed. I have no idea who to get in touch with
> > to report the trouble.
> >
> > We do hear everyone out there in the hills when they use it.
> > It is also broken at Humbolt. We can hear the people in Sioux
> > Falls and south to Yankton, but they cannot hear us. It is
> > definitely a disappointment to have such a good system and
> > it not work. The money that FEMA put into it was considerable
> > and like I said it is a shame to have it set there not really
> > working.
>
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