[SkyHub] 2020 SkyHub Accomplishments

Fri Jan 1 13:17:45 EST 2021

Skyler,
Congratulations on such a successful year. I know how much time, effort, and drive it takes to accomplish these projects. Keep up the good work and let me know how I can help you. 

73’s
Dave
Dave Novotny, WA6IFI
Chairman, Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group 
719-439-9077

> On Jan 1, 2021, at 9:31 AM, Skyler F <electricity440 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Greetings Everyone and Happy New Year! Below is a list of everything we have completed in 2020, I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered with time, money, equipment, or tower space  to help out with our massive expansion!  We have doubled our footprint in just the past year, see skyhublink.com/coverage
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> List of SkyHub Projects completed in 2020. There may be more things I am forgetting.
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> 1.       Brought DSTAR XRF031C online
> 2.       Moved HUB computer Downtown at Denver Water network room for reliable connection
> 3.       Got IRLP back up and running using a Nano Node with an audio bridge to a pi
> 4.       Got the 448.400 frequency from Cliff N0ZUQ old repeater, put it on Fusion at I225 and Parker road
> 5.       Designed the Buena Vista 449.575 repeater from scratch, deployed on Mt. Princeton
> 6.       Added a link radio at Buena Vista Search and Rescue to add this repeater
> 7.       Decommissioned the 449.575 repeater at Mt. Princeton, reprogrammed the Buena Vista Link radio for 449.925 Methodist Mtn. after getting permission to use that machine instead.
> 8.       Moved the KE0VH 449.625 from Lookout Mountain to Morrison mountain, the premiere site for Denver!
> 9.       Installed AllStar Link on the 146.700 WB0QMR repeater in Dillon / Breckenridge, and put it on the SkyHub full time
> 10.   Installed the 447.950 Fusion digital repeater at the Denver Water Roberts tunnel entrance near Dillon Reservoir
> 11.   Built the 446.275 simplex node on fusion for Colorado Springs on Fusion. De-commissioned this node after we got a better site for a full duplex analog repeater.
> 12.   Built the Colorado Springs Repeater from scratch, coordinated and installed at Gardner rock
> 13.   Built the Grand Lake repeater to go at Cris W5WCA’s QTH and installed. SkyHub coverage in Fraser, Granby and Grand Lake.
> 14.   Re-coordinated and moved Jeremy W0JRL’s Analog repeater from his apartment up to Lookout Mountain where the 449.625 repeater used to be. Removed after PA failure, replaced Yaesu transmitter with Motorola on the DR1X.
> 15.   Received coordination for 447.800 at the Milner Mountain site to expand coverage to Ft. Collins. Installed the K0SVT repeater at this site
> 16.   Bridged internet using Jeff Grazi’s microwave link and VLAN between Lookout Mountain and Milner Mountain for internet at this site.
> 17.   Received coordination to move 448.400 from parker road and I225 to Milner mountain on Analog. Moved this repeater on the same rack as 447.800 as the N0ZUQ memorial repeater using his original equipment.
> 18.   Installed the new M17 digital mode on the SkyHub server for future experimentation, eventually will bridge to the main hub.
> 19.   Got on board with K6IOK repeater covering a very wide area centered in Auburn CA
> 20.   Formed a Board, and received a EIN number and registration through the State of CO for non-profit status. Still need to eventually file 1023 for official non-profit.
> 21.   Received permission to re-locate the Scottsbluff repeater up on top of a main tower covering that area
> 22.   Received coordination to re-locate our originally coordinated Buena Vista repeater to Pueblo on 449.575. Moved this repeater 122 feet up the Galvanized Endeavors 900 foot tower on Baculite Mesa for coverage between Colo. City and Monument.
> 23.   Installed the link radio for this machine at Ray AA0L’s QTH in Peyton, CO to link this Pueblo Machine to the SkyHub.
> 24.   Re-coordinated W0JRL 447.175 for Downtown Denver (lookout mtn was too noisy). Still need to install soon.
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> Our goals for 2021 will include adding Vail and Durrango, and more importantly hardening and adding redundancy to our current assets to keep them running. We run completely on volunteers and donations and really appreciate any help from anyone, and anything helps. Feel free to support us at skyhublink.com/support.
> 
> 73,
> Skyler W0SKY 
> Chief Engineer
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