[SkyHub] Vail Mountain work

[Tower DIVA]

I will be happy to come up and assist with this project.   If asked nicely
(kidding) I will do tower work as well, including confirming the hardline
is good and connectors.    Please keep me in the loop on this.

Keri


On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 4:33 PM Skyler Fennell <73w0sky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good Evening Everyone,
>
> SkyHubLink will be supporting the 2023 Children's Hospital Bicycle
> Fundraiser with Communications Infrastructure.
>
> This 2-day bike race occurs on JULY 15 and JULY 16th 2023 in the heart
> of the Rocky Mountains spanning between Copper Mountain, Leadville,
> Minturn, Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and beyond.
>
> They are looking for volunteers with a HAM radio license and ham
> equipment.  If you are selected, accommodations will be provided for
> the duration of the event. If you are interested in volunteering,
> please contact the HAM Supervisor CHRISTAN NORRIS, W0CDN at
> w0cdn at comcast.net, and also put in an application here at the
> Children's Hospital website :
>
> https://www.supportchildrenscolorado.org/courage-classic/volunteer-at-the-courage-classic/
> ( You can skip where it asks for donation to begin your volunteer
> application)
>
> - UHF / VHF Mobile with HIGH GAIN antenna, and a way to mount stuff to
> vehicles
> - APRS Preferred but not required
> - Good Communications and traffic Relay skills
>
>
> As a separate thing, If you are looking to help out SkyHubLink with
> the Communications Infrastructure, there is a LOT of work to do on our
> side. Here is what we have to get done between now and July 15th.
>
> 1. REVAMP the Vail repeater with a new High Power repeater and
> antenna. Need someone who is willing to drive us up to the top of Vail
> Ski resort in an easy-access road. ( Mid to Late June on a weekend )
> 2. BUCKEYE PEAK PORTABLE SOLAR REPEATER, possibly need help with
> construction or deployment of this repeater, will occur sometime the
> week of July 10th. DEPLOYMENT WILL BE 4x4 ROAD followed by a 1 MILE
> HIKE AT 12,000 FEET !!
> 3. Copper Mountain Deployable Repeater - Building and Deploying a
> portable repeater at the top of Copper Mountain Ski Patrol
> Headquarters
> 4. RF Links - All of these repeaters will be linked together through
> node radios, RF links, etc.
> 5. VIDEO - It would be nice for SkyHub to have some of this
> documented, so anyone who might want to help video stuff could be
> useful.
>
> If you are interested in volunteering for the communications
> infrastructure for the event, please e-mail w0sky at 73w0sky at gmail.com
> with the subject line CC2023 INFRASTRUCTURE and let me know how you
> would like to help. I will get back as soon as possible but am very
> busy.
>
> This is gonna be a lot of work but a super exciting event and
> hopefully this year the communications to support a massive event
> through some of the Deepest canyons of colorado will be seamless!
>
> w0sky
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