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<p class=default><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>No system is perfect... chose wisely. One guy in
Vegas was happy about the WINSystem :-) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Received from a friend early last November. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Bob/kk6ecm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>I received this from Denis, a ham that works for one
of the aircraft manufacturers down in the LA Basin....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hello All: There was a
May-Day call Sunday on the Win-System, Quite eventful in my opinion. I then got
an e-mail from Chuck (W4ROA). This is the story.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Linked Ham Radio Repeater
System Instrumental in Hiker Rescue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TAGS: 70 centimeters,
emergency traffic, GPS, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:place></st1:City>,
Rescue<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>11/05/2013<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>A hiker in distress in <st1:State
w:st="on">Nevada</st1:State> is thankful that he had his hand-held transceiver
along when he found himself stranded in the hills near <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Henderson</st1:place></st1:City>. Western Intertie Network (WIN)
System member Jim Frederick, KF6QBW, in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>
reports he was monitoring the system November 3 around midday when he heard,
“Mayday, Mayday. Hiker in distress! from his WIN System repeater.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“I grabbed a charged
battery for my VX-5, and the call came over the radio again,” <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Frederick</st1:place></st1:City> says. He
responded, and the hiker on the other end, Nathan Rischling, KDØHFM, of Nellis
Air Force Base in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nevada</st1:place></st1:State>,
told him hed misread the elevation on his topographical map, had ended up on a
very steep and rough area, had stuck his hand on a cactus, and could find no
safe way out of his situation. He had a GPS, however, and was able to provide <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Frederick</st1:place></st1:City> with his
precise coordinates. Rischling said he had a day’s worth of food and
water but needed help getting off the mountain, as he would not get back to his
starting point before sundown and didn’t think his GPS battery would last
out the trip.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“KDØHFM stated that he
did not take a conventional trail and was using a topographical map and GPS for
guidance,” <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Frederick</st1:place></st1:City>
explained.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:City w:st="on"><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Frederick</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
said he knew from experience that a call to the <st1:City w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:City>
search and rescue would expedite the process, so he put out a call on the WIN
System for any <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Las Vegas</st1:place></st1:City>
station that could make the call. James Freeman, KG7EWP, promptly came back,
and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Frederick</st1:place></st1:City>
handed off the emergency traffic. Freeman called 911 and spoke with search and
rescue, and stood by until the situation was resolved. Within 15 minutes a
rescue helicopter was on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Frederick kept his ear to
the radio until the event was resolved, in case someone needed more information
from him, and a few hours later, he overheard Rischling thank KG7EWP for
helping “and everyone else on the WIN System for standing by.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The WIN System is a series
of 90 linked, or inter-tied repeaters most on UHF (70 centimeters) — that
cover a substantial portion of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>,
16 other states, and four countries around the world. It is owned and operated
by Shorty Stouffer, K6JSI. KF6QBW is an affiliated repeater station with the
WIN System.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“Without Shorty, K6JSI
(my Elmer), and the WIN System and its members, I would not have known what to
do, let alone been able to help, as I was just a link in this chain of
events,” Frederick said. — Thanks to Chuck Baer, W4ROA; Jim
Frederick, KF6QBW; Shorty Stouffer, K6JSI, and Sean Kutzko, KX9X<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kirk Just Kirk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 31, 2014 5:37
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Skyler F<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [App_rpt-users] Nodes
with Traffic</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Yes indeed!!! connect to 2560 and get your fill of.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Non stop radio checks.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Audio critics.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Operating critics.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I love myself Coronado Dave......<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Comments.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Breaks.......<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mouth farts......<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>REAL Farts......<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Burps.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>500 pound women telling you how to operate, that you need to shut up
every 20 minutes while they talk all day and night<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Shorty telling you how to operate/act....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Made up technical standards.....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Just ask for a check in hahaha....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This should either burn your transmitter in or UP.......<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please have a bottle of TUMS ready...possibly a bottle of Damn-It-All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Skyler F <<a
href="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com" target="_blank">electricity440@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I installed a node on a
repeater with little traffic. I want to play a lot of stuff so people scanning
through the repeaters hear something and then go there and hang out on that
repeater.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What allstar nodes can I connect to that have a lot of traffic? (Like
the Western or Win system reflector, which is IRLP)<br>
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73<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Skyler kd0whb<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><br
clear=all>
<span class=hoenzb><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#38761d" face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:#38761D'>Skyler
Fennell</span></font><font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:#38761D'><a
href="http://amsatnet.info" target="_blank">amsatnet.info</a></span></font><font
color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:#38761D'>KDØWHB</span></font><font
color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:#38761D'><a
href="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com" target="_blank">electricity440@gmail.com</a></span></font><font
color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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