Ice Storm and Station Updates

We our recovering from the recent ice storm that left us with a trace to 1” of ice from NY to ME. Sites are slowly coming back as temperatures rise above the freezing mark.

W7/Phoenix - We replaced the tube amplifier with a solid state Expert 1K-fa (pic enclosed of console) that was recently pulled from the W1/Jonesport site after the Flex PGXL’s install. This should add reliabilty to the site and give you a much better operating experience. This station is by far the best in the SW USA with hardware in the air and the owner has pledged to make improvements if needed. We now have 1000w on 6M at this site along with the other bands. All bands now QRV from 6-160.

W2/Summit - This site is under 3’ of snow and ice that has slowed down the lightning strike recovery. We do have the replacement parts/material on hand, just waiting for a reprieve in the weather. In the spring-time we have plans to greatly improve the performance of this station.

W1/Lake Moxy and W1/Athens - These sites are unmanned in very rural ME. Once we get a reprieve in the weather (spring-time) these sites will be back to the 100W dipole portal.

W1/Maine Coastal sites. We do have access to these sites in the winter. The RHR team will be onsite mid Feb to continue the work in Jonesport/Eastport and Lubec.

HH2AA - The site is hit or miss. With the turmoil in Haiti, we continue to have some reliablity issues with the ISP. When the site is QRV it creates an incredible pileup. This site is unmanned.

Between the paying service and the youth network we manange over 40 stations in colloboration with station owners. We all work together as a team to give you the very best possible operating experience. As always, please report any site issues to our support ticket system. We will credit your operation if something is not working as expected.

Thanks,

The RHR Team!