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Donors, Supporters and Sponsors of PNW

PNW DMR is a regional association of individuals who, in part, provide the repeaters, networking and ongoing costs to keep this network operational.

This page is meant to publically acknowledge those individuals, groups and businesses who are actively supported the PNW network growth and maintenance.  Our repeater owners are the moving force behind our regional growth and honestly, they go beyond that by donating here as well. Individual support efforts by our users is welcome and will be memorialized here also.

Typically only 5% of a club's members voluntarily support a club's efforts when there is no dues structure in place, so those who do so voluntarily go above and beyond and are listed below because they merit acknowledgment.  If you feel inclined to actively support PNW DMR, we suggest a nominal $25 annual donation, less than 1 Starbuck's drip coffee a month.

A typical repeater deployment at a commercial site costs $3,500 to $5,000 just in material costs.  Then factor in site rent and Internet can add another $700-$1,250 in annual ongoing costs.  There are countless hours for planning, trips, tower climbers as well as maintenance and tweaks after the initial installations.  Some installations have 5 hour one-way drives.  Some repeater owners never use their own repeaters as they are located too far away from thier home areas.  All of this is a significant investment by a very few dedicated repeater owners who bare most of the costs for our community repeater growth and network expansion.

For those who do not actively support PNW, please make an effort to seek out your repeater owners and others listed on this page and extend to them your appreciation for their dedication to help maintain and expand DMR coverage in our region.

Our Supporters and Sponsors
CoLo home to the DCI c-Bridge since 2011 VPS home to the PNW c-Bridge, BGP announcing and IP provider for our repeaters
 
CoLo home to our Spokane servers and providing HamWAN connectivity CoLo home to our Bremerton servers and with connectivity to HamWAN
 

The following members have made significant contributions to PNW DMR

  • Rob, AF7PR;  Many repeaters in Washington!!!
  • Loren, KB7APU;  Many repeaters (Oregon & Washington)
  • Andy, KK7TR, Cougar repeater return (2nd edition), tower climber, tech assist
  • Jim, N7MAQ;  Repeaters (Oregon and Washington)
  • Mike, N07RF;  c-Bridge, Networking, Repeaters (North Central Washington)
  • Rod, KC7AAD; Repeater & repeater site (Spokane), Spokane CoLo hosting and HamWAN
  • Earl, N3EG; Repeaters (Longview Washington and Rainier Oregon with local Day Wireless support)
  • Lenny, N7MOT, Repeater and repeater site (Coeur d'Alene)
  • Dylan, KI7SBI, Colo hosting, Polly/MMDVM server implementation/support and HamWAN
  • Casey, KI7TRR, IT & server development, testing and implementation; MMDVM
  • Mike, NC7Q, repeater deployment, Ferndale
  • Hilltop acquisitions, Installs, Networking, Labor, Testing, Maintenance & other support:
    • Daniel KL7WM, tower climber
    • Mike N3KPU, tower climber
    • Brian, KE0CO, duplexer & isolator turning (with professional equipment and experience)
    • Steve, N9VW, install and tech assist
    • Rob, K7RHM, install
    • Mike, N7NFY, repeater site (Gold)
    • Jerry Noe at Wiztronics; repeater sites & Internet connections
    • Brian, K5IN, repeater site (Capitol Peak)
    • BC-TRBO, Geoff, VE7KA, affiliate c-Bridge
    • HamWAN, PNW c-Bridge Hosting & Internet connections at Gold Mtn, Capital Peak and Baw Faw
    • Terence, KE7SFF, affiliate repeater (Haystack) & HKS c-Bridge
    • Randy K7RHK, Ellensburg site and Internet
    • Ron KG7LAA, install assistance for Ellensburg repeater
    • Joey, KF7NQC, supplied and installed Heliax and Telewave antenna for Moses Lake

Special Mention:  Greg, NF6C who put up the first 2 repeaters (MTR-3000's) on Cougar and Baldi in 2013 and got the DMR ball rolling in Westside Washington.  The repeaters came down when Greg moved to California in 2014 but were replaced within the year.
 
Date Call Amount

Benefiting

 Details
3-8-18 AA7BG $100 PNW Bruce said he would like this to go toward repeater, network or site costs.
3-4-18 K7LKA $100 PNW Steve requested that his donation go to repeater maintenance.
2-22-18 KI7CAZ $50 PNW  
2-9-18 KB7BM $40 PNW Del checked in and enjoys the benefits of DMR
2-8-18 W4LKS $100 PNW
Eastside		 Randy has asked that his donation help support our east side repeaters.
2-8-18 KF7NLV $10 p/m PNW Colon has entered a $10 per month subscription via PayPal!!! and suggests Starbucks for the install crews.
1-18-18 KI7JLL $50 PNW Charles said to keep up the great work gentlemen (and ladies) for the the great service.
1-16-18 KI7KUI $100 PNW Karl sent a hearty thanks to the gang who keeps the network growing and running well!
12-22-17 KA7QQV   PNW Don from Oakland CA requested amount not be listed.
10-18-17 W7DTS $20 PNW
Have a small budget but will do what we can. 73 Jim
10-18-17 K7TBM $25 PNW The move to Oso - Frailey really helped here on So. Whidbey. Thanks. Tom K7TBM
8-5-17 Anon $100 PNW Our thanks to that caring Ham who supports our network operations.
7-23-17 N7DUD $50 PNW Will (repeater owner) simply said thanks!  (Will lives in Anchorage AK)
7-14-17 K7AMF $25 PNW Jim gave his thanks for putting the network together
7-9-17 KG7ESC $25 PNW Jonathon said, " Doesn't feel right enjoying the system without pitching in.  -73"
6-19-17 VA7DGP $20 PNW Don is on limited funds but wanted to help as he uses the network
6-10-17 KD7ZMC $100 PNW Morgan said to use it where needed and also that it has returned his interest to Ham Radio!
6-3-17 K7LFP $100 PNW Lee requested this time (he's a 2 timer now) that it be used where needed!
5-27-17 N6HTY $25 PNW

Mike (repeater owner) asked that it be used as needed.
5-15-17 NR7RR $40 PNW

Todd said for general operations.
4-25-17 N7EKB $100 PNW

Ed said to use it where it is needed!
4-15-17 N7ER $100 PNW

Brad is supporting general maintenance and ongoing costs
4-3-17 W7RX $10 Oregon

Support for The Eugene repeater
3-31-17 KB7APU $250 PNW

Loren (repeater owner) provided for the general support for PNW - to help sponsor the Gathering in WA in 2017 hopefully
3-24-17 KI7JLL $50+ PNW

Support for Lookout - Bellingham repeater installation
1-26-17 W7FED $100 PNW

Support for general maintenance and growth
1-23-17 KI7JLL $40+ PNW Chuck asked that this benefit the Moses Lake Repeater
1-18-17 KJ7YL $50 PNW General support for PNW
1-8-17 K1ZIL $20 PNW Mark said, "Just helping the network wherever possible."
12-20-16 N6GGS $100 DCI & PNW Darrell (repeater owner) said: "For the N6GGS seat on the DCI c-Bridge"
01-04-18
12-20-16		 KA6P $100
$200		 DCI & PNW Pat (repeater owner) said: "Support for the overall efforts of DCI/PNW c-Bridge operations and maintenance".
12-04-16 K7LFP $100 Washington West Lee asked that it go to benefit Rob for all his effort in expanding our DMR presence in Washington. Rob waived it said to use it for the c-Bridge data center. Done!
09-23-16 KE7GXL $25 No designation Our first cash donation; offered to KB7APU, Oregon North, then AF7PR but ultimately paid to the DCI c-Bridge data center
 
If you support or have supported PNW DMR or it's repeater owners whether by cash, services, labor, repeaters, etc, please let us know if we have missed you from the above tables and/or you wish to remain anonymous or how you wish your donation to be directed.

 
If you would like to assist PNW with equipment, sites, expertise or a few dimes, contact us at: pnw@trbo.org, any repeater owner directly via the "CC" links in the repeater listing on the homepage, use the donate button on the right, use our PayPal Pool or: YouCaring.com/PNW DMR.

 

Revised: 03/31/2018 07:24

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We are also supporting the DMRX Help Team's effort to fund the talkgroup server that almost all USA based c-Bridges use to pass many of the major talkgroups.

We would encourage small donations as well.  DMRX provides the most robustly connected talkgroups in the USA but are very much unknown outside of the c-Bridge owners and a few repeater owners.