Re: Seattle Wireless Mountaintop Site

> Some time ago there was a mention of an old AT&T (?) site that was going =
to
> be used by SWN.=C2=A0 I thought it was located south of Tacoma.=C2=A0 Any=
 current
> info?=C2=A0 Who might I contact to get more information?

I'm a lot more familiar with Baldi than I am with SWN. I've helped a
few ham friends maintain their equipment up there. Here's what I know:

Baldi is an old AT&T microwave site east of Enumclaw at around 4600'(I
think) (http://aprs.fi/?call=3Dbaldi)... line of sight to both Seattle
and Tacoma. It's my understanding that SWN had a
Seattle-Enumclaw-Tacoma link there at one point, or at least tested
it. I think the only SWN gear left at Baldi is a large UPS that beeps
now because it has a bad battery...

Baldi is the primary (only?) site of Skynet Broadband, a WISP based in
Enumclaw. It's my understanding that Skynet is saturating the 2.4GHz
band at Baldi with their equipment (channels 1, 6, and 11, I assume).
I'm not sure if they're using the 5GHz or 3.4GHz licensed bands. I did
hear something recently about them upgrading to a 100+Mbps backbone
link to Tacoma. I believe that was on some licensed spectrum, but I'm
not sure where. Regardless, Skynet has claim to 802.11 airwaves at
Baldi, so I wouldn't expect SWN to have access there anytime soon.

I could put you in contact with the site manager if you'd like more info.

Tom Hayward

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