PNW Digital's Sponsors, Supporters and Donors
Our
PayPal
Pool link has changed as we have transitioned to a new association account (paypal@PNWDigital.Net) linked to
its own savings account. All donations made over the past 377 days to the
original pool are now archived but
available
to members
PNWDigital.net is a regional association of individuals who collectively, provide the repeaters, networking and ongoing maintenance and subscription costs to keep our DMR network organization operational.
This page is meant to publically acknowledge those individuals, groups and businesses who are actively supporting PNWDigital.Net's 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 (PNW is at 6.1%), 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 PNWDigital.net, we suggest a nominal $25 annual donation, less than the cost of 1 Starbuck's drip coffee a month. If every member were to donate, we could fully fund our ongoing monthly costs as well as fund 1-3 new repeaters each year or better afford the best and most expensive mountaintop sites.
We are now using PayPal Pools now to enable public tracking of our donations. If you prefer to donate anonymously or via an on-going subscription, you may give directly by using the paypal@pnwdigital.net address.
As of February 2020, our monthly ongoing costs are about $920 a month for the WA7DMR repeaters and networking. The average donation is about 39 cents per member per year for about $454 per month, so monthly costs alone run double the amount of our current donation level. This does not take into account the costs by individual repeater owners who shoulder their deployment costs alone. A typical repeater deployment at a commercial site costs $4,500 to $5,500 just in hardware costs. The site rent and Internet is another $700-$1,250 at the typical annual rate. There are countless hours for planning, trips, paid tower crews as well as maintenance and upgrades 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 their home areas. All of this is a significant investment by a very few dedicated repeater owners who shoulder most of the costs for our community repeater growth and network expansion. This is not sustainable in the years ahead but wWe have no plans currently to change our funding however.
For those who do not actively support PNWDigital.net, please make an effort to seek out your repeater owners and others listed on this page and extend to them your appreciation for their support or dedication to help our members and to maintain and expand DMR coverage in our region.
Our Supporters and Sponsors
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RavenNet Raven-Net-Systems,-LLC www.ravennetsystems.com |
Lets Get Ready, Inc Amazon -- Ebay |
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| Manufacturer of the c-Bridge and other DMR networking platforms | Great Vendor Support for the Anytone radios as well as supporting our training sessions | ||||
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| CoLo home to the DCI c-Bridge from 2011 to 2020 | CoLo home to our Bremerton c-Bridge and servers with RF backbone connectivity to HamWAN | ||||
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| Spokane Service Provider to PNW Digital | CoLo home to our Bremerton c-Bridge and servers with RF backbone connectivity to HamWAN | ||||
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| Frank NO7UP at xyTel.net is providing our c-Bridge Hosting in Kennewick and Internet service at Jump Off Joe | |||||
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The following members have made significant contributions to PNWDigital.net
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 Western Washington. The repeaters came down when Greg moved to California in 2014 but were replaced within the year with the help of Andy KK7TR (Cougar Mtn) and Rob AF7PR (Baldi Mtn). This was the genesis of PNW Digital truly having lift off in Washington state. |
| Date | Call | Amount |
Comments / Details See PayPal Pool |
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3-28-20 beginning 02-08-18 |
KF7NLV | $10 per/mo | Colin was the first to enter a monthly subscription via PayPal!!! and suggested Starbucks for the install crews. |
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03-27-20 09-23-19 |
KE7IN |
$50 $25 |
Kevin said, "Great work!" |
| 03-24-20 | KJ7BNF | $50 | Money well spent. Thanks for the effort from all and for helping keeping us sane in these trying times. KJ7BNF Paul So. Bellevue, WA |
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3-14-20 beginning 08-15-19 |
KG7PMV | $20 | Rick now sends PNW Digital monthly checks after having suggesting an alternative to online only support. Great Idea and thank you! |
| 03-11-20 | W7COM | $100 | Great work! |
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3-08-20 beginning 05-08-18 |
Anon | $xx per/mo | This ham member has requested anonymity, amount suppressed and wishes as much as possible that the ongoing support go towards mentoring & training. |
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3-06-20 beginning 11-07-19 |
K1CZA | $10 | Chad explored another PayPal option; billing. Great Idea and thank you though billing for a donation just seems a bit odd. :-) |
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03-04-20 02-01-20 01-02-20 12-07-19 09-04-19 |
KJ7V |
$20 $10 $10 $10 $30 |
March February! "JAN2020" Thank you again! Thank you! |
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03-03-20 01-14-19 03-08-18 |
AA7BG |
$120 $120 $100 |
"Thanks for all you do. Use this donation for system maintenance, site costs or equipment." Bruce sent us his thanks and said (again) he would like this to go toward repeater, maintenance, network or site costs. |
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03-02-20 10-19-19 |
AB7RU |
$20 $25 |
Appreciate you hams
out there in the PNW that keep this
going! 73's Mike said thank you! |
| 02-23-20 | VE7EBW | $50 | Let's keep going! |
| 02-22-20 | KJ7KTG | $25 | |
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02-20-20 07-24-19 |
WL7AQ |
$20 $10 |
Excellent system. -Dennis, WL7AQ |
| 02-8-20 | KN6GSG | $100 | Thank you PNW DMR for allowing me to participate. |
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02-2-20 12-27-18 |
W7NCX |
$25 $25 |
Dave said to put it into the general fund. |
| 02-06-19 | KG7ZQE | $100 | Thanks Mike! |
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02-04-20 03-25-19 |
KI7JLL |
$150 $50 |
The
momentum is exciting. I can't
believe how much has changed in 3
years. Thank you all! Chuck said thanks for everything. You too Chuck! |
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02-04-20 04-04-19 |
KG7JMI |
$100 $100 |
Thanks
PNW Admin for the quality of our
system.
Carl sent a "Thanks for your fine work. For the general good of the system." |
| 01-28-20 | K8TOM | $25 | Thank you Tom! |
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1-24-20 05-19-19 09-09-18 |
AG7T |
$50 $50 $50 |
Help with repeaters,
MMVDM hosts, and other PNWDigital
costs. |
| 01-20-20 | WA4OSH | $20 | Konrad said to use the funds as needed |
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01-17-20 01-14-19 |
WA7ZWG |
$50 $50 |
Bob said
to use the funds as needed Bob, a repeater owner as well, provided support to PNW Digital. |
| 1-10-20 | W7KFO | $25 | Dave sez, "Awesome network, looking forward to April 2020." |
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01-01-20 07-17-19 04-25-17 |
N7EKB |
$50 $50 $100 |
Ed said
Happy New Year! |
| 12-24-19 | WL7CES | $25 | Thanks Tim! |
| 12-23-19 | K7LFP | $100 | Happy Holiday! (Lee is a 5 timer now!) |
| 12-13-19 | AC7RX | $50 | Greg said, "Thanks to all for the many hours spent, and expertise donated to make what might well be the best DMR/ digital ham system in N. A." |
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12-28-19 beginning 02-08-18 |
KF7NLV | $10 per/mo | Colin was the first to enter a monthly subscription via PayPal!!! and suggested Starbucks for the install crews. |
| 11-28-19 | ND7P | $25 |
PNW thanks you on Thanksgiving Day! |
| 11-24-19 | N7GWK | $25 |
PNW thanks you! |
| 11-16-19 | NE7IL | $100* |
Neil said, "Thanks for all the hard work!) NOTE: These last 2 donations are from non-members who don't do DMR, but they wanted to support PNW |
| 11-15-19 | KE7SH | $35* |
Allan said, "I'm glad for the opportunity to support repeater operations. |
| 11-4-19 | N7NVX | $100 |
Russell said, "Solid system, good work, would love to help." |
| 10-29-18 | K7TBM | $25 |
This is Tom's 3rd donation and he said thanks for the system! |
| 10-24-19 | N4LWR | $50 | Mike said, "Thanks to everyone who works to keep the PNW Digital Network up and running." |
| 10-19-19 | AB7RU | $25 | Mike said thank you! |
| 10-15-19 | K7YPH | $25 | Cliff wrote, "A week a half ago, I knew very little about DMR. Today I have a working radio and working Pi-Star hot-spot on PNW talk groups. Thank you to everyone involved for your all that you do!" |
| 10-02-19 | AF7PQ | $30 | Monte is a huge supporter of ham radio. Monte said, "Thanks to the group for your friendly help to all of us newbies. DMR requires a lot of patience on everyone's level." |
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10-01-19 09-20-19 04-23-19 |
K7BIT/ AG7VI |
$25 $10 $20 |
Bill said thanks again for the time, help and effort as well as just wanted to help a bit to keep the system going. |
| 09-28-19 | K7MJO | $25 | Michael said great organization! |
| 09-25-19 | N7GCO | $30 | Mel directed $15 to Spokane DMR and $15 to General |
| 09-25-19 | N8HVM | $10 | Nicholas said just adding a little bit |
| 09-23-19 | KE7IN | $25 | Kevin said, "Great work!" |
| 09-20-19 | WW7CH | $25 | Bill said, "Glad to pitch in. . . To everyone involved, keep up the good work!" |
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09-16-19 05-19-19 |
K9HAV K7FZO |
$200 $400 |
Again, kind words and
another donation supporting PNW
Digital. |
| 09-13-19 | KG7VXW | $25 | John says, "This is an amazing group." |
| 09-10-19 | N7LF | $200 | Joel and the I-84-Group are building out the I-84 corridor in Oregon and onto Idaho and Utah ultimately |
| 09-08-19 | AD7NP | $50 | Thank you |
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09-08-19 beginning 05-08-18 |
Anon | $xx per/mo | This ham member has requested anonymity, amount suppressed and wishes as much as possible that the ongoing support go towards mentoring & training. |
| 09-04-19 | KD7PSN | $25 | Mike said, " Thank you to all the admins and owners" |
| 09-04-19 | Anon | $100 | This ham sent us this message: Thanks to all involved in making DMR so accessible around this area! |
| 09-04-19 | KJ7GDR | $25 | Robert said, "Thanks for all the DMR info and upkeep! Hope to continue to help and learn!" |
| 08-24-19 | WA7DJS | $10 | Donation in leiu of a raffle ticket |
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08-14-19 01-04-18 12-20-16 |
KA6P |
$100 $100 $200 |
Pat (repeater owner) said: Supporting DMR through PNW efforts. What a great crew up there in the NW", "Support for the overall efforts of DCI/PNW c-Bridge operations and maintenance". |
| 08-07-19 | K7ITE | $25 | Rick thanked PNW Digital for the effort! You too Ric! |
| 08-07-19 | W2ANN | $200 | Justin just joined PNW yesterday! |
| 08-01-19 | K7MRT | $25 | Mark said, "Thanks for keeping it up and running". |
| 07-31-19 | N7QXH | $25 | Michael said, "Thanks for your hard work! Great system!" |
| 07-25-19 | WA7HAA | $50 | Steve said, "Thanks for the fine system. Use to keep operating". |
| 07-26-19 | WA7DY | $25 | David said, "Thanks for all you do to support DMR in the PNW". |
| 07-18-19 | N7RDE | $50 | Bill sent us his thanks! |
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01-01-20 07-17-19 04-25-17 |
N7EKB |
$50 $50 $100 |
Ed said
Happy New Year! |
| 07-12-19 | NX7O | $50 |
Thank you Benton for your donation! |
| 06-23-19 | K6BRR |
$100 $115 |
Dana donated to both Pools and said, "Thank you for the group's hard work and support to the community. It is fun to see DMR evolve." and, "Onward to new sites". |
| 06-20-19 | K7LEN | $100 |
Len said "Thanks for such a great system and helping out a new Ham". |
| 04-18-19 | KG7LEA | $50 | Our welcome to Dave as a new member of PNW Digital |
| 04-17-19 | KD6VPH | $200 | Another Alex donation was made today with his thanks for the awesome system. Thank you as well Alex! |
| 03-31-19 | W8JLV? | $50 | Vincent sent a "Just moving over to DMR. Might as well help pay for the network." |
| 03-29-19 | unknown | $25 | William J McNally |
| 03-28-19 | K7LKA | $25 | Steve said thanks to those who keep this great system working! |
| 03-08-19 | N7MOT | $200 | Lenny sez to buy the admin team a round or two |
| 03-03-19 | K1ELG | $50 | Eric said that he appreciates us keeping the network running. |
| 02-13-19 | KK6BBI | $25 | Steve said use it anywhere to keep it going... |
| 02-10-19 | KL0NP | $25 | Will said Thank you...and so do we! |
| 02-07-19 | KI7QPJ | $25 | Jake said, "Thanks to all for making this system what it is today". |
| 02-03-19 | KP2X | $50 | Jim said thanks for the support for the Mt Sumas repeater. |
| 01-20-19 | KG7VRV | $25 | Todd said thank you for the hard work and effort. |
| 01-18-19 | KC7AAD | $100 | Rod said to use it for one of the new Eastern Washington repeater sites. |
| 01-14-19 | WA7ZWG | $50 | Bob, a repeater owner as well, provided support to PNW Digital. |
| 12-27-18 | W7NCX | $25 | Dave said to put it into the general fund. |
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12-20-18 03-31-17 |
KB7APU |
$250 $250 |
Loren (Oregon repeater owner) said Merry Christmas for 2018 and also provided for the general support for PNW - to help sponsor the Gathering in WA in 2017 hopefully |
| 11-03-18 | N6GFO | $25 | Matt said he was glad to support the network. |
| 10-25-18 | Anon | $25 | A friend has said to use the funds as needed. |
| 10-24-18 | N7DUD | $50 | Will said this is a small token of appreciations for the best DMR network around! This is Will's second donation too! |
| 10-19-18 | K7TBM | $25 |
Tom sez for the general fund...with thanks! |
| 10-13-18 | AG7BI | $25 |
Mauro said, "Just a little for the cause." |
| 10-11-18 | K7BIO | $100 |
Colin said thank you for everyone's hard work! |
| 07-20-18 | N7ER | $120 |
Brad's latest donation is to continue his support for general maintenance, equipment and reoccurring costs. |
| 07-17-18 | K7LFP | $100 | Lee's ongoing request (he's a 4 timer now) is the same, that it be used where needed and that it has been fun to see the growth of the network! |
| 07-15-18 | N7LOL | $20 | Scott was our third member who had initially chosen the monthly option via PayPal! Scott said to use it anywhere in the system as needed. |
| 07-05-18 | KD6VPH | $275 | Alex's donation was made via PPP with a thank you for our work! |
| 06-14-18 | unknown | $10 | Donation made via PPP, no call provided |
| 05-30-18 | KI7JLL | $40 | Chuck has donated 3 times previously. |
| 04-07-18 | K7LFP | $100 | Lee's ongoing request (he's a 4 timer now) is now just a little sumptin to keep it all goin'! |
| 03-04-18 | K7LKA | $100 | Steve requested that his donation go to repeater maintenance. |
| 02-22-18 | WB7SKI | $50 | |
| 02-09-18 | KB7BM | $40 | Del checked in and said that he enjoys the benefits of DMR |
| 02-08-18 | W4LKS | $100 | Randy has asked that his donation help support our east side repeaters. |
| 01-18-18 | KI7JLL | $50 | Chuck said to keep up the great work gentlemen (and ladies) for the the great service. |
| 01-16-18 | KI7KUI | $100 | Karl sent a hearty thanks to the gang who keeps the network growing and running well! |
| 12-22-17 | KA7QQV | ---- | Don from Oakland CA requested amount not be listed. |
| 10-18-17 | W7DTS | $20 | Have a small budget but will do what we can. 73 Jim |
| 10-18-17 | K7TBM | $25 | The move to Oso - Frailey really helped here on So. Whidbey. Thanks. Tom K7TBM |
| 08-05-17 | Anon | $100 | Our thanks to that caring Ham who supports our network operations. |
| 07-23-17 | N7DUD | $50 | Will (repeater owner) simply said thanks! (Will lives in Anchorage AK) |
| 07-14-17 | K7AMF | $25 | Jim gave his thanks for putting the network together |
| 07-09-17 | KG7ESC | $25 | Jonathon said, " Doesn't feel right enjoying the system without pitching in. -73" |
| 06-19-17 | VA7DGP | $20 | Don is on limited funds but wanted to help as he uses the network |
| 06-10-17 | KD7ZMC | $100 | Morgan said to use it where needed and also that it has returned his interest to Ham Radio! |
| 06-03-17 | K7LFP | $100 | Lee requested this time (he's a 2 timer now) that it be used where needed! |
| 05-27-17 | N6HTY | $25 |
Mike (repeater owner) asked that it be used as needed. |
| 05-15-17 | NR7RR | $40 |
Todd said for general operations. |
| 04-15-17 | N7ER | $100 |
Brad is supporting general maintenance and ongoing costs |
| 04-03-17 | W7RX | $10 |
Support for The Eugene repeater |
| 03-24-17 | KI7JLL | $50+ |
Support for Lookout - Bellingham repeater installation |
| 01-26-17 | W7FED | $100 |
Support for general maintenance and growth |
| 01-23-17 | KI7JLL | $40+ | Chuck asked that this benefit the Moses Lake Repeater |
| 01-18-17 | KJ7YL | $50 | General support for PNW |
| 01-08-17 | K1ZIL | $20 | Mark said, "Just helping the network wherever possible." |
| 12-20-16 | N6GGS | $100 | Darrell (repeater owner) said: "For the N6GGS seat on the DCI c-Bridge" |
| 12-04-16 | K7LFP | $100 | 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 | Our first cash donation; offered to KB7APU, OR-SAR, then AF7PR but ultimately paid to the DCI c-Bridge data center |