SCRAMS

Hi All, I just want to update everyone about the status of the Fargo Road Water Tank rehabilitation project. I attended a meeting with the town Public Safety officials and radio system engineers on Monday August 1, 2022 at the Water Tank . The antennas and hard line need to be removed from the tank. They were talking about putting new hard line and antennas on the temporary scaffolding for the Public Safety system, School Bus repeater and our two repeaters. They are using federal fund to pay for the rehab of the water tank. The tank is coated in lead paint so the have to remediate it. I believe at this time that the costs of the hard line and antennas is being rolled into the cost of the project and covered by the federal funds. We might incur some minor expenses if we need to supply two temporary antennas. The current timetable is they are shooting for is early spring of 2023. They have to do this work when the temperature and humidity levels are good. The old SCRAMS equipment has been removed from inside the water tank and is now stored at my QTH. This consisted of the old spectrum two meter and 70 cm crystal controlled repeaters along with the CAT 1000 and CAT 500 controllers, a power supply the rack they are installed in. I will keep you advised of the progress. 73 Harrison Fortier W1HAF