February 2016 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Damage report, Mr.Sulu
by Bart Kus 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

So, we're taking a beating. This wind+rain storm has caused an outage on our QueenAnne<->Haystack link: QA-Haystack It's also taken down our ETiger<->SnoDEM link: ETiger-SnoDEM And the Baldi site has lost power for several short periods throughout the day today. There are generators on-site, but the UPS there is dead, so it causes brief outages as power switches over. I'm not sure if we're on generators or not @ Baldi right now, but it's up at least. Now, even though we're taking this beating, I'm pleased to report that none of these link failures have caused any parts of the network to become disconnected. We are still routing 100% of HamWAN! On the down side, we just burned through all our redundancy, and the next link to go down will cause an outage somewhere. --Bart

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VOTE: Board Elections
by Nigel Vander Houwen 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hello All, It’s that time of year again. The current set of directors’ appointments will be expiring in about a week, so it’s time to hold elections again. Any supporting member is eligible to vote, or if they so choose run for a position on the board. Each supporting member may cast one vote in each directorship election. The current list of supporting members is as follows: Ryan Turner Cory Johnson Nigel Vander Houwen Robert Salsgiver Daniel Ransom Bartlomiej Kus Benjamin Krueger Allen Johnson Clifton Gurlen I have spoken with my current fellow board members, and they have generously offered to run again and continue serving if elected, so we’ll also use this email to take care of the three current elections. Supporting members, please vote for each of the following. Please reply on the list with your votes. Cory Johnson - Cory has graciously kept track of HamWAN’s financial and legal needs over his time with HamWAN, and I have greatly appreciated his help. Ryan Turner - Ryan runs our Memphis sister network, and has been a driving force in outreach promoting HamWAN, and is also greatly appreciated. Nigel Vander Houwen - I have served for the past year as President, worked with our providers, and am a network administrator helping with the day to day operations of the network. As I am a supporting member, I will vote as follows: Cory Johnson: Yay Ryan Turner: Yay Nigel Vander Houwen: Yay Voting is open for Cory, Ryan, and myself for 7 days, after which the final result will be decided by the majority of votes cast. If any of the above mentioned supporting members would like to participate on the board, please announce your intention on this list, and your 7 day voting period will end 7 days after your announcement. There are no limits on board members, and we have a minimum of three. Board members duties are not time intensive, and mostly consist of attending the quarterly board conference calls, voting as needed on expenses, and assisting HamWAN in whichever other ways your time and or skills/knowledge allow. Thank you all, and I look forward to another great year with HamWAN. Nigel Vander Houwen

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Board Elections
by Allen Johnson 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

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New Installation at K7MM: Router Board RB912 and Ubiquiti Panel Antenna AM-5G20-90
by Daniel Ransom 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

I installed the new MikroTik MIMO radio and Ubiquiti panel antenna in the tree mount at my backyard fence (where I have LOS to Gold Mountain). My signal is 6 dBm better, with increased signal-to-noise ratio, over the QRT-5. (The QRT-5 moves to the South Kitsap School District bus barn for Emcom use.) The panel antenna has a 2-degree downtilt for mounting on a high site. So, for my low-site location I turned it upside down. See photos. I have attached a Winbox capture.73 from Dan at K7MM

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Video on Configuring a MikroTik Modem
by Daniel Ransom 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

I've recorded a video for general use, especially for new people who are configuring a modem from the client configuration page. I've put some hints and tips in the video. I made this with Camtasia. Should we put this on the HamWAN website? | | | | | | | | | | | Configure Radio Modem_1080 dlr .mp4Daniel Ransom shared from Dropbox | | | | View on www.dropbox.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | 73 from Dan at K7MM

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