November 2018 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

HamWan 900 MHz
by Stan 23 May '19

23 May '19

if this is up and running, I'd sure like to buy a 900 Mhz modem and get the HamWan a bit farther into Mason County. Any suggestions? -- Stan KF7LTT Spams/Scams Forwarded To WA State Attorney For Prosecution.

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CapitolPark <-> QueenAnne link
by Bart Kus 19 Apr '19

19 Apr '19

After hours of debugging, I got this 20MHz single-polarity link moving up to 55Mbit. A high resolution spectrum analysis on both sides did indeed show a better frequency to use for the link. Spectrum analysis captures here: https://imgur.com/a/4H7GB There was also an IP conflict between two modems @ Capitol Park. The conflicting IP has been removed from CapitolPark-S3. The QueenAnne modem used for the link is not one used anywhere else on the network. It's a very low-end modem, and as a result it was having CPU/RAM starvation issues when running our regular diagnostic tools, which lead to out-of-memory conditions and kernel crashes. A different test methodology had to be used to verify the link speed (testing through the modem, instead of to the modem). The modem that links QueenAnne with the Westin building (on the QueenAnne side) had a mis-configured OSPF router-id. This was fixed. I'm still seeing weird routing decisions being made by OSPF. These are triggered by our point-to-point route entries (44.24.242.0/24 space). More research needs to be done here, and perhaps a re-write of how we define point-to-point interface addresses. Any OSPF experts in the house? I also discovered R1.QueenAnne was still vulnerable to hacking due to a mis-configuration of its control software. It missed the updates that were sent out to the whole network. This has been fixed now. R1.QueenAnne also didn't have the diagnostic bandwidth-server setup correctly. This was fixed. With the CapitolPark-QueenAnne link performing well now: [eo@CapitolPark-QueenAnne] /system resource> /tool bandwidth-test 44.24.241.81 direction=both status: running duration: 57s tx-current: 28.0Mbps tx-10-second-average: 28.4Mbps tx-total-average: 27.5Mbps rx-current: 27.6Mbps rx-10-second-average: 28.0Mbps rx-total-average: 27.0Mbps lost-packets: 288 random-data: no direction: both tx-size: 1500 rx-size: 1500 its OSPF config has been reset to a normal preference level, so that packets no longer try to avoid that link as they are routed through the network. This link can be sped up by upgrading to a dual-polarity modem @ CapitolPark. While testing if the OSPF hop cost was being calculated correctly in the Beacon-Haystack-QueenAnne RF link (they both connect to the same dish @ Haystack), I discovered a mis-config on the Haystack.Beacon modem (bad LAN IP binding) which was preventing it from bringing up OSPF on its LAN interface. This was fixed and that modem should act like an actual router now, moving traffic. During the same Beacon testing, I was reminded that our Baldi-Beacon RF link sucks <https://monitoring.hamwan.net/cacti/graph.php?action=view&local_graph_id=91…>. It was optimized for speed to Tukwila, which is now gone, so a trip needs to be scheduled to Baldi to rotate the dish a few degrees north and get that link going strong. I normally wouldn't send this kind of verbose email to psdr@, but I hope it's illuminating as to the type and extent of work required to keep this network running well. --Bart

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Radio World: Cause of Tiger Mountain Fire Disclosed
by Jamie Hughes 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

Just in case you guys didn't see this. Radio World: Cause of Tiger Mountain Fire Disclosed. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/cause-of-tiger-mt-fire-disclos… Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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This is some neat stuff
by Bart Kus 17 Nov '18

17 Nov '18

Who's gonna do this here? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsxu4qiaFVuy_ymWR0541A --Bart

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Adding Metro Vancouver to HamWan
by Scott Leaf 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Hi this is VA7SL of the North Fraser ARC. We are interested in connecting to the Puget Sound ring. I have done a path study and it is excellent from here on Thornhill in Maple Ridge, BC to Mt Mcdonald. Is there any RF point towards Maple Ridge or could there be? 73 Scott VA7SL --

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair
by Nigel Vander Houwen 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

I found this article today, with some drone photos of the damage up close. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/tower-fire-disrupts-seattle-ra… <https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/tower-fire-disrupts-seattle-ra…> Nigel > On Nov 9, 2018, at 00:52, Dale Skyllingstad <dskyllingstad(a)harbornet.com> wrote: > > That seems to be more or less accurate. I know for certain 96.5, 102.5 and 106.1 are on their auxiliary/backup transmitter facilities as they currently aren't simulcasting their digital radio services. > > Might be some time before they're back on the air. Broadcast antennas are generally build-to-order, and this master antenna situation was a very custom job. Next time I see the KNKX engineer at a RCT meeting I'll ask if he heard what happened up there. > > Dale > AH6ET > > -------- Original message -------- > From: ed.leavitt(a)juno.com > Date: 11/8/18 11:16 AM (GMT-08:00) > To: psdr(a)hamwan.org > Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair > > Don't know how current the info is but on this site that is dated 2010: > > https://www.fybush.com/sites/2010/site-101112.html <> > > Clay Freinweld (K7CR) says about West Tiger II: > > "Not only did West Tiger become a major FM site, it began to be considered as a possible TV site, too. In 1998, American Tower began developing what's called "West Tiger II," a few hundred yards northeast of the Entercom site. It's now home to two major towers: the one on the left holds an 8-bay ERI master antenna that carries CBS' KMPS (94.1 Seattle), KJAQ (96.5 Seattle), KZOK (102.5 Seattle) and KBKS (106.1 Seattle), as well as Sandusky's KQMV (92.5 Bellevue) and KWJZ (98.9 Seattle). It's crowned by the antenna for what was then home-shopping KWOG and is now Fisher's Univision affiliate, KUNS (TV 51/DT 50). The TV candelabra next door holds Pax/ion's KWPX (TV 33/DT 32), Daystar's KWDK (DT42) and home-shopping (now Azteca America) outlet KHCV (TV 45/DT44)." > _______________________________________________ > PSDR mailing list > PSDR(a)hamwan.org > http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr

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A PayPal payment to you has been canceled
by service＠paypal.com 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair
by ed.leavitt＠juno.com 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

Don't know how current the info is but on this site that is dated 2010: https://www.fybush.com/sites/2010/site-101112.html Clay Freinweld (K7CR) says about West Tiger II: "Not only did West Tiger become a major FM site, it began to be considered as a possible TV site, too. In 1998, American Tower began developing what's called "West Tiger II," a few hundred yards northeast of the Entercom site. It's now home to two major towers: the one on the left holds an 8-bay ERI master antenna that carries CBS' KMPS (94.1 Seattle), KJAQ (96.5 Seattle), KZOK (102.5 Seattle) and KBKS (106.1 Seattle), as well as Sandusky's KQMV (92.5 Bellevue) and KWJZ (98.9 Seattle). It's crowned by the antenna for what was then home-shopping KWOG and is now Fisher's Univision affiliate, KUNS (TV 51/DT 50). The TV candelabra next door holds Pax/ion's KWPX (TV 33/DT 32), Daystar's KWDK (DT42) and home-shopping (now Azteca America) outlet KHCV (TV 45/DT44)." Please note: message attached From: Jamie Hughes <wa7jh(a)outlook.com> To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr(a)hamwan.org> Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 18:46:38 +0000 ____________________________________________________________ Avoid Botox: How To Remove Eye Bags & Wrinkles In 1 Minute Fit Mom Daily http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5be48be11d810be0383ast02vuc Bart, Thanks for sending this along. That sucks for someone. At least it’s snow free for now. Any idea to what services were impacted? Thanks, Jamie Hughes WA7JH From: PSDR <psdr-bounces(a)hamwan.org> On Behalf Of Bart Kus Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 10:30 AM To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr(a)hamwan.org>; Rob Martin <rgmrob(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair Hello, Given the extraordinary events of this morning: [cid:image001.jpg@01D47750.5168D1E0] on West Tiger mtn, we have aimed the East Tiger mtn PTZ camera at the affected facility and have setup video recording to try and capture the repair process. Please help this effort succeed by not moving the camera away from the action, or overloading its feed by viewing it directly. For anyone wanting to watch the live stream, it's available as the last video stream on http://stream.westin.hamwan.net/ (only works in Chrome). We've already observed trucks moving around the facility this morning, and are speculating the black substance on the roof of the building is the burned debris of the antennas. Thanks, --Bart

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Trying to capture West Tiger tower repair
by Bart Kus 08 Nov '18

08 Nov '18

Hello, Given the extraordinary events of this morning: on West Tiger mtn, we have aimed the East Tiger mtn PTZ camera at the affected facility and have setup video recording to try and capture the repair process. Please help this effort succeed by not moving the camera away from the action, or overloading its feed by viewing it directly. For anyone wanting to watch the live stream, it's available as the last video stream on http://stream.westin.hamwan.net/ (only works in Chrome). We've already observed trucks moving around the facility this morning, and are speculating the black substance on the roof of the building is the burned debris of the antennas. Thanks, --Bart

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And snow it begins...
by Bart Kus 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

--Bart

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