January 2020 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Lower 45 MHz of 5.9 GHz to go license-exempt
by Steve Stroh 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pais-remarks-new-59-ghz-band-proposal -- Steve Stroh (personal / general): stevestroh(a)gmail.com

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Rattlesnake Mtn HamWan cell site
by Stephen Kangas 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Oops, attachment challenged today. Now attached photos. From: Stephen Kangas <stephen(a)kangas.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:22 PM To: 'psdr(a)hamwan.org' <psdr(a)hamwan.org> Subject: Rattlesnake Mtn HamWan cell site In follow up to the Kiwi chat conversation with @EO_... Attached are a couple photos related to two of the 7 communications site towers adjacent to each other on Rattlesnake. Four of those are clustered together in a small spot: PSE, King County, USFS, and possibly DNR. These photos were taken in July 2019, and the USFS site appears abandoned in that cluster. One of these photos shows the towers for King County and what is possibly DNR, but I don't recall exactly which one is which, perhaps you can ID (my impression is that KC is the taller of the two). The taller of these two happened to have a sign on its shack with lat/lon coordinates on it, which is shown in the second photo. Interestingly, those coords places a Google maps marker at the edge of the forest clearing a couple hundred feet away from the entire cluster, perhaps because the coords are not precise enough. Both of these towers have a clear view of North Bend and Snoqualmie Ridge IMO, although as EO_ pointed out the HamWan link from Haystack or wherever may need to be at the very top. I will be exploring the possibility of getting volunteer certified tower climbing help for a workparty proposal to you this coming spring/summer when the road there is passable. On a separate note, King County supposedly also owns the tower site at I-90 exit 38 Tinkham Road that should be LOS to their Rattlesnake site, and may be a possible hop towards getting over Snoqualmie Pass and eventually eastern WA in the future? Given their involvement in WA EMD and Cascadia prep, perhaps they would be amenable. There is a tower on top of nearby Grouse Ridge (next to the Fire Training Academy, and an old now unused site on Mount Washington that could be investigated as hop sites, both accessible by roads in summer. Just a thought. Stephen (eeeehaw) Stephen Kangas W9SK Public Information Officer North Bend Amateur Radio Emergency Services Team (NBAT) NB7AT North Bend, WA (CN97) stephen(a)kangas.com <mailto:stephen@kangas.com> 425-503-9876 NBAT is an all-volunteer non-profit serving the City of North Bend during emergencies and public service events. When all else fails.Amateur Radio

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How to Aim Uplink on a Tower
by Herb Weiner 01 Feb '20

01 Feb '20

In the near future, Oregon HamWAN (http://www.oregonhamwan.org <http://www.oregonhamwan.org/>) will be deploying three sectors and an uplink (aimed at Larch Mountain) on the KOIN Tower in Southwest Portland. What is the best way to optimize the aiming of our uplink? I am familiar with the use of /interface wireless scan 0, but it is difficult to optimize the signal strength using the output of this command. Aim Master (https://github.com/HamWAN/aim <https://github.com/HamWAN/aim>) looked like a promising approach, but it appears as if this has not been updated since 2016, and it appears to use SNMP MIBs that are no longer supported by the current firmware. We need to provide instructions for a professional tower climber that will probably have limited, if any, experience with HamWAN. Thanks for your suggestions. Herb, AA7HW

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Rattlesnake Mtn HamWan cell site
by Stephen Kangas 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

In follow up to the Kiwi chat conversation with @EO_... Attached are a couple photos related to two of the 7 communications site towers adjacent to each other on Rattlesnake. Four of those are clustered together in a small spot: PSE, King County, USFS, and possibly DNR. These photos were taken in July 2019, and the USFS site appears abandoned in that cluster. One of these photos shows the towers for King County and what is possibly DNR, but I don't recall exactly which one is which, perhaps you can ID (my impression is that KC is the taller of the two). The taller of these two happened to have a sign on its shack with lat/lon coordinates on it, which is shown in the second photo. Interestingly, those coords places a Google maps marker at the edge of the forest clearing a couple hundred feet away from the entire cluster, perhaps because the coords are not precise enough. Both of these towers have a clear view of North Bend and Snoqualmie Ridge IMO, although as EO_ pointed out the HamWan link from Haystack or wherever may need to be at the very top. I will be exploring the possibility of getting volunteer certified tower climbing help for a workparty proposal to you this coming spring/summer when the road there is passable. On a separate note, King County supposedly also owns the tower site at I-90 exit 38 Tinkham Road that should be LOS to their Rattlesnake site, and may be a possible hop towards getting over Snoqualmie Pass and eventually eastern WA in the future? Given their involvement in WA EMD and Cascadia prep, perhaps they would be amenable. There is a tower on top of nearby Grouse Ridge (next to the Fire Training Academy, and an old now unused site on Mount Washington that could be investigated as hop sites, both accessible by roads in summer. Just a thought. Stephen (eeeehaw) Stephen Kangas W9SK Public Information Officer North Bend Amateur Radio Emergency Services Team (NBAT) NB7AT North Bend, WA (CN97) stephen(a)kangas.com <mailto:stephen@kangas.com> 425-503-9876 NBAT is an all-volunteer non-profit serving the City of North Bend during emergencies and public service events. When all else fails.Amateur Radio

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Proper board?
by Ric Merry 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Is this the proper board to fit into the StationBox S and work with HamWan? RB912UAG-5HPnD - MikroTik RouterBOARD 912UAG-5HPnD I'm thinking about a second dish set up. Baltic has these for $65.75 right now and the PA dish for $106.25 Ric, K7ITE

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Yakima Amatuer Radio Data NETWORK
by Chad Smith 12 Jan '20

12 Jan '20

Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure if I'm on this list correctly, but here it goes. Ideally Naneum would put Yakima just a hop away. We currently have a site for our mesh on Selah Butte near WA 821 (46.734939, -120.428322). There are plans to cover Ellensburg provided we can secure access in a Manastash building. I see the Yakima County EOC/W7SAR, PNW Digital DMR and N7YRC FUSION repeaters, our mesh network gateway utilizing the HamWan. Thanks, Chad KA7HAK

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Yakima Amatuer Radio Data NETWORK
by Chad Smith 10 Jan '20

10 Jan '20

Happy New Year. Attached is a current map of the Yakima Amatuer Radio Data NETWORK (YARD Net) currently running several AREDN nodes on 2.4ghz and 5ghz part97. There is interest in connecting with HamWan. I know there have been West/East side discussions in the past and we would like to start looking into connecting again. Those involved with our (Yakima) project (and Spokane) belong to this group.io group https://groups.io/g/yardnet Thanks, Chad Smith KA7HAK

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Blyn Status
by Bob Sampson 09 Jan '20

09 Jan '20

Good Evening, What is the status of bringing HamWan to Blyn? Bob Sampson k6mby(a)olypen.com 360-477-0776 (cell)

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Cacti Password?
by David C. Jenner 04 Jan '20

04 Jan '20

Is it possible to get a Cacti password? 73, Dave K7DCJ

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