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Remote SDR receiver available
by Bart Kus 19 Sep '18

19 Sep '18

Hello, The recent Haystack work party managed to install a receive-only SDR up there. It is provisionally available for use by anyone at: http://44.24.241.60:8073 I'll move it to a more permanent address, with proper DNS, at some future point. In the meantime, I'd like to solicit advice on how to minimize the QRM it's picking up. The noise is being emitted by the site itself, from the Ethernet cables and such. I've connected all the shields to site ground, but the emissions are still there. The current antenna is a ground rod with vertical whip. 1) Is there a better antenna design that can serve the broadband (DC-30MHz) omnidirectional receive duties? 2) Are there any suggestions on how to further minimize the noise being emitted by the site? Thanks, and enjoy! --Bart

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EOC Dish/Radio for Seattle EOC - Beacon Link
by Randy Neals 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

All parts have arrived for the 2nd EOC link to Beacon and are now in the Burien Warehouse. Doug, KD7DK and I W3RWN are donating this jointly to Seattle ACS to get the EOC diversely connected to HamWAN.

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Mikrotik exploit
by cq.ve5bob＠gmail.com 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Hi all, I am sure this is old news for most but I don't recall seeing it cross this group. Since it has hit mainstream news, here it is. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14847 The news says Mikrotik has a patch for it but many haven't applies the patch.Apparently the exploit allows bypassing the security so other code can be installed...mostly cryptocurrency mining has been reported. Regards,Robert VA7MF. Sent from my LG Mobile

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Sector Configuration
by Scott J. Burrows 07 Sep '18

07 Sep '18

Hello. my sector antenna and modem (Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD) is scheduled to arrive this weekend. What modifications to the sample sector configuration on the HamWAN website will be needed for my installation? The example appears to be for the ETiger-S3 sector router. Thanks Scott, N7DOD

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New to HAMWAN (NE Portland)
by Kent Dahlgren 06 Sep '18

06 Sep '18

Hey, y'all. I just purchased the recommended "Mikrotik RouterBOARD Metal 5SHPn wifi radio," and am seeking an antenna, but will likely be up and running soon. I'm located at 66th and Sandy/Fremont area, and am interested in running a couple of experiments: - Set up a HAMWAN relay connection between here (my home) and where my mom lives (Ryderwood, WA) - Testing the mobile blockchain software my team created I'm currently CTO for a company called Bitnation, and we've created (and continue to update) an Android/iOS app that provides decentralized blockchain-based economic services over secure and anonymous chat. I'm pretty interested in pursing real experience in getting this to work over HAMWAN, to demonstrate that it would facilitate baseline communication and commerce in the aftermath of a natural disaster. My goal is to help rural HAM radio people become the internet providers, if that makes any sense. I've also invested in an AltheaMesh router, fyi. Kent

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is -76dBm a strong enough signal?
by Edward Cukiernan 04 Sep '18

04 Sep '18

Hi all, I was hoping to ask a question on if I should expect to be able to connect to hamwan. The short version is that I am using a Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT, and I can occasionally get a connection, but it usually only lasts a couple of minutes and disconnects. When I am connected my status looks like this: status: connected-to-ess channel: 5880/5/an wireless-protocol: nv2 tx-rate: 10.8Mbps-5MHz/1S/SGI rx-rate: 9.7Mbps-5MHz/1S ssid: HamWAN bssid: 4C:5E:0C:8B:0D:70 radio-name: K7WAN/ETiger-S3 signal-strength: -76dBm signal-strength-ch0: -76dBm tx-signal-strength: -75dBm tx-signal-strength-ch0: -90dBm tx-signal-strength-ch1: -75dBm noise-floor: -125dBm signal-to-noise: 49dB tx-ccq: 49% rx-ccq: 56% authenticated-clients: 1 current-distance: 29 wds-link: no bridge: no routeros-version: 6.41.3 The things I was wondering about. 1) Any idea why I am seeing tx-signal-strength-ch0 being so much worse that tx-signal-strength-ch1? doesthis mean I don't have my antenna in the right orientation to match the polarization on tiger? 2) Is it a problem that I am running an old version of router os? I see I am running 6.37.1, but the sector is running 6.41.3 3) Any idea why I see to signal strengths for tx, but just one for rx? 4) sometimes I see a noise floor of -105, which obviously lowers my snr. Is this an indication that something is causing interference? Thanks for your suggestions, I'm looking forward to connecting for longer than just a traceroute :) Thanks, --Eddie

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P to P WinLink on HamWAN
by David Haworth 03 Sep '18

03 Sep '18

Hi, Are there WinLink Telnet Peer-to-Peer HamWAN LANs? If so what is(are) the IP address(es)? I am adding WinLink to my portable QRT 5 International staton that connects of Larch Mtn. cell site when I am away from my QTH. http://www.stargazing.net/david/sdr/HamWAN.html#P2 <http://www.stargazing.net/david/sdr/HamWAN.html#P2> 73 David Haworth

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Larch Mnt [N7DOD]
by Scott J. Burrows 02 Sep '18

02 Sep '18

Hello, I have been successful in connecting the Mikrotik QRT-5 RB911G-5HPacD-QRT (client node) to the Larch Mountain sector antenna. The next step in my quest is to design, test, and implement a network infrastructure containing client nodes, sector nodes, and uplinks (PtP) to Larch Mountain. The terrain at my QTH has many hills, buttes, and obstacles that interfere with direct reception and transmission to Larch Mountain. The main objective for this project is to select and configure client nodes, sector nodes, and uplink nodes in a mesh type setup for our area. Most of the people in my area would like to use the HamWAN network for ECOMM and portable use. This may require us to be creative and flexible in our approach. I attend regularly the Clark County Digital Group in Vancouver, WA. They have many amazing people interested in this HamWAN topic. I would like to find a contact in Seattle to mentor this effort, as some of the configurations may need to be modified to accommodate this implementation. I have purchased the following equipment --- New Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail replacement - get it here: https://www.oeclassic.com/ to configure, test, deploy, and certify (if required). Client Nodes: - Mikrotik QRT-5 RB911G-5HPacD-QRT (International) - Mikrotik SXTsq Lite5 (International) Sector Nodes: - Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 5GHz Outdoor Wireless AP - MikroTik mANT 19s Dual-Polarized Antenna Point-to-Point (PtP) Nodes: - Mikrotik LHG 5 RBLHGG-5acD ((International) - Mikrotik DynaDish 5 5Ghz RBDynaDishG-5HacD (International) Scott, N7DID

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HamWAN demo, Feb. 6-7, 2019
by S. Aberle 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

A combined WA EMD WECCWG (https://www.mil.wa.gov/weccwg) & FEMA RECCWG meeting will be held in Vancouver, WA, this coming February. The WECCWG part of the two-day meeting will focus on both volcanoes and amateur radio. The organizers are very interested in a HamWAN demo, and this will be a fairly high profile ESF #2 audience. Larch Mountain is line-of-sight from the Vancouver Readiness Center venue. Two demonstration possibilities come to mind, a live video feed (perhaps with Camp Murray) plus sharing a desktop to show dragging and dropping an ICS-213 form between agencies. Does anyone have any other ideas for things to demonstrate which would emphasize emergency communications capability via HamWAN? Would anyone like to help? Obviously, we will want to practice this in advance. Steve

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWAN demo, Feb. 6-7, 2019
by John D. Hays 30 Aug '18

30 Aug '18

Another app you might want to tie into an APRS demo -- either https://www.opencad.io/ http://www.ticketscad.org/ Having an instance of a Computer Aided Dispatch pre-provisioned on HamWAN would be a great asset. BTW, my employer has some used Cisco VOIP phones that I can sell here in Edmonds, they work with HamShack Hotline and Asterisk as SIP Phones. On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:15 AM John D. Hays <john(a)hays.org> wrote: > An Asterisk server would work, or you could pre-provision a bunch of > phones at https://hamshackhotline.com/ -- they would also create a > conference room/bridge for you to use both for the demo and general use. > > One could also setup an AllStar repeater/node and have SIP connections > into it for cross connection to radio users. > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 8:28 AM Steve - WA7PTM <wa7ptm(a)aberle.com> wrote: > >> Great idea, John. Would we need a mumble server (or similar) for this? >> >> Steve >> >> >> John D. Hays wrote on 08/30/2018 08:12 AM: >> > A bank of VOIP phones between sites. >> > > > -- > > ------------------------------ > John D. Hays > Edmonds, WA > K7VE > > <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays> > > -- ------------------------------ John D. Hays Edmonds, WA K7VE <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays>

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