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Fwd: Kirkand / Rose Hill Coverage
by Don Sayler 07 May '15

07 May '15

Hi. We've been using Clear for our K7LWH repeater IRLP service for a couple of years. But, Clear will be shutting down in November. I looked at the HamWAN coverage map for our site on Rose Hill, and it looks like the coverage is pretty marginal. It would be great if we could get some idea of what kind of coverage we'd have. Our repeater is here: 47.663872°, -122.166610° (just west of the water tower) Thanks. Don Sayler W7OXR Treasurer, Lake Washington Ham Club

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Internet Access
by Tim Osburn 03 May '15

03 May '15

FYI: Tonight Threshold will be migrating some of our border links off of some crusty 7200's and over to some pinkalicious ASR9k's. As one of Threshold's most important none paying customers this is just a courtesy notification. :) I may send a notification Email once everything is completed. Tim Osburn www.osburn.com 206.812.6214 W7RSZ

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Dayton 2015 opportunity
by Bryan Fields 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

We're about 3 weeks out from Dayton and I'm confirmed to be speaking for about 25 min at the TAPR form. I'll have my slides together in the next few days and will post a link to them. (I'm not known for having slides done well in advance :) Ryan, you'd mentioned you had a flyer/handout you'd used before, can you shoot a copy of it to me? TAPR will let us hang out at the booth after and hand out/talk about highspeed radio/HamWAN. On 12/10/14 12:55 PM, Fredric Moses wrote: > But but I am on the PSDR list :) > > Sorry first day of vacation started today for me… Goes till January 5th… so > it was pile on everything one needed last week and make Fred work 86 hours > to get it done before he “leaves”…… > > We generally have a number of our group go down. we have a few flee spaces > too boot… I send down a UHF analog repeater and aprs igate that is > installed inside the arena for the past 5 years now. And we have had DMR > repeaters onsite for 3 years now as well…. I don’t always go down due to > work.. But CMEN is always there… > > -- Fredric Moses - W8FSM - WQOG498 fred(a)moses.bz > >> On Dec 10, 2014, at 11:43, Ryan Elliott Turner <ryan.e.t(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> That's true, and with this mailing list being PSDR, I think we're missing >> a number of other folks who are closer, like Netsound. Hate to go off >> topic, but is there interest in making a hamwan international mailing >> list separate from the PSDR? > > > > _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list > PSDR(a)hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org > -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

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Panoramas from Providence in Everett
by Bart Kus 13 Apr '15

13 Apr '15

It was a pain in the butt to render these, but I finally did it! http://hamwan.org/t/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=13 The largest (PNG) file has been confirmed to be viewable in Windows Photo Viewer of all things. It's the original camera resolution of the stitched together zoom photos (110 of them! 104,560 pixels wide!). The JPEG version of it had to be scaled down to be "only" 63,990 pixels wide. Apparently the JPEG standard stops at 64,000 pixels. Learn something new every day. --Bart

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VOTE: Nigel Vander Houwen running for Director
by Nigel Vander Houwen 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

Hello, I am announcing my intention to run again for a Director position on the HamWAN Board. The 7 day voting period for my election will begin immediately. I am currently a Director for HamWAN, as well as an administrator for the network infrastructure. I have been a primary force in maintaining the network infrastructure, have completed our contract with the Digital Fortress datacenter facility and have completed the initial installation of a new edge router and server at the facility, in addition to having helped install equipment at our Capitol Hill, Baldi, Paine, and Mirrormont sites. I will continue to push for performance and coverage improvements in the network, and I’d like to see further adoption at EOC facilities as a driver for network use. Each supporting member gets to cast one Yay or Nay vote in my election, or can choose to abstain from voting. As a supporting member myself, I will vote YAY. Please reply on the list with your votes. Thank you, Nigel Vander Houwen

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Would anyone like to lend a hand this Sunday @ Haystack?
by Bart Kus 28 Mar '15

28 Mar '15

Going up to Haystack (by Sultan, WA) this Sunday. Could use 1 volunteer to help out. There's a steep hill climb before reaching the site, and multiple up/down trips may be required. The agenda for this trip is: 1) Fix the Haystack <-> Paine link (wind has blown the dish 15 deg off the correct bearing) 2) Replace the Sector 3 modem PCB 3) Use a new remote beacon to perform correct vertical alignment on Sector 3. 4) Chop down some trees to clear up LoS to antennas and solar panels as necessary Please let me know if you're interested in helping out. --Bart

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: 900MHz service experiment
by gary.k7ek＠yahoo.com 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

I'd be interested in experimenting with 900 mhz gear at my Spanaway residence, and possibly at my Graham Hill repeater site. I believe 900 mhz would provide better overall results than 5 Ghz, which proved to be marginal to barely usable during our recent site survey. Best regards, Gary, K7EK Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bart Kus" <me(a)bartk.us> To: "Puget Sound Data Ring" <psdr(a)hamwan.org> Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: 900MHz service experiment Date: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 10:38 Hello, 5.9GHz is awesome when it works. The speeds are great, and it carries as far as the eye can see with very low ambient noise floor. It does however have problems when it needs to penetrate trees and buildings. To alleviate this, I'd like HamWAN to offer a slower but deeper penetrating 900MHz service. 900MHz is the lowest frequency ham band without bandwidth or modulation rate restrictions. Before we deploy a full cell site, I'd like to get some real-world experience with 900MHz penetration, propagation and ambient noise conditions. Here's the cheapest appropriate hardware we can use for this: 1x Vpol omni antenna @ $79.50/ea = $79.50 (http://www.balticnetworks.com/laird-antenna-omni-8dbi-900mhz-n-female-integ…) 2x 9HPn modem @ $108.00/ea = $216.00 (http://www.balticnetworks.com/mikrotik-metal-9hpn.html) 1x Shipping @ $UNKNOWN (quote not showing?! Need to call them.) = $40.00 ??? Total: $335.50 I already have a 900MHz high gain Yagi-Uda in my inventory and can use that to do various field tests. These can be directly compared against 5.9GHz performance since the gear will be deployed to one of our existing 5.9GHz cell sites. The results of such comparisons will give us a good idea of how well 900MHz might do for HamWAN. Disclaimer: These may not be the right modems or antennas for us long-term. A real deployment might use Ubiquiti Rocket M900 with their sector antennas. These Ubiquiti items are far more expensive though, and their software doesn't integrate as easily into our network, so for the purposes of the test I believe the set of hardware I proposed will do well at deploying fast and keeping costs down. NOTE: If both the votes are approved, I will combine shipping from Baltic to save money. --Bart _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR(a)hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] PSDR Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6
by Bryan Fields 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

On 3/9/15 12:55 PM, Marc Lacy wrote: > Bryan, > > Are these mods posted somewhere? > > Thanks > 73 marc kd7ryy Not that I know of, but I have some notes on them from 15 years ago when I was working with them. I'd be happy to share. It's basically flashing the spectrum firmware on them (it's universal for AU/SU), changing the solder jumpers and then rebooting, then flashing the AU firmware on them. Flashing it is nothing special, tftp the files to them. I also have the firmware if anyone wants it. They are not fast by today's standards (1.6mbit throughput) but will do pbit QoS, Vlans, single freq, and have a nice management interface. I have a decoder key card to get into the test menu too/ password reset. The latest firmware is up here, 4.5.16 is the one you want for ham stuff. http://www.wirelessconnections.net/index.php/BreezeACCESS-900/View-category… A couple common problems were Boori init errors which are unrecoverable due to the ASIC being dead, and the Ethernet chip. The chip is easy to repair, just swap it and you're good to go. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] PSDR Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6
by Marc Lacy 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Bryan, Are these mods posted somewhere? Thanks 73 marc kd7ryy -----Original Message----- From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] On Behalf Of psdr-request(a)hamwan.org Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:46 PM To: psdr(a)hamwan.org Subject: PSDR Digest, Vol 28, Issue 6 Send PSDR mailing list submissions to psdr(a)hamwan.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to psdr-request(a)hamwan.org You can reach the person managing the list at psdr-owner(a)hamwan.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of PSDR digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: VOTE: 900MHz service experiment (Bryan Fields) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:45:32 -0500 From: Bryan Fields <Bryan(a)bryanfields.net> To: Bart Kus <me(a)bartk.us>, Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr(a)hamwan.org> Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: 900MHz service experiment Message-ID: <54FA11EC.8080905(a)bryanfields.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On 3/6/15 2:05 PM, Bryan Fields wrote: > Bart, they are only viable as second hand items. It was the first gen > wisp gear circa 2002, And they can't give the away on eBay. 2mhz > channel and gfsk modulation, about 1.6 mbit/s. Gfsk can use a class c amp too.... They are all over, ebay has them for 15 dollars. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alvarion-SU-I-D-1D-900-890016-BreezeAccess-900MHz-W… These can be converted to AU's (AP's) with a simple jumper mod, and even set to 1mhz bandwidth too if need be. They put out 27 dBm which is quite good for 900 mhz. With a small outdoor box you have a nice mast mount AP. I've attached a system manual on them if you're interested. > I can see if I have a contact for OAL when i get home. I can't stress > enough how H pol will make a difference for you, or at least did for me. http://www.hamtv.com/oal.html http://www.hamtv.com/wheel.html I was paying $500 for the commercial version of this, it was about 10dbi at 900mhz. They came in a 4' long 12" PVC pipe radome that accepted a 1.5" pipe at the end. Couple this with a M2 17dbi client antenna and you get some nice range. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

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Tukwila deployment party
by Bart Kus 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

OK, so it's not really a "party" in the jubilant sense. :) All the hardware is @ Tukwila and it just needs to be set up. I'm gonna try to get Friday off to do this. I need to do a passport thing in the morning, but should be able to start on Tukwila around 1:30PM. I'm hoping we can do everything within a 4 hour window. It's just 2 dishes and their mounts that need to be deployed on a flat, easily accessible roof. If you can carve out some time to help get this deployed, please let the list know. I'll get back with your personally to confirm arrangements. Thanks, --Bart

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