We can also look in that direction with the tower camera to see if the hill obscures your QTH. If the camera at the top of the tower can't see it, the sector lower on the tower most definitely will not. DaleAH6ET -------- Original message --------From: "Jeff LaPlante (KM6ISJ)" <km6isj@jefflaplante.com> Date: 8/27/20 10:28 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org> Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] New Node - Guidance on buying hardware and feasibility of link from my QTH Yes, I'm a little concerned about this hill. I don't know the site, is this hill cleared by the elevation of the sector antenna?On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:04 PM Jamie Owens <jlowens76@gmail.com> wrote:You might want to check and see about this? Any obstructions including trees will poor to no signal.On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 9:58 PM Jeff LaPlante (KM6ISJ) <km6isj@jefflaplante.com> wrote:Thank you all for the help. It looks like I can make a link work from my place to Blyn. I'll order the antenna and radio. JeffOn Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 9:12 PM Jamie Owens <jlowens76@gmail.com> wrote:This supplier has the antennas in stock, I got one this week https://www.ispsupplies.com/MikroTik-RouterBOARD-mANT30-PA On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 7:54 PM James Betteley <jabetteley@msn.com> wrote: Thank you to the group. I’ll get at this. Jim - N7ING Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2020, at 7:42 PM, Justin Roberts <w6udf@snars.org> wrote: As someone who recently purchased the hardware and got a node online, I purchased the router and radome via amazon. The shipper for the antenna was scheduled to take upwards of a month. I managed to find it for a little bit more on eBay with free priority shipping from Lithuania. The configuration Doug sent is very easy and straightforward to follow. On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 9:37 PM Doug Kingston <dpk@randomnotes.org> wrote: First you need confirm you have line of site access to one of the HamWAN sectors (as discussed in this thread). If you have that access, you will need your own client dish: http://hamwan.org/Standards/Component%20Engineering/Client%20Hardware.html and a way of mounting it. Finally, you will need to configure it: http://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configurat... -Doug- On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 7:26 PM James Betteley <jabetteley@msn.com> wrote: Hi Doug. I’ve been a subscriber for some time. Watching, listening since being active on packet in the late 80’s thru 2001. I live in Port Ludlow where I would use The PTN node to connect to the digital world. That node doesn’t seem to be there any longer. Can you advise how I can gain connectivity to a node in your network and thus access a bbs for mail? Many thanks. Jim N7ING Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2020, at 6:36 PM, Doug Kingston <dpk@randomnotes.org> wrote: We would need your precise address/location to plot line of site vs. obstructions to one of the northern cell sites (Blyn, Lookout, SnoDEM(Paine)). You can do this yourself using http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html, to map the path from your house to one of those sites. We need to update the Sites page to have the cell site coordinates for you. SnoDEM: Snohomish County Emergency Operations Center (47.923864°, -122.244374°) on a 150ft tower Blyn: 48.005941,-122.972276 at roughly 90 ft. Lookout: (I don't have this location) -Doug-, KD7DK On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 6:13 PM Jeff LaPlante <jeff@jefflaplante.com> wrote: Hello, I'm interested in setting up a new node at my QTH. I would like some help in determining if my home has a feasible link. I'm in the North Arlington/Stanwood area. If it is feasible I'll buy the equipment necessary. Thanks for you time, Jeff (KM6ISJ) _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr -- Thanks, Jamie Owens _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr -- Thanks, Jamie Owens _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR@hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr
