[HamWAN PSDR] HamWan 900 MHz

[Bill Vodall]

> What is your interest in 900 and where would you like to see it go?

I'm looking to take the next step in higher speed data and it looks
like the added range from 900 MHz is the place to go.    If the speed
and bandwidth is cranked down - and a reasonable antenna used - it
should be possible to get some range out of the units.  Not as much as
the UDRX would have given but significantly more than 2.4 or 5.9 GHz.

It appears Ubiquity units are still available and not terribly
expensive.  They are supported with OpenWRT (AREDN) so it'll be
flexible for experimentation.   Might even be some for sale at SeaPac
next weekend.

Units I'm looking at now:
* Nano Station Loco - https://amzn.to/2we6VvV
* Rocket - https://amzn.to/2wh1zA6

I may not have to get anything new.  There's some Metriocom units to
check out first.  It's a dead end in the future but certainly worth
checking out now.

Is the unit on Gold using the proprietary NV2 or a more standard WIFI?
 If conventional WiFi then there are more opportunities to listen for
it and possibly connect.

73
Bill

>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bill Vodall
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:47 PM
> To: Puget Sound Data Ring
> Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWan 900 MHz
>
> It's been a couple years since I asked about 900 MHz.   Has there been
> any change in the status  at Gold Mtn?
>
> > It's only deployed @ Gold Mtn.  It doesn't work very far, due to the low
> > gain nature of 900MHz antennas and only using 1/2 W transmitter.  Feel
> > free to link to it @ 915MHz with 5MHz channel-width.  You'll need the
> > Mikrotik 9HPn modem and a vpol antenna of some kind.  More gain the better.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
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