[HamWAN PSDR] New - not connecting Tiger Mtn

Sun Sep 12 09:50:30 PDT 2021

Bart:

I finally figured out the hamwan map on the home page and found where the
"Haystack Radio Antenna Complex" is located by zooming in. Strike my
previous question on coordinates.

I mapped out the path profile and it looks good. I'll have to wait till the
rain clears up and the roof dries to see if I can reach it.

Fingers crossed.

On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 12:14 AM Paul Sundquist <psundquist at foxhill.org>
wrote:

> Haystack was my plan B when I ordered the equipment. I spent a lot of time
> looking towards Haystack with my binoculars and may have a clear shot from
> my roof. Visually it appears I can see the gap where Index, WA is located.
> I can see a  valley by observing the mountains on the north side. Further
> in the distance I can see a glaciated mountain - potentially Glacier Peak.
>
> Do you have the Haystack GPS coordinates? I’ll try aiming it at Haystack
> next.
>
> Thanks for your advise. Didn’t expect to learn so much about the mountains
> visible from my house with this endeavor.
>
> -Paul
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 10:57 PM Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>
>> If your GPS data is correct, you may also want to try a shot to
>> Haystack.  It looks possibly unobstructed to you.
>>
>> --Bart
>>
>>
>> On 9/11/2021 10:54 PM, Bart Kus wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure what's going wrong, but I can verify that S3.ETiger is
>> running and has 5 clients connected to it.  I suspect you might be aiming
>> at the towers on west tiger (47.508761°, -121.984954°) and (47.504856°,
>> -121.971615°) whereas the HamWAN site is on east tiger (47.488172°,
>> -121.946733°).  From your picture, you should see a 3rd tower or cluster of
>> towers further towards the right, if that is the case.  Google Earth is a
>> good tool to get a sense of the visuals, since it lets you tilt the world.
>>
>> --Bart
>>
>>
>> On 9/11/2021 4:58 PM, Paul Sundquist wrote:
>>
>> New install on Squak Mountain Issaquah and unable to find any signal on
>> Tiger Mountain. I’m 3.5 miles away west and a little north of the tower on
>> Tiger.
>> Clear line of sight. Please validate with the tower picture attached.
>>
>> Installed the following:
>> MikroTik mANT30 PA parabolic dish antenna 5GHz 30dBi MTAD-5G-30D3-PA
>> Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 5GHz Outdoor Wireless AP Gigabit
>> USB OSL4
>>
>> Questions:
>> Q1) Is the antenna tower on the right in the picture the right site?
>> Q2) Is the dish assembled correctly? See picture.
>> Q3) I was watching the signal strength on the routerboard while running
>> "/interface wireless scan 0”. Nothing showed up on the terminal session and
>> no signal strength LED’s lit up. I moved it left to right and adjusted
>> azimuth each time I stopped.
>> Q4) How long should you wait to acquire the signal between each time you
>> move it?
>> Q5) Is there anything like the signal strength tones aiming a DirecTV
>> dish?
>> Q6) Any other ideas. My exported configuration is below and I’ve
>> successfully completed every step listed here:
>> https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html
>> <https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%0D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> -Paul KK7AMW
>>
>> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] > export
>> # sep/08/2021 16:57:46 by RouterOS 6.48.4
>> # software id = H1Z0-P9F3
>> #
>> # model = 912UAG-5HPnD
>>
>> /interface wireless
>> set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-onlyn country=no_country_set
>> disabled=no frequency-mode=superchannel radio-name=KK7AMW/Issaquah-Tiger
>> scan-list=HamWAN ssid=HamWAN \
>>     wireless-protocol=nv2
>> /interface list
>> add name=WAN
>> add name=LAN
>> /interface wireless channels
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees
>> (north)" frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-5 width=5
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees
>> (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-5 width=5
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees
>> (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-5 width=5
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees
>> (north)" frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-10 width=10
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees
>> (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-10 width=10
>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees
>> (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-10 width=10
>> /interface wireless security-profiles
>> set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
>> /snmp community
>> set [ find default=yes ] addresses=44.24.240.0/20 name=hamwan
>> /system logging action
>> set 3 remote=44.24.244.8
>> /interface list member
>> add interface=wlan1 list=WAN
>> add list=LAN
>> /ip address
>> add address=192.168.86.53/24 interface=ether1 network=192.168.86.0
>> /ip dhcp-client
>> add disabled=no interface=wlan1
>> /ip dns
>> set servers=192.168.86.9
>> /ip firewall mangle
>> add action=change-mss chain=output new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp
>> tcp-flags=syn tcp-mss=!0-1378
>> add action=change-mss chain=forward new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp
>> tcp-flags=syn tcp-mss=!0-1378
>> /ip route
>> add distance=1 gateway=192.168.86.1
>> /ip service
>> set telnet disabled=yes
>> set ftp disabled=yes
>> set www disabled=yes
>> set ssh port=222
>> set api disabled=yes
>> set api-ssl disabled=yes
>> /snmp
>> set contact="#HamWAN-Support on irc.freenode.org" enabled=yes
>> location=47.516944,-122.0452
>> /system clock
>> set time-zone-name=America/Los_Angeles
>> /system identity
>> set name=KK7AMW-Issaquah
>> /system logging
>> add action=remote topics=info
>> add action=remote topics=warning
>> add action=remote topics=error
>> /system ntp client
>> set enabled=yes primary-ntp=44.24.244.4 secondary-ntp=44.24.245.4
>> /system routerboard settings
>> set boot-device=try-ethernet-once-then-nand
>> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] >
>>
>>
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