[HamWAN PSDR] Who can come help do a 20mi microwave test tomorrow?

[Jeff Francis™]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  All sites will need a visit during the experiment, since there's
> equipment that needs to be loaded @ my Renton location.  Do you (or anyone)
> have UHF yagis that can be used?  We've had some control link problems and
> the added distance will only make it worse.  The UHF radios you mention
> would help too.
>

  Don't have much in the way of UHF yagis.  In fact, I have only one, an
Arrow (hand-held satellite yagi) that's good for 10W.  Maybe we'd be better
off with a repeater?  Or HF?  Or (gasp) cell phones as a last resort.


>
> How much time do you have on Saturday?  I'd budget about 5 hours...  If
> you can drop by Renton prior to that so I can take you through the training
> on how to work parts of the gear, that would be helpful.
>

  I can start around 11am and need to be back at the house by 6pm.  The
killer is the Renton bit.  Google maps says 45 minutes each way from here.
Realistically, it's an hour.  Multiply that by four (down and back to pick
up gear/training, then down and back to return gear) is four hours all by
itself.


>
> Let me know what you can do time-wise,
>

  I'm flexible within the 10-6 constraints.

  I assembled my antenna yesterday, and scrounged up a nice steel tripod
with a mast to mount the whole thing on.  My metal had up-to-date firmware
as of a couple of weeks ago (I could update again if necessary).  The big
issue is that it's almost certainly not configured properly.  I've set up
the "inside" interface on my lab LAN, but have done little else.  If it
would save a trip (or two) to Renton and back, I'd be happy to plug it back
into my network and forward a port on the outside to it so you could do
whatever configuration is required remotely.  Or maybe there's more
equipment required than just the modems.



>
> --Bart
>
>
>
> On 4/11/2013 7:47 AM, Jeff Francis™ wrote:
>
>    I live very close to Monroe (10-20 minutes), and would be happy to
> help out on that leg of the tripod if it were Saturday afternoon or Sunday
> afternoon.  I've got a MikroTik Metal and a big (unassembled) dish from the
> hamfast, as well as random VHF/UHF rigs for coordination.  No doubt I could
> whip together a support tripod given a day's notice.
>
>  Jeff N0GQ
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:58 AM, Michael Schulz <
> mschulz at creative-chaos.com> wrote:
>
>> If you want people to show up, you may want to provide a bit more
>> information. But maybe that's just me.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On 4/10/2013 11:57 PM, Bart Kus wrote:
>> > The trip will involve Renton, Issaquah and Monroe.  Does this REALLY
>> > help? :)
>> >
>> > --Bart
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4/10/2013 10:41 PM, Michael Schulz wrote:
>> >> A very helpful piece of information would be a location :).
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Michael
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 10, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Friday night then maybe?  Anyone else for Friday?
>> >>>
>> >>> --Bart
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 4/10/2013 8:50 PM, David Titus wrote:
>> >>>> Unfortunately tomorrow looks bad for me because I am already
>> >>>> committed. Generally any other day or time would work for me if
>> >>>> tomorrow does not work out.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 8:45 PM, "Bart Kus" <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ben + I just got back from verifying a test location.  We have a
>> >>>>> perfect
>> >>>>> line of sight over a 20 mile span.  Who feels like playing radio
>> >>>>> tomorrow evening? :)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --Bart
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
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