[HamWAN PSDR] Fwd: [wl2k--emcomm] High speed network, Winlink products

[Tom Hayward]

Very cool... We have joked about mounting a dish on a rotator, but
never actually done it permanently. It would solve a few problems and
be fun for testing long shots.

But then it could create a few problems too: obviously, increased
expense; a strong gust of wind could turn the rotor, bring down the
link, and eliminate our ability to remotely steer the rotor back into
place; and the rotor would need to be geared low for precision aiming.

Tom KD7LXL

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com> wrote:
> FWIW...
>
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> From: mikeaburton at outlook.com [wl2kemcomm] <wl2kemcomm at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:01 PM
> Subject: [wl2kemcomm] High speed network, Winlink products
> To: wl2kemcomm at yahoogroups.com
>
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>
> This was also in the ARES E-newsletter. Worth noting is that there are
> WinLink products and users on this Emcomm LAN. It is based on PtP
> distribution, with a some Point to multi-point. It differs from broad
> band hamnet in that it is all stock Ubiquiti products based
> non-modified, does not use node like connectivity, and no part 97
> restrictions. But those BBHN out there are doing the same thing as far
> as product distribution, just the Baja-San Diego network went a
> different direction. Both work in the same venue of IP client-server
> distribution.
>
> Winlink products include HF gateway with auto forwarding that USA side
> can take advantage of.
> RMS Express PtP telnet users.
> RMS Relay Post Office in service.
> Differeing packet gateways using LAN to reach common RMS Relay.
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>
> COPY FROM NEWSLETTER
>
> Update on San Diego/Baja High Data Rate Emergency Network
>
> There is progress on the HDRENS (High Data Rate Emergency Network of
> San Diego) project: Our team has just completed installation of a new
> high data rate relay point on the University of California, San Diego
> tower, located on Mt. Soledad, California. There are two dishes at the
> top of the main structure of the tower; one is for a 5 GHz link from
> our central radio room location in Coronado, California and one 2.4
> GHz dish serves as a relay looking out into our "client territory."
> Both dishes are on rotators. The 2.4 GHz link has been positioned to
> serve a number of our active ARES associates including our ARES EC
> Bruce Kripton, KG6IYN.
>
> The TX/RX data rates we currently measure on the 5 GHz link are in
> excess of 50 Mbps. Our long range plan is to continue to expand the
> high data rate network up the coast and inland to provide high data
> rate private LAN backup for more and more emergency communications
> clients including those San Diego County hospitals that choose to
> participate.
>
> The Mt. Soledad installation will now serve as a key relay point as we
> reach out further into the lower and central San Diego County region.
> We continue to share the high data rate emergency network with our
> sister organization, CREBC, in Baja California, Mexico. -- Ed Sack,
> W3NRG, Coronado, California
>
> [For background, see High Speed Networking: Time to Net its Benefits,
> pp. 80-81, April 2014 QST. - ed.]
>
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