[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: New site @ East Tiger Mountain - phase 1

Tue May 19 16:49:39 PDT 2015

YAY.  It's unanimous.  Consider it passed. :)
 On May 19, 2015 4:28 PM, "Nigel Vander Houwen" <nigel at nigelvh.com> wrote:

> Yay. Thanks for the work here Bart.
>
> Nigel
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 19, 2015, at 15:59, Ryan Elliott Turner <ryan.e.t at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I vote YAY for the original proposal. Thanks for the clarifications, Bart,
> and even moreso thanks Rob for the donation.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:58 PM, John D. Hays <john at hays.org> wrote:
>
>> Very cool.  They had lost their ISP, glad HamWan to the rescue.
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>>
>>>  Yup, that whole repeater site is making use of the link right now.
>>> This includes their web page, web cams, VoIP phone, IRLP, EchoLink and
>>> D-Star.  Very hammy.
>>>
>>> --Bart
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/19/2015 03:54 PM, John D. Hays wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you have some 'end point' users on East Tiger, e.g. repeaters (WA7HJR)
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Neither waveguard nor the modems show as having any stock @
>>>> Streakwave.  I'm looking at a May 30th 2nd trip to deploy.
>>>>
>>>> --Bart
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 05/19/2015 01:46 PM, Ryan Elliott Turner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My streakwave account rep just informed me for their waveguards:
>>>> "The Wav Guard kits by Kam Fab are backordered and we have no ETA for
>>>> new stock. Minimum ETA at this point is 6-8 weeks."
>>>>
>>>>  Bummer. We can still save some money moving the RB912UAG-5HPnD to
>>>> Streakwave most likely, but not quite as much.
>>>>
>>>>  Also, interestingly enough, we in Memphis are ordering 2 sectors at
>>>> some point today/tomorrow. I wonder if in the future we should coordinate
>>>> and try to consolidate orders to work on discounts.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Ryan Elliott Turner <
>>>> ryan.e.t at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to propose that we consolidate and purchase more from
>>>>> Streakwave. Move the waveguard and RB912UAG-5HPnD to them. Right now, with
>>>>> shipping those cost $293.81 in your proposal. The quote I got from them
>>>>> including shipping is about a monthly member's fee cheaper. I'll forward to
>>>>> the board.
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm pleased to announce we have installed a working link to East
>>>>>> Tiger Mountain @ 3000ft ASL (47.488198°, -121.946706°).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The uplink is coming from the Tukwila datacenter and is just using
>>>>>> single-polarization hardware right now because it was on hand.  We should
>>>>>> upgrade this link hardware to dual polarity, but I'd like to wait until the
>>>>>> Ubiquity IsoBeam product hits the market before we do that.  The present
>>>>>> performance is acceptable at about 50Mbit average.  So this link upgrade is
>>>>>> being skipped in the phase 1 spend here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have also recently replaced the Westin router with a virtualized
>>>>>> router that offers far greater performance, so I was able to re-use the
>>>>>> RB2011 hardware from the Westin to run ETiger.  This spend doesn't need to
>>>>>> happen at this site.  Yay re-use!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to try linking ETiger with the Snohomish DEM ("Paine")
>>>>>> site.  Since the viability of this link is unknown, I think we should do a
>>>>>> test using hardware on-hand.  If the test shows the signals are good, I'll
>>>>>> roll the proper hardware request into a phase 2 spend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We do need to get Sector 3 installed up there though.  It would be
>>>>>> immediately useful, and would replace our Mirrormont site, which is only
>>>>>> 1500ft ASL, and has much slower connectivity.  Here are all the parts to
>>>>>> make Sector 3 happen:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   *Description*
>>>>>>  *Price*
>>>>>>  *Qty*
>>>>>>  *Subtotal*
>>>>>>   AM-5G19-120 sector antenna @ Streakwave
>>>>>>  $117.00
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $117.00
>>>>>>   Streakwave Shipping
>>>>>>  $23.19
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $23.19
>>>>>>   RF Element SBX-S-CC-2SMA shielding outdoor radio enclosure @ ISP
>>>>>> Supplies
>>>>>>  $35.90
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $35.90
>>>>>>   WaveGuard AM5G19 RF shield @ ISP Supplies
>>>>>>  $44.99
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $44.99
>>>>>>   ISP Supplies Shipping
>>>>>>  $24.89
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $24.89
>>>>>>   RB912UAG-5HPnD modem @ Baltic Networks
>>>>>>  $69.00
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $69.00
>>>>>>   Baltic Networks Shipping
>>>>>>  $14.74
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $14.74
>>>>>>   Mounting hardware @ local stores
>>>>>>  $80.00
>>>>>>  1
>>>>>>  $80.00
>>>>>>   GRAND TOTAL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  $409.71
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm including 2 antenna mounts in the mounting hardware category.
>>>>>> One for the sector, and one for the test link to SnoDEM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We'll also need to find a special short-depth server to use @
>>>>>> ETiger.  I've been doing some research on this but haven't found anything
>>>>>> appropriate yet.  Let me know if you have something or know of something
>>>>>> cheap that still provides remote KVM with virtual media support.  All the
>>>>>> racks @ ETiger are two-post with very little depth available, so normal
>>>>>> servers won't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Our present cash balance is about $340.  If you recall the last spend
>>>>>> request (for the 900MHz test project), I was able to save some money by
>>>>>> borrowing the expensive antenna hardware instead of buying it.  We only
>>>>>> purchased the two 900MHz MikroTik modems, and we also have two Ubiquiti
>>>>>> 900MHz modems on loan so we can do true A/B testing.  This testing will
>>>>>> likely use the Mirrormont site, although SnoDEM would be preferred.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Board, please vote on this spend request.  Mailing list members, feel
>>>>>> free to comment before the board votes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Bart
>>>>>>
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>>>>>  --
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>>>>> Ryan Turner
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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