[HamWAN PSDR] Future HamWan Site

[Ryan Elliott Turner]

Hi Michael,

$20,000 is a lot of money. Here in Memphis, we've deployed 3 traditional
sectorized hamwan sites, and we have 3 more points of presence with omnis
and backhaul equipment. I think with that we've still spent less than half
your budget. Our community involvement waxes and wanes, but we're where we
are today comfortably after two years of effort. Even if we were to throw
more money at the problem, I don't know that we would've accomplished our
network rollout much faster (unless we had enough to hire help). It takes
significant effort, especially for those who aren't familiar with the
technology (WISP). It will be very important to have a core local group
with this experience participating in order for your project to succeed.

I don't know what your concerns are regarding Mi6Wan, but I believe Fred
and his group would be an excellent fit to help with this. We're always
excited to see new HamWANs growing and happy to help them flourish. In
terms of formal support, we're all volunteers, and there is no SLA. We're
most active in IRC. It'd be appropriate for you to direct less structured
questions on there (filling in gaps of our wiki, asking for explanations on
certain design decisions, etc). We're happy to help you troubleshoot
issues, but do expect to be participating along the entire way. To perform
and be secure, you'll need volunteers to administer your network (and you
don't want them to be entirely remote).

On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 at 10:28 Fredric Moses <fred at moses.bz> wrote:

> Or he could just work with the group who already did the design work and
> grant work.  But that's just me.
>
> --
> Fredric Moses - W8FSM - WQOG498
> fred at moses.bz
>
> On Aug 29, 2016, at 11:22, Rob Salsgiver <rob at nr3o.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations Michael on your project approval!  It sounds like a
> substantial undertaking.  I would suspect there would be several on the
> list who would be willing to lend a hand, particularly once more of the
> project scope is known.  When you have an opportunity, if you can share
> some of the project details it would give folks a better idea as to where
> they may be able to contribute their expertise.  We have a lot of people
> on-list with background in site analysis, coverage mapping, etc – not to
> mention all of the networking disciplines.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob Salsgiver – NR3O
>
>
>
> *From:* PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org>] *On
> Behalf Of *Michael Elias
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:37 PM
> *To:* psdr at hamwan.org
> *Subject:* [HamWAN PSDR] Future HamWan Site
>
>
>
> Hello HamWan,
>
>
>
> I apologize if I am sending this email to the wrong address. My name is
> Michael Elias and I am the club secretary for the Saginaw Valley Amateur
> Radio Association. We have recently been approved for a grant to upgrade
> our repeater and implement a HamWan style system. The grant was for $26,000
> with $20,000 of that money allotted to the HamWan system.
>
>
>
> This is the largest project our club has ever attempted and although we
> are currently working with Central Michigan Emergency Network and the
> Mi6Wan, there is serious concern that we will not be able to complete this
> project. I am contacting you in advance of our monthly meeting to ask if
> you would be willing to help us with this project and if so, how much and
> what type of help we could expect from you in accomplishing this project? I
> understand you currently know nothing about the project or what we are
> trying to accomplish so I don't expect you to give specifics or details.
>
>
>
> Our club meeting is this Friday, September 2. Although the grant has been
> approved, our general membership still needs to vote on accepting the grant
> money and committing to the project. I am putting together a presentation
> for this meeting to answer questions and address concerns. I am trying to
> make this presentation as complete as possible and if you like I can send
> you a copy when it is complete.
>
>
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing
> from you.
>
> Michael Elias
>
> K8AVJ
>
> SVARA website www.k8dac.com
>
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Ryan Turner, K0RET
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HamWAN Memphis Metro - Memphis' Amateur Radio Multi-Megabit IP Network
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