[HamWAN PSDR] Has something changed, or did my Mikrotik lose 5 ghz

[Mark Weisenfeld]

I have this 25/27 dB  MikroTik LHG XL HP5 device that I can move around
Tumwater (south Olympia) and measure the signal from Capitol Peak at
various places at around 10 miles.
The last two nights I have reset and completely reconfigured the device and
I still cannot register any signal from Capitol Peak in several locations.

After I do a reset, and before I reconfigure the routerOS, I see that it
scans all the regular 802.11 channels and registers a whole list of local
APs. Then I go on to finish inputting all the settings and it becomes
silent. I can't get a single 5.8 Ghz signal to show up from several
locations around my local area.

So has something changed?
Do I need to apply some other setting?
Did HAMWAN suddenly change all their frequencies? (smirk)
Is Capitol Peak asleep? (smirk²)

I could assume that somehow my device has crapped out, after less than a
year an no real usage, ever. I used to get -91dB and similar from scanning
at my home and at the local DEM, but now nothing. It shows all 6 channels
enabled, but a scan shows nothing.

Is there a way to test this thing? Could I enter an additional standard USA
5Ghz channel and see my own 5Ghz wireless show up?

Thanks y'all.

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Mark Weisenfeld
 K7TUM
CN87na <http://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php?Grid=CN87na> (SW
corner)
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