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

[David Haworth]

Hi Mark,

When I configured the QRT 5 International this month. Only three amateur radio frequencies are scanned: 5.880, 5.9 and 5.92.

In WinBox terminal command
/interface wireless monitor 0
will show the frequencies and bandwidth being scanned if no radio is found.

If a radio is found you will see the details like

[admin at WA9ONY-LARCH] > /interface wireless monitor 0
                  status: connected-to-ess
                 channel: 5880/5/an
       wireless-protocol: nv2
                 tx-rate: 1.6Mbps-5MHz/1S
                 rx-rate: 1.6Mbps-5MHz/1S
                    ssid: HamWAN
                   bssid: 64:D1:54:6A:64:26
              radio-name: S3.Larch/K7WAN
         signal-strength: -68dBm
     signal-strength-ch0: -72dBm
     signal-strength-ch1: -71dBm
      tx-signal-strength: -70dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch0: -72dBm
  tx-signal-strength-ch1: -73dBm
             noise-floor: -125dBm
         signal-to-noise: 57dB
                  tx-ccq: 6%
                  rx-ccq: 6%
   authenticated-clients: 1
        current-distance: 22
                wds-link: no
                  bridge: no
        routeros-version: 6.42.3
       current-tx-powers: 6Mbps:27(27/30),9Mbps:27(27/30),12Mbps:27(27/30),18Mbps:27(27/30),24Mbps:27(27/30),
                          36Mbps:27(27/30),48Mbps:25(25/28),54Mbps:24(24/27),HT20-0:27(27/30),HT20-1:27(27/30),
                          HT20-2:27(27/30),HT20-3:27(27/30),HT20-4:27(27/30),HT20-5:27(27/30),HT20-6:25(25/28),
                          HT20-7:23(23/26)
     notify-external-fdb: no
73 David Haworth
http://www.stargazing.net/david/sdr/HamWAN.html <http://www.stargazing.net/david/sdr/HamWAN.html>



> On Aug 29, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Mark Weisenfeld <mark at weisenfelds.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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