[HamWAN PSDR] Client nodes in Clark County

[Tom Hayward]

Hi Steve,

Yes, the Larch Mountain site is now online. We still need to visit Baw Faw
to re-aim the dish toward Larch before the backbone between Portland and
Seattle will work well, but the Larch end is complete. I haven't generated
the updated coverage map and added it to the website yet. Areas of Clark
and Multnomah Counties with a clear view of Larch should be able to connect.

Maybe Marc is available for your meeting? It's quite a drive for us Puget
Sound area folk, and I'll be out of town this weekend anyway.

If you go to http://hamwan.org/ you'll find a link at the top of the page
"Get Connected". This links to all the pages you'll need to buy and setup a
client.

http://hamwan.org/Standards/Component%20Engineering/Client%20Hardware.html
Shows a number of tested hardware combinations, and has some details about
ordering the international versions which allow you to use the 5.9 GHz ham
band.

http://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html
Has configuration instructions. There are some notes at the bottom about
one way to connect it to your home network. This part is really open ended
and can vary quite a bit depending on what you want to do specifically.

Another antenna was recommended in the chat room yesterday:
https://smile.amazon.com/Altelix-Antenna-Ubiquiti-RocketM5-MikroTik/dp/B079QGF3S2/
Pair with a BaseBox5:
https://smile.amazon.com/Mikrotik-BaseBox-RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT-Outdoor-Wireless/dp/B00GA0DMDQ/
I haven't tried this combination yet myself, but it looks good and we'll
probably add it to the Client Hardware page alongside the others in time.

Aside from an antenna and modem (or integrated combination), you'll need
outdoor ethernet cable and shielded connectors. We use Ubiquiti TC-Pro and
TC-Con[nectors]. I think Marc has a reel of this he might be willing to
sell lengths of.

Tom KD7LXL

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 7:18 AM S. Aberle <psdr-list at aberle.net> wrote:

> Marc/KD7RYY mentioned on a local Clark County net that the Larch
> Mountain site was installed and linked this past Saturday (6/9) ... but
> it doesn't yet show up on the coverage map on the website.
>
> There is a Clark County Digital Group (http://www.w7aia.org/digital.htm)
> meeting this coming Saturday (6/16).  Is there a possibility of a HamWAN
> guru attending?  If not, I would like to take detailed information to
> that meeting on what it takes in the way of client-side equipment to
> connect into HamWAN.
>
>  From the website, it appears that these two integrated dish antenna and
> modem solutions are current/recommended:
> MikroTik RBDynaDishG-5HacD
> MikroTik RBLHG-5nD
>
> What other hardware bits and pieces are needed for a full client BOM?
> What modem configuration information and networking basics will they
> need to know?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> Nigel Vander Houwen wrote on 04/30/2018 07:33 PM:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > The board had a call this evening and voted to approve this expense. We
> thank Tom for the work in coordinating this and putting together the BoM.
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >> On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:24, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> Here is the first funding request for a new site, Larch Mountain. Rob
> and Loren have invited HamWAN to Larch to connect their DMR repeaters. This
> is also a strategic location and milestone for HamWAN: it will allow us to
> link the Seattle and Portland metro areas. Larch will connect to Baw Faw
> via point-to-point dish and cover the Portland area with a sector.
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> HamWAN board, please submit your votes to approve funding this buildout.
> >>
> >> Tom KD7LXL
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