[HamWAN PSDR] Client node

[B.J. Guillot]

In between the rain this weekend, I did some more testing with HamWAN  from
my home in Marysville.

My "test stand":
* MikroTik RB912UAG5HPnDOT
* Altelix AD5G30M2 antenna kit
* 10 foot mast on a small 3 foot tripod, from deck of backyard

I was able to get a connection (do some pings, visit some http sites), but
it was a bit intermittent with the wind swaying the dish on the mast.  If I
decide to mount permanently, I'll need to find a way to attach the top part
of the mast near the house to minimize the movement.

Best results were:

[admin at N7CS] > /interface wireless scan 0

Flags: A - active, P - privacy, R - routeros-network, N - nstreme, T -
tdma, W - wds, B - bridge

       ADDRESS           SSID                      CHANNEL
    SIG   NF SNR RADIO-NAME                     ROUTEROS-VERSION

A RT B 64:D1:54:95:C4:7F HamWAN                    5920/5/an
    -71 -124  53 K7WAN/SnoDEM-S1

A RT B 64:D1:54:6A:65:A8 HamWAN                    5900/5/an
    -83 -123  40 K7WAN/SnoDEM-S2

-- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause]

As the wind would blow, the SIG numbers would jump into the -90's for a
moment and then come back.  Ping times to google.com were between 90-500+
ms.  I'll keep doing some experiments with different placements to see if I
can get an improved signal when I can find a sunny weekend.  In the
meantime, just wanted to say thanks to the all the people that have been
answering my questions over the past few months.

Regards,
Burt J. Guillot, N7CS
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