[HamWAN PSDR] New to HAMWAN (NE Portland)

[Carl]

Hello Kent,

 

Please keep in mind, it is strictly prohibited (by Federal regulation) to do any kind of business/commerce over amateur radio (which includes HamWAN), and further, no encryption of any kind is permitted over amateur radio.  For these reasons, you cannot utilize HamWAN for commercial purposes, even in a disaster/emergency scenario.

 

As to your location and getting HamWAN, the various sector locations are clearly identified on the HamWAN website. I’m going to guess that possibly Capitol Park (a few blocks north of Kaiser Permanente (Group Health) might be your best possibility.

 

As to a connection to your mother – you won’t get a direct line of sight connection, however her house may permit connection to a HamWAN sector (possibly Capitol Peak or BawFAW?). However, to have an installation/connection there would of course require your mother to hold an amateur radio license also.  Every HamWAN client dish must be programmed with that operator’s amateur call sign, which is sent as part of the data packets transmitted to comply with FCC ID requirements.

 

As to “rural ham radio operators becoming the internet providers”, again that can only be to other amateur operators, and that can only be for amateur radio communications – no business, commerce, or encryption. You can’t even connect to an https:// connection, just http://

 

Carl, N7KUW

 

From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Kent Dahlgren
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 9:23 AM
To: psdr at hamwan.org
Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] New to HAMWAN (NE Portland)

 

Hey, y'all. 

 

I just purchased the recommended "Mikrotik RouterBOARD Metal 5SHPn wifi radio," and am seeking an antenna, but will likely be up and running soon. 

 

I'm located at 66th and Sandy/Fremont area, and am interested in running a couple of experiments:

 

*	Set up a HAMWAN relay connection between here (my home) and where my mom lives (Ryderwood, WA)

 

*	Testing the mobile blockchain software my team created

 

I'm currently CTO for a company called Bitnation, and we've created (and continue to update) an Android/iOS app that provides decentralized blockchain-based economic services over secure and anonymous chat.

 

I'm pretty interested in pursing real experience in getting this to work over HAMWAN, to demonstrate that it would facilitate baseline communication and commerce in the aftermath of a natural disaster. 

 

My goal is to help rural HAM radio people become the internet providers, if that makes any sense.

 

I've also invested in an AltheaMesh router, fyi. 

 

 

Kent

 

 

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