[HamWAN PSDR] Any other ideas on how to experiment with hamwan?

[Chris Prosser]

Hey Bill,

Wow. I hadn’t even considered that. I’ve been fascinated by WISPs. With the gear I already have at home (two edgerouters from Ubiquiti) I then only need the two PtMP radios. I can set up the tunnel to the 44net using my home internet. I have a nice park right next door to run tests from. 

I have not found the Mikrotik web site very useful. Any suggestions for a cheap sector radio? Can I just use one of the client radios and configure it as a sector (of course the directionality won’t be ideal, but fine for me in a point to point fashion). 

Thanks!

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On Mar 12, 2019, at 18:14, Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Maybe sometime down the road we'll find another site to put sectors on that you can see. A city with hills and trees is not a promising place to try and find HamWAN shots unfortunately.
> 
> When I heard of the 'data ring' concept used by HamWAN I thought it
> was so cool I started building my own.   That's an option for any one
> any where.    Start with a client node and a single backbone node.
> From there add a couple more radios you'll have a real backbone of two
> units and a client link and a client radio.
> 
> Just getting that going will be an education unbelievable.   Done
> right - it'll let you take the client node portable and then hook up
> to one of the mainline nodes when you have a good location.
> 
> A 'real' parking lot data ring will take six backbone radios for 3
> nodes with dedicated point-to-point links and a client access radio
> for each node.   9 radios total plus how ever many clients you need..
> 
> A little over the top perhaps.   Why not - folks in all other hobbies
> are getting equally involved and spending way more...
> 
> Bill, WA7NWP
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