[HamWAN PSDR] HamWan 900 MHz

[Steve]

The 900 MHz noise floor is pretty bad around the populated areas. Lots of
utility's use it now.

The narrower the better.


Steve N0FPF

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 9:41 AM Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com> wrote:

> > What is your interest in 900 and where would you like to see it go?
>
> I'm looking to take the next step in higher speed data and it looks
> like the added range from 900 MHz is the place to go.    If the speed
> and bandwidth is cranked down - and a reasonable antenna used - it
> should be possible to get some range out of the units.  Not as much as
> the UDRX would have given but significantly more than 2.4 or 5.9 GHz.
>
> It appears Ubiquity units are still available and not terribly
> expensive.  They are supported with OpenWRT (AREDN) so it'll be
> flexible for experimentation.   Might even be some for sale at SeaPac
> next weekend.
>
> Units I'm looking at now:
> * Nano Station Loco - https://amzn.to/2we6VvV
> * Rocket - https://amzn.to/2wh1zA6
>
> I may not have to get anything new.  There's some Metriocom units to
> check out first.  It's a dead end in the future but certainly worth
> checking out now.
>
> Is the unit on Gold using the proprietary NV2 or a more standard WIFI?
>  If conventional WiFi then there are more opportunities to listen for
> it and possibly connect.
>
> 73
> Bill
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bill Vodall
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:47 PM
> > To: Puget Sound Data Ring
> > Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWan 900 MHz
> >
> > It's been a couple years since I asked about 900 MHz.   Has there been
> > any change in the status  at Gold Mtn?
> >
> > > It's only deployed @ Gold Mtn.  It doesn't work very far, due to the
> low
> > > gain nature of 900MHz antennas and only using 1/2 W transmitter.  Feel
> > > free to link to it @ 915MHz with 5MHz channel-width.  You'll need the
> > > Mikrotik 9HPn modem and a vpol antenna of some kind.  More gain the
> better.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill
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