[HamWAN PSDR] How to Aim Uplink on a Tower

[Herb Weiner]

Thanks, Steve. I will look at these scripts. I agree that the climber can't be looking at a screen. We can't even align an antenna on a tripod on the ground while looking at a screen.

Herb

> On Jan 29, 2020, at 7:40 PM, Steve <sbm999 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> There are various scripts you could start with, adapt as needed, to provide lights and tones based on signal strength. This is one tool to consider. Quite challenging to align an antenna and look at a screen while up a tower.  
> 
> https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=29638 <https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=29638>
> http://blog.butchevans.com/2008/09/mikrotik-router-audio-alignment-script/ <http://blog.butchevans.com/2008/09/mikrotik-router-audio-alignment-script/>
> 
> Steve
> 
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> 
> On 1/29/2020 13:53, Herb Weiner wrote:
>> In the near future, Oregon HamWAN (http://www.oregonhamwan.org <http://www.oregonhamwan.org/>) will be deploying three sectors and an uplink (aimed at Larch Mountain) on the KOIN Tower in Southwest Portland.
>> 
>> What is the best way to optimize the aiming of our uplink? I am familiar with the use of /interface wireless scan 0, but it is difficult to optimize the signal strength using the output of this command.
>> 
>> Aim Master (https://github.com/HamWAN/aim <https://github.com/HamWAN/aim>) looked like a promising approach, but it appears as if this has not been updated since 2016, and it appears to use SNMP MIBs that are no longer supported by the current firmware.
>> 
>> We need to provide instructions for a professional tower climber that will probably have limited, if any, experience with HamWAN.
>> 
>> Thanks for your suggestions.
>> 
>> Herb, AA7HW
>> 
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