[HamWAN PSDR] HamWan UpRiver?

[Stephen Kangas]

I and a couple other local hams have the LHG 5 International version, and it works well.  When there was a HamWAN sector on Rattlesnake mountain (it’s gone now because of the DNR mess) I had up to 60-70 Mbps downloads from 3mi away; I had to put it on a 6ft mast on the top ridge of my house to get it up high enough to have a straight LOS to the visible tower, due to a couple cedar trees in the way.  That model dish also works well as a portable HamWAN station, mounted on a camera tripod or other arrangement, of course not as many options for a clear LOS from the ground but very useful for emcomm Winlink, APRS igate, and other such unencrypted ham applications we’ve tested.  We’re already really missing having HamWAN, as otherwise it would have proven its role again in this past 5th Saturday statewide emcomm exercise.

 

Stephen W9SK

 

From: PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org> On Behalf Of Jesse Victors via PSDR
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2021 2:39 PM
To: psdr at hamwan.org
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] HamWan UpRiver?

 

I've had success with the MikroTik XL HP5 dish, which I really really like. It has a gain of 27 dBi. I have been able to get a signal at close range when some obstruction were in the way, but it was very slow. I too was initially overly optimistic and misunderstood its tolerance (5 GHz WiFi goes through walls, what's the issue?) but at long ranges it really needs to be be visible. 

I've attached a picture of my first link to Haystack using the dish, just about 24 miles distance. The dish is stabilized with a small piece of wood from Lowe's and a patio umbrella stand. I'm sure the signal goes through some wires or that distant pole, but that's acceptable.

Jesse
KJ7YLS


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On Nov 2, 2021, 12:57 PM, Mark Hartman < enochianborg at gmail.com <mailto:enochianborg at gmail.com> > wrote:

 

I have all my equipment but tried in the past to get a signal and there seems to be none here where I live.  I tried pointing toward Lookout-Snodem but was not able to see any signal.  

I tried pointing down toward Triangle but no luck there.  I live near Rasar State park.  I can get bounce TV signals off the mountain from Bellingham at 180 degrees...  Just wondering if there might be a method I haven't tried or a signal detector I could use other than looking at the screen to measure signals and figure out if I need boosters or something else with higher gain?  Maybe my dish isn't strong enough? I have a Mikrotik LHG 5ghz 24.5 dbi dish programmed for our local HamWan.  <-I went through all the steps to set up a few times and checked my work...  It's not the issue of my  misunderstanding settings.  It is the International version not the US.  At least I'm not misunderstanding how to set up the Mikrotik.  Pointing it where the signal is precisely is where I'm going wrong. There may not be enough signal to be found by the dish.   I've re-aligned dish network and directv dishes before and I know it's a very precise pointing process.  My question to everyone, Is there a stronger version with high gain or a device to check signal strength here?  I am limited to how high I can put a pole in the air because I rent.  But I have HF antennas and 2 poles about 30 feet in the air.  I have looked at the map and it shows the signal is not here or weak.  Just wondering what I could do?  N7MWH Mark

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