[HamWAN PSDR] Connecting to a new tower

[lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com]

Looking for some guidance.

I have been connected to Gold Mountain from my house for about a year, and I
have okay coverage. I have a Dynadish 5, which has five built-in LEDs to
indicate connection strength. At home, I get one or two LEDs to light up,
and I'm able to make calls over Hamwan with a VOIP phone.

Today, I took my Dynadish portable, and set it up with good line of site to
Paine, Westin, and Beacon. I had all five LEDs lit up when I aimed at
Beacon. I had hoped to be able to plug in my VOIP phone and make a test
call, but the phone got stuck at "Initializing DNS," regardless of which
site I tried.

Took it all back home, set it up the same way on my roof, and was talking on
the phone in under a minute.

My assumption is that I need to re-initialize the Dynadish 5 when I change
connection sites. Is this correct? If so, is there an easy way to switch
over from one to another, or do I need to open up Winbox and follow the
instructions in the "Connect" phase of Client Node Configuration? Or do I
need to do something else? I'd like to be able to move from site to site
without complications.

Any advice/ideas are appreciated.

-Lionel

K7BIX

Hamshack Hotline#: 5670

 

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