[HamWAN PSDR] New - not connecting Tiger Mtn

Sun Sep 12 22:13:50 PDT 2021

SUCCESS! Connected to Haystack, sig -79, NF -121, and SNR 42-44 during my first adjustment from 25 miles away.

Thanks everyone for all for your help. I was surprised by the simplicity and how quick it was to aim. Glad the precision adjuster was on the recommended hardware since it make adjusting easy. 

I’m very lucky that I can see Haystack through the small unobstructed view through the trees. See attached picture.

Now it’s time to explore HamWAN.

-Paul KK7AMW

> On Sep 12, 2021, at 9:50 AM, Paul Sundquist <psundquist at foxhill.org> wrote:
> 
> Bart:
> 
> I finally figured out the hamwan map on the home page and found where the "Haystack Radio Antenna Complex" is located by zooming in. Strike my previous question on coordinates.
> 
> I mapped out the path profile and it looks good. I'll have to wait till the rain clears up and the roof dries to see if I can reach it.
> 
> Fingers crossed. 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 12:14 AM Paul Sundquist <psundquist at foxhill.org <mailto:psundquist at foxhill.org>> wrote:
> Haystack was my plan B when I ordered the equipment. I spent a lot of time looking towards Haystack with my binoculars and may have a clear shot from my roof. Visually it appears I can see the gap where Index, WA is located.  I can see a  valley by observing the mountains on the north side. Further in the distance I can see a glaciated mountain - potentially Glacier Peak.
> 
> Do you have the Haystack GPS coordinates? I’ll try aiming it at Haystack next.
> 
> Thanks for your advise. Didn’t expect to learn so much about the mountains visible from my house with this endeavor.
> 
> -Paul
> 
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 10:57 PM Bart Kus <me at bartk.us <mailto:me at bartk.us>> wrote:
> If your GPS data is correct, you may also want to try a shot to Haystack.  It looks possibly unobstructed to you.
> 
> --Bart
> 
> 
> On 9/11/2021 10:54 PM, Bart Kus wrote:
>> I'm not sure what's going wrong, but I can verify that S3.ETiger is running and has 5 clients connected to it.  I suspect you might be aiming at the towers on west tiger (47.508761°, -121.984954°) and (47.504856°, -121.971615°) whereas the HamWAN site is on east tiger (47.488172°, -121.946733°).  From your picture, you should see a 3rd tower or cluster of towers further towards the right, if that is the case.  Google Earth is a good tool to get a sense of the visuals, since it lets you tilt the world.
>> 
>> --Bart
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/11/2021 4:58 PM, Paul Sundquist wrote:
>>> New install on Squak Mountain Issaquah and unable to find any signal on Tiger Mountain. I’m 3.5 miles away west and a little north of the tower on Tiger.
>>> Clear line of sight. Please validate with the tower picture attached.
>>> 
>>> Installed the following: 
>>> MikroTik mANT30 PA parabolic dish antenna 5GHz 30dBi MTAD-5G-30D3-PA
>>> Mikrotik BaseBox 5 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 5GHz Outdoor Wireless AP Gigabit USB OSL4
>>> 
>>> Questions:
>>> Q1) Is the antenna tower on the right in the picture the right site?
>>> Q2) Is the dish assembled correctly? See picture.
>>> Q3) I was watching the signal strength on the routerboard while running "/interface wireless scan 0”. Nothing showed up on the terminal session and no signal strength LED’s lit up. I moved it left to right and adjusted azimuth each time I stopped.
>>> Q4) How long should you wait to acquire the signal between each time you move it?
>>> Q5) Is there anything like the signal strength tones aiming a DirecTV dish?
>>> Q6) Any other ideas. My exported configuration is below and I’ve successfully completed every step listed here: https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html <https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%0D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>> -Paul KK7AMW
>>> 
>>> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] > export
>>> # sep/08/2021 16:57:46 by RouterOS 6.48.4
>>> # software id = H1Z0-P9F3
>>> #
>>> # model = 912UAG-5HPnD
>>> 
>>> /interface wireless
>>> set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=5ghz-onlyn country=no_country_set disabled=no frequency-mode=superchannel radio-name=KK7AMW/Issaquah-Tiger scan-list=HamWAN ssid=HamWAN \
>>>     wireless-protocol=nv2
>>> /interface list
>>> add name=WAN
>>> add name=LAN
>>> /interface wireless channels
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees (north)" frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-5 width=5
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-5 width=5
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-5 width=5
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 0 degrees (north)" frequency=5920 list=HamWAN name=Sector1-10 width=10
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 120 degrees (south-east)" frequency=5900 list=HamWAN name=Sector2-10 width=10
>>> add band=5ghz-onlyn comment="Cell sites radiate this at 240 degrees (south-west)" frequency=5880 list=HamWAN name=Sector3-10 width=10
>>> /interface wireless security-profiles
>>> set [ find default=yes ] supplicant-identity=MikroTik
>>> /snmp community
>>> set [ find default=yes ] addresses=44.24.240.0/20 <http://44.24.240.0/20> name=hamwan
>>> /system logging action
>>> set 3 remote=44.24.244.8
>>> /interface list member
>>> add interface=wlan1 list=WAN
>>> add list=LAN
>>> /ip address
>>> add address=192.168.86.53/24 <http://192.168.86.53/24> interface=ether1 network=192.168.86.0
>>> /ip dhcp-client
>>> add disabled=no interface=wlan1
>>> /ip dns
>>> set servers=192.168.86.9
>>> /ip firewall mangle
>>> add action=change-mss chain=output new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp tcp-flags=syn tcp-mss=!0-1378
>>> add action=change-mss chain=forward new-mss=1378 protocol=tcp tcp-flags=syn tcp-mss=!0-1378
>>> /ip route
>>> add distance=1 gateway=192.168.86.1
>>> /ip service
>>> set telnet disabled=yes
>>> set ftp disabled=yes
>>> set www disabled=yes
>>> set ssh port=222
>>> set api disabled=yes
>>> set api-ssl disabled=yes
>>> /snmp
>>> set contact="#HamWAN-Support on irc.freenode.org <http://irc.freenode.org/>" enabled=yes location=47.516944,-122.0452
>>> /system clock
>>> set time-zone-name=America/Los_Angeles
>>> /system identity
>>> set name=KK7AMW-Issaquah
>>> /system logging
>>> add action=remote topics=info
>>> add action=remote topics=warning
>>> add action=remote topics=error
>>> /system ntp client
>>> set enabled=yes primary-ntp=44.24.244.4 secondary-ntp=44.24.245.4
>>> /system routerboard settings
>>> set boot-device=try-ethernet-once-then-nand
>>> [admin at KK7AMW-Issaquah] >
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>>> 
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>>> 
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