[HamWAN PSDR] Alpha testers needed for HamWAN sites

[Bart Kus]

Hello,

We've been super busy with getting physical hardware up and on the air, 
so we could use some help in terms of end-user testing of these sites.  
One project member recently did a really great test 
<https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8174/2013-07-28%2014.04.10.jpg> of 
the Everett site from a northern Camano Island location.  He got signal 
strengths suggesting full-speed service was available that far out, near 
Stanwood, about 21 miles away from the Everett site.  We did not have 
time to do more detailed testing.

I'd like to get more data points like this collected, and I'd like 
people to start being connected 24/7 so that we may measure reliability 
and such.  If you are "near" Everett (if you can call 21 miles away 
near!), or near Capitol Hill, then there is a site for you to test!  
Hopefully after this weekend, if you're near Enumclaw all the way out to 
Tacoma, there'll be a site you can try connecting to.  The Sites wiki 
page 
<https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Sites&structure=HamWAN> 
has been updated with the coverage maps of each sector antenna at each 
site.  That's the best way to figure out if you're covered, so check it out!

We don't have the plug-n-play solutions ready to go yet, so you'll need 
to get help from others who are on the network already to configure your 
modem.  IRC channel #HamWAN on the irc.freenode.org network has been a 
good place for this kind of support.  You can also use the 
psdr at hamwan.org mailing list (email psdr-join at hamwan.org to join).

BIG FAT DISCLAIMER: The network stack is nowhere near final config, so 
as alpha testers, you will not be experiencing the network as it is 
intended.  There are plans to make the cyberspace stuff run much more 
smoothly, but we're focusing nearly 100% of our time on hardware 
deployment this summer.

--Bart

PS: Please be respectful with the replies, as I've cross-posted this to 
3 lists.  Don't spam all 3 lists with discussion.  Pick one list to 
reply to and stick with it.  Thank you! :)

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