[HamWAN PSDR] Fwd: [wl2k--emcomm] High speed network, Winlink products

[John D. Hays]

Pointing the dish could be accomplished over a much lower rate and more
robust radio link.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:

> Very cool... We have joked about mounting a dish on a rotator, but
> never actually done it permanently. It would solve a few problems and
> be fun for testing long shots.
>
> But then it could create a few problems too: obviously, increased
> expense; a strong gust of wind could turn the rotor, bring down the
> link, and eliminate our ability to remotely steer the rotor back into
> place; and the rotor would need to be geared low for precision aiming.
>
> Tom KD7LXL
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > FWIW...
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: mikeaburton at outlook.com [wl2kemcomm] <wl2kemcomm at yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:01 PM
> > Subject: [wl2kemcomm] High speed network, Winlink products
> > To: wl2kemcomm at yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> > This was also in the ARES E-newsletter. Worth noting is that there are
> > WinLink products and users on this Emcomm LAN. It is based on PtP
> > distribution, with a some Point to multi-point. It differs from broad
> > band hamnet in that it is all stock Ubiquiti products based
> > non-modified, does not use node like connectivity, and no part 97
> > restrictions. But those BBHN out there are doing the same thing as far
> > as product distribution, just the Baja-San Diego network went a
> > different direction. Both work in the same venue of IP client-server
> > distribution.
> >
> > Winlink products include HF gateway with auto forwarding that USA side
> > can take advantage of.
> > RMS Express PtP telnet users.
> > RMS Relay Post Office in service.
> > Differeing packet gateways using LAN to reach common RMS Relay.
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > COPY FROM NEWSLETTER
> >
> > Update on San Diego/Baja High Data Rate Emergency Network
> >
> > There is progress on the HDRENS (High Data Rate Emergency Network of
> > San Diego) project: Our team has just completed installation of a new
> > high data rate relay point on the University of California, San Diego
> > tower, located on Mt. Soledad, California. There are two dishes at the
> > top of the main structure of the tower; one is for a 5 GHz link from
> > our central radio room location in Coronado, California and one 2.4
> > GHz dish serves as a relay looking out into our "client territory."
> > Both dishes are on rotators. The 2.4 GHz link has been positioned to
> > serve a number of our active ARES associates including our ARES EC
> > Bruce Kripton, KG6IYN.
> >
> > The TX/RX data rates we currently measure on the 5 GHz link are in
> > excess of 50 Mbps. Our long range plan is to continue to expand the
> > high data rate network up the coast and inland to provide high data
> > rate private LAN backup for more and more emergency communications
> > clients including those San Diego County hospitals that choose to
> > participate.
> >
> > The Mt. Soledad installation will now serve as a key relay point as we
> > reach out further into the lower and central San Diego County region.
> > We continue to share the high data rate emergency network with our
> > sister organization, CREBC, in Baja California, Mexico. -- Ed Sack,
> > W3NRG, Coronado, California
> >
> > [For background, see High Speed Networking: Time to Net its Benefits,
> > pp. 80-81, April 2014 QST. - ed.]
> >
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