[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: New site @ East Tiger Mountain - phase 1

[Ryan Elliott Turner]

I'd like to propose that we consolidate and purchase more from Streakwave.
Move the waveguard and RB912UAG-5HPnD to them. Right now, with shipping
those cost $293.81 in your proposal. The quote I got from them including
shipping is about a monthly member's fee cheaper. I'll forward to the board.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  Hello,
>
> I'm pleased to announce we have installed a working link to East Tiger
> Mountain @ 3000ft ASL (47.488198°, -121.946706°).
>
> The uplink is coming from the Tukwila datacenter and is just using
> single-polarization hardware right now because it was on hand.  We should
> upgrade this link hardware to dual polarity, but I'd like to wait until the
> Ubiquity IsoBeam product hits the market before we do that.  The present
> performance is acceptable at about 50Mbit average.  So this link upgrade is
> being skipped in the phase 1 spend here.
>
> We have also recently replaced the Westin router with a virtualized router
> that offers far greater performance, so I was able to re-use the RB2011
> hardware from the Westin to run ETiger.  This spend doesn't need to happen
> at this site.  Yay re-use!
>
> I would like to try linking ETiger with the Snohomish DEM ("Paine") site.
> Since the viability of this link is unknown, I think we should do a test
> using hardware on-hand.  If the test shows the signals are good, I'll roll
> the proper hardware request into a phase 2 spend.
>
> We do need to get Sector 3 installed up there though.  It would be
> immediately useful, and would replace our Mirrormont site, which is only
> 1500ft ASL, and has much slower connectivity.  Here are all the parts to
> make Sector 3 happen:
>
>   *Description*
>  *Price*
>  *Qty*
>  *Subtotal*
>   AM-5G19-120 sector antenna @ Streakwave
>  $117.00
>  1
>  $117.00
>   Streakwave Shipping
>  $23.19
>  1
>  $23.19
>   RF Element SBX-S-CC-2SMA shielding outdoor radio enclosure @ ISP
> Supplies
>  $35.90
>  1
>  $35.90
>   WaveGuard AM5G19 RF shield @ ISP Supplies
>  $44.99
>  1
>  $44.99
>   ISP Supplies Shipping
>  $24.89
>  1
>  $24.89
>   RB912UAG-5HPnD modem @ Baltic Networks
>  $69.00
>  1
>  $69.00
>   Baltic Networks Shipping
>  $14.74
>  1
>  $14.74
>   Mounting hardware @ local stores
>  $80.00
>  1
>  $80.00
>   GRAND TOTAL
>
>
>  $409.71
>
> I'm including 2 antenna mounts in the mounting hardware category.  One for
> the sector, and one for the test link to SnoDEM.
>
> We'll also need to find a special short-depth server to use @ ETiger.
> I've been doing some research on this but haven't found anything
> appropriate yet.  Let me know if you have something or know of something
> cheap that still provides remote KVM with virtual media support.  All the
> racks @ ETiger are two-post with very little depth available, so normal
> servers won't work.
>
> Our present cash balance is about $340.  If you recall the last spend
> request (for the 900MHz test project), I was able to save some money by
> borrowing the expensive antenna hardware instead of buying it.  We only
> purchased the two 900MHz MikroTik modems, and we also have two Ubiquiti
> 900MHz modems on loan so we can do true A/B testing.  This testing will
> likely use the Mirrormont site, although SnoDEM would be preferred.
>
> Board, please vote on this spend request.  Mailing list members, feel free
> to comment before the board votes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bart
>
>
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Ryan Turner
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