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

[Ryan Elliott Turner]

My streakwave account rep just informed me for their waveguards:
"The Wav Guard kits by Kam Fab are backordered and we have no ETA for new
stock. Minimum ETA at this point is 6-8 weeks."

Bummer. We can still save some money moving the RB912UAG-5HPnD to
Streakwave most likely, but not quite as much.

Also, interestingly enough, we in Memphis are ordering 2 sectors at some
point today/tomorrow. I wonder if in the future we should coordinate and
try to consolidate orders to work on discounts.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Ryan Elliott Turner <ryan.e.t at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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