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

Tue May 19 15:54:17 PDT 2015

Do you have some 'end point' users on East Tiger, e.g. repeaters (WA7HJR)

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  Neither waveguard nor the modems show as having any stock @ Streakwave.
> I'm looking at a May 30th 2nd trip to deploy.
>
> --Bart
>
>
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> On 05/19/2015 01:46 PM, Ryan Elliott Turner wrote:
>
> 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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> Ryan Turner
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