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

Tue May 19 15:58:07 PDT 2015

Very cool.  They had lost their ISP, glad HamWan to the rescue.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  Yup, that whole repeater site is making use of the link right now.  This
> includes their web page, web cams, VoIP phone, IRLP, EchoLink and D-Star.
> Very hammy.
>
> --Bart
>
>
>
> On 05/19/2015 03:54 PM, John D. Hays wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>
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>>> Ryan Turner
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