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

Tue May 19 15:59:45 PDT 2015

I vote YAY for the original proposal. Thanks for the clarifications, Bart,
and even moreso thanks Rob for the donation.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 5:58 PM, John D. Hays <john at hays.org> wrote:

> 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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