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

[Dean Gibson AE7Q]

Which Saturday do you need the help @ East Tiger?  Either Saturday is 
presently open for me, but I need to know ASAP.

On 2015-05-19 13:18, Bart Kus 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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