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

[Bart Kus]

It'll be the 30th.  The other climber confirmed, BTW.  So we're all set.

--Bart

On 5/22/2015 1:21 PM, Dean Gibson AE7Q wrote:
> 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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