[HamWAN PSDR] Node question

Tom Hayward tom at tomh.us
Sun Aug 27 11:58:29 PDT 2017


Capitol Peak has about a dozen towers, so if you can see a hill with a
bunch of towers that's probably it.

Here are the instructions for configuring the Sextant:
https://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html

Tom KD7LXL

On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Lee Chambers <ki7ss1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks. I'm pretty low, but just maybe there's a shot between the distant
> hills. What should I look for?
>
>
> Lee
>
> > On Aug 26, 2017, at 8:20 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Lee,
> >
> > The sextant should be compatible, the key factor for you is going to be
> signal strength. The sextant doesn’t have a terribly large antenna, and
> 5.9GHz is very line of sight. A couple trees is probably fine, lots of
> trees or a landform in the way will be a no-go. If you have line of sight
> to one of our cell sites, certainly give it a try.
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >> On Aug 26, 2017, at 19:59, Lee Chambers <ki7ss1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I bought a Microtic Sextant G-5HPnd combination dish and receiver at a
> silent key sale today. Can I use it to get into the CapitolPeak Ham Wan
> system?
> >>
> >> Lee Chambers
> >> Ki7ss
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