[HamWAN PSDR] Madison Park Seattle HAMwan node?

[John D. Hays]

And there are people who will help out, if needed.

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel at nigelvh.com>
wrote:

> Bob,
>
> We have a list/comparison of compatible options. Please note that Ubiquiti
> devices WILL NOT WORK on HamWAN. Mikrotik and Ubiquiti offer different
> protocols NV2 vs AirMax, and HamWAN is built on NV2, so it’s Mikrotik only.
>
> http://hamwan.org/Standards/Component%20Engineering/Client%20Hardware.html
>
> Some of those options, like the Poynting grid antenna are difficult to
> find these days, but there are a number of good options there. Once you
> have a setup, we also provide instructions for getting it configured.
>
> http://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%
> 20Node%20Configuration.html
>
> And of course you can post here on the mailing list, or join us on chat
> http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=HamWAN..&channels=%23HamWAN
> <http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=HamWAN..&channels=#HamWAN> for
> additional info/help.
>
> Nigel
>
> On Oct 2, 2017, at 15:56, Robert Edmiston <kg7ucl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
> Thanks for the quick response. That would be super if I could reach the
> Haystack site.  Our little community would be quite cut off without power
> in the event of an earthquake or even something as common as a heavy snow.
> My hub team is investigating solutions for emergency comms beyond feebly
> attempting to use voice to convey ICS-213 forms.  It sounds like you have
> something great working already and I'd love to see if it could work for
> us.
>
> I'd like to see if it would work at all, with minimal investment. We have
> a community council with funds to buy equipment if a proof of concept test
> works out.  What would be your recommended kit for seeing if we could make
> contact? From your online PowerPoint docs, I've read that the Microtik
> hardware is super hard to configure, but that the Ubiquiti is far easier to
> set up for people who are not network transport layer engineers.
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Tom Hayward <tom at tomh.us> wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> What is your goal? Your location on the west side of the lake should
>> be well covered by the Haystack site (at 4000' above Sultan). This
>> will give you routing to all other HamWAN users.
>>
>> Tom KD7LXL
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Robert Edmiston <kg7ucl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi there. I'm Bob Edmiston, emergency hub radio lead for the Madison
>> Park emergency hub. From a propagation perspective, the waterfront
>> communities around Lake Washington have more in common with each other than
>> their respective cities due to line-of-sight challenges. Waterfront
>> communities share the luxury of direct line-of-sight radio communications,
>> especially well suited to hamwan frequencies.
>> >
>> > My neighborhood on Lake WA falls in the hamwan shadow of the Washington
>> Park hill, but we are line of sight to Kirkland and cougar mountain. Who
>> could I speak with about the possibility of testing connections from
>> Madison Park to the Eastside?
>> > Bob Edmiston
>> > KG7UCL
>> > 425-985-4182
>> > Madison Park HUB
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