[HamWAN PSDR] Gold-S1 back on the air

[Carl]

Just checked, Gold S1 is 10db worse than Gold S2 for me.  S2 is running about -78, S1 is running about -88.

As memory serves, that was about the difference I saw many months ago when I first put my dish in.

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Carl
Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4:04 PM
To: 'Puget Sound Data Ring'
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Gold-S1 back on the air

I'll look at S1, I'm about 1.13 degrees inside the edge of S1, but have always had a better signal off S2. The attached screen capture of Google Earth shows three red lines. The center line is 60 degrees true from Gold. The other two are 2 degrees either side, or at 58 true and 62 true.  My house is the blue pushpin labeled Home at 58.87 degrees true.  The last time I tried S1 was many months ago when I first installed my dish.  Of course, the bearings from Gold are obviously dependent on the accuracy of the initial installation, which I can only assume was correct.  Also dependent on my using the correct site on Gold, and it appears I was not.  Snap10 shows the path from the correct Gold to my house (yellow line), which appears to be going very near or right through the tower at the other Gold site slightly north-east of the HamWAN location.  That could also be playing a role in my signal strength (or anyone's along that path). Snap11 shows I'm at 58.87 degrees and a distance of 23.32 miles.

So a variety of factors may be impacting my ability to use Gold (no other option though): Distance, right on the edge of the sector pattern, possibly down tilt of the sector antenna, and potentially an obstacle - the other site tower - in the way. Plus a limited (peek-a-boo) view of Gold from my location.

George on the other hand is well south of me, and is at about 71.5 degrees true from Gold, very substantially within the S2 sector.

Randy - thanks for the flag, planned to check that (S1) out specifically.

Carl, N7KUW

-----Original Message-----
From: PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org] On Behalf Of Bart Kus
Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 2:58 PM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring
Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] Gold-S1 back on the air

There was an expedition to Gold Mtn earlier today to fix our power distribution there.  Now that our ability to power cycle devices remotely has been restored, the Sector 1 modem @ Gold has been brought back online from its long winter slumber.  For any folks who are currently riding the northern signal fringe of Gold-S2, you may want to switch to 5.92GHz and try Gold-S1.

Please do report how it goes!

--Bart

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