[HamWAN PSDR] New to HAMWAN (NE Portland)

[John D. Hays]

When Bart first proposed the HamWAN concept to various amateur radio
forums, he observed that radio repeater sites would be beneficial to
building the network.  It was pointed out that many of those sites provide
space on a discounted or gratis basis for amateur radio purposes only
(often in support of public service/emergency communications), and the
repeater operators would likely loose their sites or start having to pay
commercial rates.  Also, using 44.x.x.x routable addresses come with an
amateur radio requirement.  In addition, running part 97 has greater
transmitter power flexibility.

So, the network could be rebuilt using non Part 97 compliance, but new
address space would be required (or a giant NAT infrastructure for IPv4) as
well as re-negotiating site rentals.

So, unless those steps are undertaken, the network is under Part 97 rules
for segments running in the US and its territories.

However, if Kent wanted to use the published HamWAN engineering work to
build a similar WISP system, with associated costs, that is a possibility.

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John D. Hays
Edmonds, WA
K7VE

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