[HamWAN PSDR] equipment selection

Casey Offord cofford at gmail.com
Tue Apr 30 14:49:50 PDT 2019


I've had surprisingly good performance from the little Mikrotik RB SXT
Lite5 ($49 at Baltic Networks), though I'm only about 8 miles from Baldi.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:10 PM Doug Collinge <doug.collinge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ok, thanks everyone! I'm investigating the DynaDish at the moment.
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:24 PM Steve - WA7PTM <psdr-list at aberle.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Slides 37-39 in this presentation might help:
>>
>> https://www.mil.wa.gov/uploads/pdf/weccwg/scott_burrows_weccwg_2019.2.7_presentation.pdf
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> Doug Collinge wrote on 4/30/19 11:30 AM:
>> > I want to join HamWAN so I checked into the recommended hardware, the
>> > MikroTik RBMetal5SHPn. It is no longer available from my supplier and
>> seems
>> > to have been discontinued by the manufacturer. My supplier recommended
>> the
>> > MikroTik RBMetalG-52SHPacn as a replacement.
>> >
>> > The RBMetal5SHPn seems to be very well suited to the application.
>> Should I
>> > make an effort to find remaindered stock?
>> >
>> > The RBMetalG-52SHPacn is slightly more expensive but would also be
>> good, if
>> > it works. I have heard rumours... Should I expect this unit to work?
>> > Does anyone out there have experience with it?
>> >
>> > MikroTik also has a line of "Groove" weatherproof routers. Is any one of
>> > these suitable? Lower cost but also lower transmit power.
>> >
>> > I'm in Victoria, if that is somehow relevant. No issues with getting the
>> > "international" versions, anyway!
>> >
>> >
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