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Hello,<br>
<br>
A little update for everyone.<br>
<br>
HamWAN has just filed all the paperwork to operate as a non-profit
corporation in Washington state. Processing time is 2-3 days.
After being approved we'll obtain a bank & PayPal account for
the company, and then proceed with the 501(c)(3) paperwork so that
contribution matching can be leveraged. The 501(c)(3) process will
take a minimum of 60 days, but it will not be a blocker to
progress. Donations can be accepted as soon as the financial
details are setup.<br>
<br>
On the technical side of things, a more realistic physical network
map has been published on the PSDR wiki page:<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Puget+Sound+Data+Ring&structure=HamWAN">https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Puget+Sound+Data+Ring&structure=HamWAN</a><br>
<br>
The links to Canada represent peering points with the existing
amateur radio network up there, called BCWARN.net.<br>
<br>
I'm trying to secure some time on 6GHz measurement gear this week to
gauge the relative performance of a couple sector antenna candidates
I have in stock here now.<br>
<br>
Research also continues on MPLS-TE/OSPF-TE, with the goal being the
creation of a lab environment which successfully demonstrates those
routing protocols doing the proper things under various network load
conditions.<br>
<br>
Cougar Mountain continues to be pursued as the first node to be
setup on the air.<br>
<br>
Verification of Ethernet switch candidate has completed and the
suggested hardware passed all requirements.<br>
<br>
Would anyone like to suggest some good switched network PDU
hardware? The whole <a
href="https://www.hamwan.org/t/tiki-index.php?page=Component+Engineering&structure=HamWAN">Component
Engineering</a> section of the website needs some group
input/research.<br>
<br>
Ever onward,<br>
<br>
--Bart<br>
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