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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The "undocumented configuration" is for
any users of the Paine cell site attempting to use sector 1 (0
degrees, true north sector bearing). SSID is HamWAN-0 there, not
just HamWAN. Feel free to expand your HamWAN scan-list with
ssid=HamWAN-0 on frequency=5920, channel-width=5mhz,
band=5ghz-onlyn.<br>
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The signal levels Rob's referring to are measured in dBm. Full
throughput (about 10Mbit) stops below -71dBm, so the -46dBm is
25dB more than is needed. A very healthy margin.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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On 10/12/2013 9:37 PM, Rob Salsgiver wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today one of the things going on in “HamWAN
Land” today was a link test from Providence Colby Hospital to
the site at SnoCounty DEM at Paine Field. All initial
propagation maps and other research suggested that it should
essentially be a “no brainer” install and link, and the short
version is that it was! A big thanks to Dave Williamson
(WA7DGW) for coming along to help, and to Bart (AE7SJ) for
“tagging along” to look over our shoulders. I’ll leave any
technical corrections to Bart, but the layman’s version
follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After resolving a couple obvious faux-pas
on my part and correcting one “undocumented configuration”
issue due to a unique temporary network setup issue at the
Paine site, the modem came online immediately after the config
was tweaked. A few minutes later and the dish was peaked with
a signal level of -46 to -47. RF link throughput testing
netted us 9.6Mbit down and 10.4 up – nice! A few more clicks
and tweaks and we were looking at Google and Youtube videos on
the netbook.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All in all, a VERY nice attempt with VERY
good results. We decided to attempt a shot from Valley
General hospital in Monroe, but what looked like a workable
ground-level path on Google Earth turned out to be otherwise
once we were onsite. After a brief walk-around we agreed that
a roof-shot from the hospital would very likely succeed. We
will work with getting access to the facility to confirm this
in the coming week or two.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There’s a lot more I could bore everyone
with, but suffice it to say it was a good day. The next step
is to setup a meeting to introduce the administration at
Providence to the capabilities of HamWAN and our testing
results. There is potentially more but we will proceed one
step at a time. Thanks to all who have worked so hard over
the summer and contributed to the build-out of the HamWAN
core. Your efforts definitely showed today.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rob Salsgiver – NR3O<o:p></o:p></p>
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