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Hello,<br>
<br>
I'm pleased to announce we have installed a working link to East
Tiger Mountain @ 3000ft ASL (47.488198°, -121.946706°).<br>
<br>
The uplink is coming from the Tukwila datacenter and is just using
single-polarization hardware right now because it was on hand. We
should upgrade this link hardware to dual polarity, but I'd like to
wait until the Ubiquity IsoBeam product hits the market before we do
that. The present performance is acceptable at about 50Mbit
average. So this link upgrade is being skipped in the phase 1 spend
here.<br>
<br>
We have also recently replaced the Westin router with a virtualized
router that offers far greater performance, so I was able to re-use
the RB2011 hardware from the Westin to run ETiger. This spend
doesn't need to happen at this site. Yay re-use!<br>
<br>
I would like to try linking ETiger with the Snohomish DEM ("Paine")
site. Since the viability of this link is unknown, I think we
should do a test using hardware on-hand. If the test shows the
signals are good, I'll roll the proper hardware request into a phase
2 spend.<br>
<br>
We do need to get Sector 3 installed up there though. It would be
immediately useful, and would replace our Mirrormont site, which is
only 1500ft ASL, and has much slower connectivity. Here are all the
parts to make Sector 3 happen:<br>
<br>
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<td valign="top"><b>Description</b><b><br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Price</b><b><br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Qty</b><b><br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Subtotal</b><b><br>
</b></td>
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<td valign="top">AM-5G19-120 sector antenna @ Streakwave<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$117.00<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$117.00<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">Streakwave Shipping<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$23.19<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$23.19<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">RF Element SBX-S-CC-2SMA shielding outdoor
radio enclosure @ ISP Supplies<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$35.90<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$35.90<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">WaveGuard AM5G19 RF shield @ ISP Supplies<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$44.99<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$44.99<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">ISP Supplies Shipping<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$24.89<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$24.89<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">RB912UAG-5HPnD modem @ Baltic Networks<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$69.00<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$69.00<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Baltic Networks Shipping<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$14.74<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$14.74<br>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">Mounting hardware @ local stores<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$80.00<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$80.00<br>
</td>
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<td valign="top">GRAND TOTAL<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><br>
</td>
<td valign="top">$409.71<br>
</td>
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</table>
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I'm including 2 antenna mounts in the mounting hardware category.
One for the sector, and one for the test link to SnoDEM.<br>
<br>
We'll also need to find a special short-depth server to use @
ETiger. I've been doing some research on this but haven't found
anything appropriate yet. Let me know if you have something or know
of something cheap that still provides remote KVM with virtual media
support. All the racks @ ETiger are two-post with very little depth
available, so normal servers won't work.<br>
<br>
Our present cash balance is about $340. If you recall the last
spend request (for the 900MHz test project), I was able to save some
money by borrowing the expensive antenna hardware instead of buying
it. We only purchased the two 900MHz MikroTik modems, and we also
have two Ubiquiti 900MHz modems on loan so we can do true A/B
testing. This testing will likely use the Mirrormont site, although
SnoDEM would be preferred.<br>
<br>
Board, please vote on this spend request. Mailing list members,
feel free to comment before the board votes.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
--Bart<br>
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