<html><body><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>Nigel and Tom,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thanks for the quick responses. Looks like I'll jump on that Amazon deal. Didn't even think to check there, was just looking at distributors off MicroTik's site.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Don</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Nigel Vander Houwen" <nigel@nigelvh.com><br><b>To: </b>"psdr" <psdr@hamwan.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, October 4, 2016 11:10:15 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Updated Client Hardware Recommendations?<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div class="">Hello Don,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m not sure what specific other hardware you were having a hard time finding. I haven’t seen anything about the 5SHPn being discontinued, and it is available on Amazon. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-RBMetal-5SHPn-Routerboard-OUTDOOR-WIRELESS/dp/B00ADRZGOK" class="" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-RBMetal-5SHPn-Routerboard-OUTDOOR-WIRELESS/dp/B00ADRZGOK</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The normal grid dish we recommend has been getting harder to find, but the ARC dishes should be available via other distributors, like Streakwave. <a href="https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=ARC-DA5830SD1" class="" target="_blank">https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=ARC-DA5830SD1</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you do go the ARC dish route, since it’s a dual polarity dish, and our newer sites are dual polarity, you may want to consider the RB912 modem instead of the 5SHPn <a href="https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=RB912UAG5HPnDOT" class="" target="_blank">https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=RB912UAG5HPnDOT</a> which will support dual polarity.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nigel</div><br class=""><div><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Oct 4, 2016, at 11:00, VA7 KOC <<a href="mailto:va7koc@shaw.ca" class="" target="_blank">va7koc@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="">Hi there,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For the last couple of days, I've been trying to chase down some client radio hardware as recommended by our club here in Victoria, BC as well as the recommendation at <a href="http://hamwan.org" class="" target="_blank">HamWAN.org</a>. It seems that all of the radio products have been discontinued and are therefore out of stock at multiple distributors. Originally I was looking at th<span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">e <span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Mikrotik Metal 5SHPn but failing that, I started working through the rest of the list with no joy.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Is there an updated list or alternative products that people have been using? I'd rather purchase based on experience vs. a spec sheet, so any advice is appreciated.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Thank you,</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Don MacLeod</span></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">PSDR mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" class="" target="_blank">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br class="">http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><br>_______________________________________________<br>PSDR mailing list<br>PSDR@hamwan.org<br>http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr<br></div></div></body></html>