<div dir="ltr">Hi Steve,<div><br></div><div>Yes, the Larch Mountain site is now online. We still need to visit Baw Faw to re-aim the dish toward Larch before the backbone between Portland and Seattle will work well, but the Larch end is complete. I haven't generated the updated coverage map and added it to the website yet. Areas of Clark and Multnomah Counties with a clear view of Larch should be able to connect.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe Marc is available for your meeting? It's quite a drive for us Puget Sound area folk, and I'll be out of town this weekend anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>If you go to <a href="http://hamwan.org/">http://hamwan.org/</a> you'll find a link at the top of the page "Get Connected". This links to all the pages you'll need to buy and setup a client.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://hamwan.org/Standards/Component%20Engineering/Client%20Hardware.html">http://hamwan.org/Standards/Component%20Engineering/Client%20Hardware.html</a><br></div><div>Shows a number of tested hardware combinations, and has some details about ordering the international versions which allow you to use the 5.9 GHz ham band.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html">http://hamwan.org/Standards/Network%20Engineering/Client%20Node%20Configuration.html</a><br></div><div>Has configuration instructions. There are some notes at the bottom about one way to connect it to your home network. This part is really open ended and can vary quite a bit depending on what you want to do specifically.</div><div><br></div><div>Another antenna was recommended in the chat room yesterday:</div><div><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Altelix-Antenna-Ubiquiti-RocketM5-MikroTik/dp/B079QGF3S2/">https://smile.amazon.com/Altelix-Antenna-Ubiquiti-RocketM5-MikroTik/dp/B079QGF3S2/</a><br></div><div>Pair with a BaseBox5:</div><div><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Mikrotik-BaseBox-RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT-Outdoor-Wireless/dp/B00GA0DMDQ/">https://smile.amazon.com/Mikrotik-BaseBox-RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT-Outdoor-Wireless/dp/B00GA0DMDQ/</a><br></div><div>I haven't tried this combination yet myself, but it looks good and we'll probably add it to the Client Hardware page alongside the others in time.</div><div><br></div><div>Aside from an antenna and modem (or integrated combination), you'll need outdoor ethernet cable and shielded connectors. We use Ubiquiti TC-Pro and TC-Con[nectors]. I think Marc has a reel of this he might be willing to sell lengths of.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom KD7LXL</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 7:18 AM S. Aberle <<a href="mailto:psdr-list@aberle.net">psdr-list@aberle.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Marc/KD7RYY mentioned on a local Clark County net that the Larch <br>
Mountain site was installed and linked this past Saturday (6/9) ... but <br>
it doesn't yet show up on the coverage map on the website.<br>
<br>
There is a Clark County Digital Group (<a href="http://www.w7aia.org/digital.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.w7aia.org/digital.htm</a>) <br>
meeting this coming Saturday (6/16). Is there a possibility of a HamWAN <br>
guru attending? If not, I would like to take detailed information to <br>
that meeting on what it takes in the way of client-side equipment to <br>
connect into HamWAN.<br>
<br>
From the website, it appears that these two integrated dish antenna and <br>
modem solutions are current/recommended:<br>
MikroTik RBDynaDishG-5HacD<br>
MikroTik RBLHG-5nD<br>
<br>
What other hardware bits and pieces are needed for a full client BOM? <br>
What modem configuration information and networking basics will they <br>
need to know?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
<br>
Nigel Vander Houwen wrote on 04/30/2018 07:33 PM:<br>
> Hello All,<br>
> <br>
> The board had a call this evening and voted to approve this expense. We thank Tom for the work in coordinating this and putting together the BoM.<br>
> <br>
> Nigel<br>
> <br>
>> On Apr 29, 2018, at 12:24, Tom Hayward <<a href="mailto:tom@tomh.us" target="_blank">tom@tomh.us</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> [snip]<br>
>><br>
>> Here is the first funding request for a new site, Larch Mountain. Rob and Loren have invited HamWAN to Larch to connect their DMR repeaters. This is also a strategic location and milestone for HamWAN: it will allow us to link the Seattle and Portland metro areas. Larch will connect to Baw Faw via point-to-point dish and cover the Portland area with a sector.<br>
>><br>
>> [snip] <br>
>><br>
>> HamWAN board, please submit your votes to approve funding this buildout.<br>
>><br>
>> Tom KD7LXL<br>
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