<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">That .2 mile shot might be an interesting opportunity to try out a Mikrotik LDF 5 if you want a deployment that is a bit stealthier / looks more like a standard satellite TV setup.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://mikrotik.com/product/rbldf_5nd" class="">https://mikrotik.com/product/rbldf_5nd</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 23 Aug 2019, at 09:41, Jake Visser <<a href="mailto:visser.jacob@outlook.com" class="">visser.jacob@outlook.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks for the confirmation Doug – much appreciated.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yeah the international version is a tad hard to get here it seems… Baltic Networks stocks it – and its cheaper than amazon right now, but with shipping it wont get here before I head off on a trip… so its going to be a couple weeks till I can get it up it seems. The one I ordered off amazon is going back today (advertised as international, opened the box and its -us).</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I might actually order a couple… according to haywhatsthat, I have LOS to Cap Park (although trees might be an issue..), Haystack (although its 30miles), and Baldi (35miles…) as well as a 0.2mile clear shot to Beacon. Ill see what I can get connected to here<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;" class="">😊</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: none; padding: 0in;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:dpk@randomnotes.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Doug Kingston</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, August 22, 2019 11:42 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Puget Sound Data Ring</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Mikrotik DynaDish 5 + Beacon Hill</div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Beacon is fully operational on all sectors.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The DynaDish is a great option particularly with your clear line of sight, but be sure you purchase the international version so that you can access the amateur frequencies we use on the sectors. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">We may get back to you on the peering option...<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">-Doug-<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 10:25 PM Jake Visser <<a href="mailto:visser.jacob@outlook.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">visser.jacob@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi all,</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">So I just moved into a new place on Beacon Hill and looking setup a link to Hamwan. I have clear LOS to Beacon Hill apartments from my radio tower, where it looks like there might be some sectors… so 2 questions:</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class=""><li class="gmail-m7387891320243518011msolistparagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Are the sectors on Beacon Hill live? – the website indicates they might be under construction?<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="gmail-m7387891320243518011msolistparagraph" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Mikrotik DynaDish 5 – its on the recommended hardware list (and would be my preference), but the spec sheet says it tops out at 5875MHz; while the config on the website shows use up to 5920 (with the lowest being 5880). So… datasheet wrong by chance? Or should I just be looking at using something else.<o:p class=""></o:p></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I have a hytera rd622i here that will probably be my next project.. so hoping to get it up online and use HamWAN as a backup link to PNW Digital’s servers [also have my own peering and a few other things here that I am happy to contribute to the cause if its wanted/needed -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbgp.he.net%2FAS396388&data=02%7C01%7C%7C355f4123f11f450a77c508d727951e53%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637021393732186375&sdata=B%2BPkwDEYChho37fdJEB111GQ1JuPPFv3GhzsYGvh0es%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://bgp.he.net/AS396388</a>].</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks in advance,</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Jake</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">KJ7IKM</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">PSDR mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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