<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mark,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Just adding on to Stephen's good suggestion, being able to connect to HamWAN requires <i>line of sight,</i> which means you can physically see the mountain top where the HamWAN node is located. (using binoculars can help). You don't have line of sight if the path to the HamWAN node is blocked by any physical structures (houses, buildings), large piles of dirt (mountains) or trees, these will all prevent you from getting a HamWAN signal.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">73,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kenny, KU7M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 1:03 PM Stephen Kangas <<a href="mailto:stephen@kangas.com">stephen@kangas.com</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"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_7903431497714474679WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">If I were you, I’d travel to a location right next to and LOS (tower visible) of your desired HamWAN sector to confirm that it connects and is configured properly, before experimenting farther away where you can’t see the tower with your eyes. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Stephen W9SK<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> PSDR <<a href="mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr-bounces@hamwan.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Hartman<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 02, 2021 12:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org" target="_blank">psdr@hamwan.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [HamWAN PSDR] HamWan UpRiver?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have all my equipment but tried in the past to get a signal and there seems to be none here where I live. I tried pointing toward Lookout-Snodem but was not able to see any signal. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I tried pointing down toward Triangle but no luck there. I live near Rasar State park. I can get bounce TV signals off the mountain from Bellingham at 180 degrees... Just wondering if there might be a method I haven't tried or a signal detector I could use other than looking at the screen to measure signals and figure out if I need boosters or something else with higher gain? Maybe my dish isn't strong enough? I have a Mikrotik LHG 5ghz 24.5 dbi dish programmed for our local HamWan. <-I went through all the steps to set up a few times and checked my work... It's not the issue of my misunderstanding settings. It is the International version not the US. At least I'm not misunderstanding how to set up the Mikrotik. Pointing it where the signal is precisely is where I'm going wrong. There may not be enough signal to be found by the dish. I've re-aligned dish network and directv dishes before and I know it's a very precise pointing process. My question to everyone, Is there a stronger version with high gain or a device to check signal strength here? I am limited to how high I can put a pole in the air because I rent. But I have HF antennas and 2 poles about 30 feet in the air. I have looked at the map and it shows the signal is not here or weak. Just wondering what I could do? N7MWH Mark<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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