Announcing Coverage in LA and Orange Counties. Scheduled install date is Friday Aug 21, 2015 on Pleasants PK at ~4000'.
2.4Ghz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2bEy75HhwWhb3p1c3dTaEZNa2s
3Ghz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2bEy75HhwWhQnFnQ0FKc05WTW8
5Ghz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2bEy75HhwWhdU02OUh2bU1JTWM
Please contact me for specs to connect. <callsign> at arrl.net
Joe AE6XE
I just finally received my Nanobridge 5G25 and have line of sight to Mt. Lee and the Verdugo Mountains in Burbank SFV. I may be able to hit Oat Mtn. Anything other than Pleasant Mtn or Northridge at the present time on 5Ghz in LA county?
Thanks,
Scott
KI6FJA/K6ATW
Links of interest:
Ventura linked locations: http://www.pvarc.club/?page_id=134
Peasants PK details: http://www.ocmesh.org
There is discussion to create a link between Verdugo and Pleasants PK, timing TBD.
I have a Nanostation M2 (af6yn-dtla) linked dtd to a Nanobridge M3. Through the Nanobridge it is connected to Pleasants Peak. I plan to add 5GHz in the future. It might be easier for some to hit than Pleasants Peak depending on terain, obstacles, etc. Its located in an east facing window of an apartment building on the 14th floor with no obstructions (nothing to the east is as tall). Its lat/long is 34.04661/-118.24876. I've been able to link back to it from a number of east LA County locations (Alhambra, East Los Angeles, El Monte, Monterey Park, Norwalk, Temple City).
I have been playing with services on a Raspberry Pi (over time I'm moving the services to several Pi's and ITX linux computers) SMTP email, IMAP, POP3, FTP, asterisk/FreePBX, IRC, XMPP/Jabber, http, a small web CMS, a web based ticket tracker, a web distance and bearing from lat/lonng, Squirrel mail web interface, and Nagios (although I haven't done much with SNMP because the PI is the only SNMP enabled device of the lot - so its SNMPing itself is all).
Hope to connect soon/73,
Anne (AF6YN)
Hi Anne, I have some hardware I'd like to try to connect with... are you still up and running? I'm over near N Main where is crosses the LA River. I can get my antenna up to about 6 meters in height. I'll start hunting for your signal with my Bullet M2 and a 9dbi antenna.
In total I have the following equipment to work with:
1 Ubiquiti Bullet M2HP Titanium
1 Ubiquiti PicoStation M2HP
2 NanoStation Loco M5's
4 WRT54GL's
Bins of assorted IP/Telco hardware I have fiddled with over the years.
-Marty
Hey Joe - is that first unit really on 2310 MHz?
Ken
In reference to the coverage area modeling... The 'free' tool to model the coverage area does not allow the actual frequency (ch -2) to be used. I believe the paid version will allow this freq.
K5DLQ: I'll have to lookup/figure out the SNMP settings on the nodes, so I can keep track of health/performance with nagios (my preferred utility for alerting/tracking).
Many thanks to the AREDN development team for the firmware and updates (I just updated my nodes). And thanks to the node operators like AE6XE and KE6BXT that have set up nodes to provide a network infrastructure.
Hoping to connect and 73,
Anne
73,
Anne
Im starting to ping the BAY-NET group for East to south Bay Area Back bone. It makes me wonder what might be LOS south of that now. Any other info on a South to North backbone?
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4324256,-122.2310787,9.5z/data=!4m2!6m1!1szeFvnG-PTOyw.kjdpLK9wJkkc
I forgot to add: is there anything that I need to do with respect to joining the group or can I just feel free to hang a node and join the fun?
-73,
Chris, KD6OUB
I have a Bullet M2 with a Trendnet external antenna that is currently running BBHN in a completely experimental mode. The intention would be to put the omni on my satellite antenna crossboom.
Rough idea of the location is DM03uu
73,
Chris - KD6OUB
Chris, The more the merrier! There is a "basic setup" link on the left menu of ocmesh.org to determine the settings and make a connection. Is this a 15dBi omni antenna? You would probably need the 27dBi grid to connect (recommend H-pol) at that distance to have a usable link. Also, look on the maps on ocmesh.org to see--there is a 2ghz Nanostation sector coverage from down town LA at about ~11 stories up that has a 3Ghz link to Pleasants Pk already. Maybe you can also connect in there?
Joe AE6XE
Is there anybody in the group coordinating coordinating links? Not looking for administrative overhead, just want to make sure that I'm not putting up something that is already in the works or unneeded.
My QTH is on the southwest corner of the intersection of Maricopa St. and Crenshaw Blvd. I'm about 1 mile from the TPD / Torrance city hall complex so my site could be particularly useful from a connectivity perspective. The whole of the station, with the exception of the rotators, is on DC power (which needs a bigger battery!) with UPS feeding the charging system.
Please feel free (anybody on the list) to contact me at cspacone@socal.rr.com
73,
Chris
These RMO reports confirm there is a way to get RMO to use less than 1 Watt Tx Out <g>
I get the use of ubnt's .ant files but IIRC that doesn't get RMO to accept less than 1 watt of Tx Out.... or does it?
How did you do that?
I'm doing something wrong and shaking my head and muttering ' "...at least it shows where there *might* be coverage" as I watch RMO round my .3 and .6 w Tx Out up to -30 dbm (maybe it is -29dBm). Is it that it needs a leading '0' before the decimal?
Almost a year later are you still satisfied with the other settings you are using in RMO for Rockets?
One or all 3 of these RMO reports should be annotated and put in AREDN Docs for the rest of us to use as an RMO tutorial.
If I'm any kind of example that will leverage hundreds (thousands?) of hours of MESH Head shaking over the next few years towards more useful pursuits.
ASAP I'll run an RMO with the .ant file and then again if necessary with the .ant file and a leading '0' so the questions are rhetorical if either is what I've been missing. (somebody please come up with an 'asciigram' for a 'dope slap' sound <-:)!> isn't quite right and my need is growing)
Suggestion / request re: RMO tutorial is very sincere.
73, ...dan wl7coo at arrl.net
(Borrowing your sig adjunct too.)
I thought it might be a preference setting, but checked and there's no such restriction. Hey, check to be sure your Status on the Settings page is set to "Amateur". I know that commercial customers have more restrictions than hams. If it's not, then you may need to setup a new account configured correctly.
Andre
1) <1W power: I've not run into this. Consequently, not sure what I did right, or maybe a new 'feature' in RMO? There are restrictions for free use, e.g. can't type in the 2Ghz part 15 frequencies (hence the 2310 that is in use on my models).
2) Radio Mobile Online (RMO) tutorial: great idea. We'll discuss in the AREDN weekly team meeting.
Just an update on this. Over the past few days we have been working with Robert KC6TAV and he and his Sierra Madre team are now connected to our hub in Pasadena. Lots more fun to be had here as we continue to work on this.
We have 5 GHz coverage from Huntington Hospital (on the AREDN map) to the south, and to many of the foothill communities to the northeast, Of course Southern California terrain can be an issue, but if you can get over that, a link may be possible.
We continue to work on expanding the mesh in this area. Let us know if you or your group are in the area and are interested in connecting.
Gary
W6GSW
District Emergency Coordinator
Northeast District, Los Angeles Section
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
KA6ECT Trustee
Los Angeles Emergency Communications Team
Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley Emcomm mesh
KA6ECT-10 | Winlink RMS Packet gateway | DM04wd
145.050 MHz | 1200 baud | AREDN mesh 10.205.45.75
K6SGB-10 | Winlink RMS Packet gateway | DM04wc
145.050 MHz | 1200 baud | AREDN mesh 10.102.181.230
Robert,
Intesting site! I have a 2GHz node on a vertical/omni on the east side of Pasadena near Sierra Madre (34.165979, -118.072807) about 4.6km from your location. My node is running on channel -2. Feel free to try connecting to it.
Not sure what folks recommend now for 3GHz equipment, but I've used a NanoStation M3 + 32"+ reflector at that distance for a reasonable (not great) connection. You can get a better connection via a Rocket M3 + larger Rocket Dish. The latter is more expensive but it offers 2-3 times the bandwidth the former.
If you connect to a Pleasants Peak node, please coordinate with Joe Ayers, AE6XE.
-Jonathan
Robert