If you give him free service, it will go a long way toward ensuring cooperation.
From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:52 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Micropop at a HAM We have this little cluster we have not been able to penetrate well even with 900mhz, its got maybe 12-15 houses, weve only been able to get three out of maybe 7 we have been called to service. There is also a business there that would get our top non DIA rate, but nobody there would want to invest in anything like a tall enough tower to clear the trees. One of the guys that we were able to get to was only viable with 900 mhz fsk, and he pounds it constantly, primarily upload, so hes low priority on that ap We do have one long time customer, but hes a HAM, hes been kind of troublesome to the rest of the staff, but always really good with me. (he found out the 320 power supply on his service emits a particular frequency that interfered with one of his projects, I said maybe a farady cage with chokes on all the cables, he did it and it worked) His property is LOS to our pop and positioned where we could pick up the three existing and two of the NLOS people without a tower, with something short like 40 foot we could pick up the rest and get them all on higher capacity rates (and get the guy off the 900 AP) the concern is whether a hammie is likely to get uppity about the rf mess we will make, thats a headache that wouldnt be worth it for a handful of customers. anybody ever done a micropop on these guys properties, I know it varies by individual, but is it worth it dealing with them? And with HAMs having priority on some of our spectrum, can we prioritize our service needs via contract and it be enforceable (not that its worth staying on a location where you go to court) -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
