We are in the process of building a major pop on a site with two HAM organizations together on it. Everything they have is low frequencies (like 420MHz or something). I don't anticipate any problems. They wanted to share a rack, but I 86'ed that idea. My wiring is too meticulous to share a rack with anyone. I told them I'd rather be in a box on a pole outside than share a rack in the building. I ended up mounting a box with a lock inside the building.
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Daniel White <afmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the absolute best sites (something like 500 subs) that the WISP I > worked for had was a HAM radio operators property. > > > > But just like anything, it all depends on the personality of the person > and what frequencies they are using. > > > > I’d certainly look into it. > > > > Daniel White > > Managing Director – Hardware Distribution Sales > > ConVergence Technologies > > Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 > > dwh...@converge-tech.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *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. > > > <https://www.avast.com/en-us/lp-safe-emailing-2109?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=oa-2109-v2-a> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/en-us/lp-safe-emailing-2109?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=oa-2109-v2-a> >
