Here is a good place to start:
https://hamstudy.org/tech2014
From: Jeremy
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:50 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Micropop at a HAM
Yeah, I am clueless about HAM radio. We provide an Ethernet connection to them
for their VoIP gateway in trade for power. We are also letting them put an
omni on top of our tower. I really only want to pass the HAM test so that I
can get license plates with a picture of a tower on them....
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Funny, as a former ham, 402 MHz is Ultra High Frequencies...
From: Jeremy
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:37 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Micropop at a HAM
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)
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