Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs

I don't follow what happens down there in the USA much but was it Openrange? On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 10:28 a.m. Ken Hohhof wrote: > I remember around the time JAB/Rise was taking off there was a flurry of > other WISPs that took off and then crashed and burned rather suddenly. I > think at least

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

Chuck, the PacketFlux products are great for many use cases but I'm not sure this is one of them as the non-GPS-sync built in functionality in PF units is very basic. Look at the ControlByWeb products, amusingly their location in Nibley UT is not far from you. I think their X-408 is cost effective

Re: [AFMUG] PON question

The PON can be split anywhere along the line. The headend OLT can be close but often is far, usually a cabinet feeding multiple blocks, sometimes a pile of them in a shed that feeds a whole town or small city. At the OLT location there will be UPS and usually feed redundancy. On Fri, Mar 15, 202

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

this morning and still no link. rx was within 0.3dBm on all 4 >> lanes on both sides. We got 10gb 80km to link up. This will do for now. We >> will be looking at getting 40gb 80km single lane optics or adding another >> site to fiber loop to shorten the footage to under 40

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

www.fs.com/products/115818.html?attribute=29032&id=3462585 > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 8:35 AM Colin Stanners > wrote: > >> There should be. What does their datasheey indicate for tx power range? >> >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 7:31 a.m. Zach Underwood >> wro

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

There should be. What does their datasheey indicate for tx power range? On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 7:31 a.m. Zach Underwood wrote: > Yep labels identical but there is a difference in default power levels. > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 8:13 AM Mike Hammett wrote: > >> Oh, meaning the variance between the

Re: [AFMUG] optical TX power levels

Many SFPs say up to 5dB variance in their specs, but luckily I've only experienced up to 2-3dB. 1.2dB variance is small. On Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 7:13 a.m. Mike Hammett wrote: > Oh, meaning the variance between the two, otherwise identical models? > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computi

Re: [AFMUG] Used Juniper

I had read (here?) that at one time any paying Juniper support account holder had access to all product firmware files, so some companies would buy the cheapest Juniper product - like a switch under $1000 - and its cheap support contract, from a standard Juniper supplier, so they could get firmware

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

You can't command the UPSes to reboot the sites? Which UPS models are they? Sorry to hear that. On Mon, Jan 1, 2024, 12:07 a.m. Christopher Tyler wrote: > Well that was fun. 8 hours of power cycling AP's. Just rebooting the AP's > didn't fix it. Thankfully not every 450 radio seems to have frea

[AFMUG] Ubiquiti V+H feeds (dish rear ends) for slant deconversion

Hi all. Does someone have left-over V+H feeds (the rear end part) for the Ubiquiti RD-5G30 or RD-5G34, possibly after having replaced those with slant models from Ubiquiti's "slant conversion kit" feedhorns? We have received some 3ft dishes that are slant-pol, which we need to convert to V+H. --

Re: [AFMUG] Options for Selling Wireless Equipment

SurplusWirelessGear Facebook "WISP pics" or similar groups I can't think of any others offhand. On Wed, Nov 29, 2023, 4:58 p.m. Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions on where to sell new or used wireless > equipment? eBay is so unfriendly to

Re: [AFMUG] wispa

It is likely unrelated in any way to WISPA, we get such emails for every event that we could possibly be related to, every few months. On Fri, Jul 14, 2023, 10:34 a.m. Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I wonder if wispa sanctions this spam? > > *From:* Alicia Paul > *Sent:* Friday, July 14, 2023 8:59

[AFMUG] Outdoor 24V PSU cabinet with batteries?

Hi all, Looking at options for tiny WISP sites - ideal would be a small outdoor cabinet with 120VAC input, 2x 12V 12AH / 18AH batteries, ~27V charger/PSU around 5A and a temperature-controlled battery blanket. Is there anything like that in the market so I don't have to organize design/build? --

Re: [AFMUG] -48 vDC to 120 vAC

Samlex inverters are very good quality from what I see. I asked and got: Our PST series is fully isolated from input to output and can work with -48vdc. PST-600-48 PST-1500-48 On Sun., Nov. 20, 2022, 10:55 a.m. Mike Hammett, wrote: > Recommendations on producing 120vAC out of -48vDC? > > We

Re: [AFMUG] Old Canopy FW upgrade

*FSK SM into an FSK AP. It wasn't hard to get, I wasn't a programmer and I had discovered it after a few days of SM and AP memory dumping through scripts and telnet PEEKs, looking at diffs and fiddling around with POKE commands. Then I mentioned it to Mr. H from down under and he had a more reliab

Re: [AFMUG] Fishing over Drop Ceiling

https://www.stadiumallstar.com/product_p/dynamic-srot24.htm Search & Rescue Golf Ball 24 ft Orange Trapper Retriever Our Price: $56.78 * Sale Price: $46.97 * * Save $9.81! Plus FREE SHIPPING * Buy one of these or similar and it pays back fast. On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 9:39 AM Nate Burke w

Re: [AFMUG] OT: extra-small 10/100 ethernet switch/repeater

Lookup the MikroTik hAP mini, even without case, or the 2-port mAP. I don't think that you can get smaller without extreme engineering. On Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 8:35 PM Robert, wrote: > get a tempest > > On 8/16/22 12:36 PM, Bill Prince wrote: > > > > We have this Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather statio

Re: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi )

ions, I > would trust them holding expensive > equipment after being cured. Parts are typically printed at off angles > so you don't have the > layer strength issues you would with FDM printing. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 11:36 AM Colin Stanners > wrote: > > > &g

Re: [AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi )

As these need to hold up $500 APs and survive year-round outdoors, I wouldn't trust 3d-printed plastics. On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > 3d printing? > > *From:* Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 9, 2022 9:12 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm M

[AFMUG] Locating Cambium's Chinese plastics supplier (e501s bracket mass-purchase for quick-reinstall event Wi-Fi )

Hi AFMUG, a rare request here. I'm looking to purchase a large number of Cambium's e501s brackets, which they don't sell individually (reasonable enough due to low demand). A while ago on one of our packages from (passed through) Cambium, I noticed the name of a Chinese supplier that I didn't re

Re: [AFMUG] OT wechat

I installed WeChat to communicate with Chinese suppliers. I went to a nearby Chinese restaurant where I knew the staff and they scanned my QR as a "friend" or similar so that I could be authorized. Ridiculous method of signup and questionable privacy implications but it is a way to prevent false re

Re: [AFMUG] IP Geolocation update

At least it's the closest thing to easy travel that you'll see these days. On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 9:11 AM wrote: > Is there any fast/easy way to update all the geolocation services? > > > > I just got a new IP block and I’m getting conflicting results. The same > IP is said to be in Manhattan,

Re: [AFMUG] What is the supply chain situation from a WISP perspective?

I feel like RouterOS V7 is the crux of the "ship first test later" attitude that MikroTik sometimes shows. The RB4011 semi-freezes were a rare problem (bad for people who riskily used them at tower sites, hopefully no one did that...). Forum posts suggest that those issues were fixed through softw

Re: [AFMUG] Favorite Small Server Rack UPS

The smart-UPS 3000 have 4x 12V 18-22AH batteries IIRC. I believe the only way to get as much or more battery/runtime in the same space is to get a tower 750XL/1000XL/1500XL, which have 2x of those same batteries, and the tower expansion unit which has another 4x. So 6x batteries in all should get y

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gig BiDi with SC connectors

If like us, because 1) LC is a bit too small for individual manipulation by our grubby hands in denser panels and 2) We could build an entire network out of nothing but singlemode SC/UPC connections in gigabit times (just putting small SC/UPC adapters to APC on the GPON CPEs), without needing a wi

Re: [AFMUG] 3 Sectors posing as Omni

Alpha Wireless makes some tri-sector antennas but that company is more oriented towards cellular carriers https://alphawireless.com/macro-concealed-tri-sector-solutions/ On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 10:22 AM David Sovereen via AF wrote: > I could have sworn that a few years ago, I saw a rather fat Om

[AFMUG] Obscure product search: flippable, locking mount for omni on side of vehicle

Hi all, I'm looking at an option for better/more reliable data access on stationary business vehicles. If there was a position-locking flippable mount installed on the side of the vehicle, a 2-3ft thin omni could be installed that would flip down for transport and be manually flipped up for use. Of

Re: [AFMUG] The weirdest coincidence

That brings up big questions of why the noob thought they'd have permission to do that, and why someone gave them a password with AP control access. On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:23 PM wrote: > Nevermind. Some noob was shutting off Aps trying to disable users. > > > > > > *From:* dmmoff...@gmail.c

Re: [AFMUG] DHCP

What type of router are you using? If this is for customers, do you wish to have restrictions like "max 2 IPs allocated to any devices connected per individual CPE"? On Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 6:02 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I need to spin up DHCP. Another company I am affiliated with uses > DHC

Re: [AFMUG] cnWave v3000 in snowy environments

sers Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cnWave v3000 in snowy environments > > > > Until cambium or another vendor provides a better professional solution > then we gotta do what we gotta do lol. > > > > Sean > > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:34 AM Colin S

Re: [AFMUG] cnWave v3000 in snowy environments

Wrapping antennas in cellophane is like going back to early 2000s "indoor Linksys routers in tupperware" hackery. On Thu, Jan 6, 2022, 12:08 PM Sean Heskett, wrote: > We are going to try some different sprays as well as wrapping the antenna > in cellophane (like what boat owners use to winterize

Re: [AFMUG] Fusing batteries

Sorry, 50A being the circuit breaker. On Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 5:51 PM Colin Stanners wrote: > 750 /24 = 31 amps. Sounds like it may be better to standardize on 48V. If > staying at 24V I'd recommend a 80-100A fuse in each series of batteries and > maybe a 50A or in some cases lowe

Re: [AFMUG] Fusing batteries

750 /24 = 31 amps. Sounds like it may be better to standardize on 48V. If staying at 24V I'd recommend a 80-100A fuse in each series of batteries and maybe a 50A or in some cases lower fuse for the site. On Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 5:40 PM Steve Jones wrote: > So we have some 12v 190 ah batteries and a

Re: [AFMUG] 48v Inverter Recommendations

Look into Samlex or Cotek. On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 3:18 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Any recommended brands / models? > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.af

Re: [AFMUG] AWS issues?

"What happens to the Cloud when it rains?" On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 9:43 AM Cameron Crum wrote: > Anyone else seeing real slowness from AWS DBs this morning? I couldn't > even load the dashboard a while ago, but now it comes up. Their status says > everything is fine but even simple queries f

Re: [AFMUG] IPv6 in home routers

Because they / their IT person are smart at avoiding problems. Most ISP-provided routers aren't setup (or the customer is not knowledgeable enough) by someone to be following the same wireless settings (or, for more advanced cases, port forwarding rules) as the previous router, so customers find r

Re: [AFMUG] radio mobile help

I used "SRTM - best data - site 2". Does that work? On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 9:46 AM CBB - Jay Fuller wrote: > been dabbling a bit in radio mobile, working outside of our normal > coverage area, and am missing HGT files for the area i'm working with for > SRTM elevation data. Several of the drop dow

Re: [AFMUG] OT Looking for

Are you trting to reach the moon Chuck? What linearity / modulation needed? https://www.w6pql.com/300w_33cm_amplifier.htm is a start. https://www.arworld.us/html/18200.asp?id=1459 but it looks like deep pockets are needed On Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 5:00 PM Chuck McCown via AF, wrote: > About 2kW

Re: [AFMUG] Fax Machines

Yes, but for that you need to physically go outside their building. For badly-secured devices on the internet, they can be hacked from next door as easily as Eastern Europe. And there are many wily people in the latter. On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 1:01 PM Mike Hammett wrote: > *nods* Not as secure

Re: [AFMUG] Fax Machines

Kijiji On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:50 AM Nate Burke wrote: > I'm having trouble with one of my customers who insists on having a real > fax machine. I'm not convinced that it's not the Fax machine talking to > the ATA, so I was going to take another fax machine to their location to > test. From

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP Beam Forming antenna

Have you done tests with the beamforming antenna usage off and on? A few review that I saw suggested that those antennas didn't help much on the 3000 series. On Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 9:09 AM Nate Burke wrote: > I heard a rumor that the EPMP beam forming antenna was being > discontinued. Is somethi

Re: [AFMUG] Tarana G1

The webinar had some strongly encouraging statements from Wisper, a respected WISP. Tarana really isn't forthcoming on pricing so I suspect that we won't like the price tag. I am speaking with another WISP who is looking to bring equipment in for a test. On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:42 AM wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] POE cams, local software suggestions?

Look at Blue Iris software. Free trial. Supports almost any IP camera, good plugin-free web interface for desktop and mobile. On Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 9:11 PM Josh Luthman, wrote: > I'm looking for something like Ubnt in terms of form factor but I need the > software to work right. Pretty much jus

Re: [AFMUG] Aviat WTM4200 Latency

Have you tried Flow Control off/on, on both devices, at one end's Ethernet link? What model of MT router? On Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 1:20 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > I'm having an issue where about 3-8% of packets going through a WTM4200 > link are seeing a 1-10ms spi

Re: [AFMUG] Replacing Tough switches

In any location that's "professional" or important enough to use that much DIN rail, I wouldn't use or expect to see any Ubnt products (other than Airfiber... even then it depends on link importance) On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 4:55 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > We are replacing all the tough switches in

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Force 300 Ethernet question

Which model do you gentlemen use, the 800-GIGE-SS-HV ? On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM Darren Shea wrote: > I know there’s supposedly no such thing as a stupid question, so please be > kind if this actually is one, but… > > > > Might there be a way to increase the distance between the cable jac

Re: [AFMUG] An old timer is back

I thought that Travis was around middle USA, not in Canada? On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 10:43 PM Bill Prince wrote: > Must be bored in the great white north? > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 7:59 PM Chuck McCown via AF > wrote: > >> He just signed back on. I norm

Re: [AFMUG] WISPAMERICA COVID

I heard that vaccinated people get an average 5dB more signal on every install. On Wed, May 5, 2021, 6:58 PM Matt Hoppes wrote: > Right - and I know of at least one who was fully vaccinated that got COVID. > > Vaccination does not make you immune. > > On 5/5/21 4:20 PM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: > >

Re: [AFMUG] (no subject)

Not anymore, because of Starlink. On Thu, Mar 18, 2021, 5:10 PM Derek Pribnow wrote: > Doesn't x xxx > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] utility outage notifications

For quick and easy monitoring of lower-priority sites (e.g. relatives' homes) I recommend putting a static IP on their CPE and allowing pings, and making a free account on a site such as https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/ . If either the internet or power goes out, you get an email within 5 minutes.

Re: [AFMUG] PowerBeam upgrade?

You didn't note what model wasn't easily found on Google. If it was written, we could help. The previous email had so many "creative" parts that I needed to parse it better: >I don't understand why manufacturers don't compress the signal more to get higher bandwidth. What are your sources for th

Re: [AFMUG] tower take down

I think that if you're talking about the power allocated through stickers, the battle is already lost. Who owned the tower? Was it clear in the contract? As in that case they should have no permission to make any changes to it. Was it fenced in or otherwise had real access control? On Tue, Mar

Re: [AFMUG] Star link travelling and results

Was Netflix the end of DVDs? It will be a challenge for sure, but in cases where WISPs can offer 100mbit+ speeds to customers (usually due to few/no trees), they should be able to compete fine. Or cases where customers are surrounded by trees and Starlink won't work - but in those cases they need

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink speeds dip already

Starlink *BETA* . Maybe they're simulating load of a few hundred, or a thousand, customers on each bird to prepare for when it's actually busy. (based on the "20Gbps" capacity per sat) Considering the amount of effort and design that goes into such a massive and complex system, people should be th

Re: [AFMUG] icmp network strangeness

That sounds like a fun problem, where fun involves undesired removal of your own hair. Can you specify where the switches are related to each other, what brand switches, what monitoring platform, what monitoring interval, any logs or screenshots? On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 7:26 PM TJ Trout wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] OT I am invincible

In Canada we have our branches of the crazy anti-mask / anti-vaxxers / wannabe-Qanon as well, luckily they seem to be much smaller than your problems, and not as embedded in our politics. Chuck, now that you have the vaccine, are you feeling any new urges? https://www.advocate.com/health/2021/2/10

[AFMUG] ePMP 3000L AP - your eviews?

Hello distinguished AFMUG fellows, I'm looking at the ePMP 3000L AP to upgrade a few small towers where an ePMP 3000 AP + MUMIMO omni may be overdoing it. ePMP 3000 has worked nicely for us, some unexpected AP reboots that Cambium is still troubleshooting but generally they have been fast and soli

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Expensive Cambium parts

I've been using cheap Monoprice $20 crimpers for many years without issues. Problems are often the user, not the tool. On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 3:39 PM Carl Peterson wrote: > What crimpers are connectors are en vogue these days. As tech-proof as > possible. We seem to go through phases where we

Re: [AFMUG] Simple/Cheap ethernet/SNMP 24V battery monitor

Here's a list of inexpensive network-controlled relays. Some of these support input voltage monitoring, if you wish to check their specs to see which do. DTWonder $20 CDN https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001232791244.html Tinycontrol LAN Controller V2.0 $25 CDN https://www.i4wifi.eu/en/23

Re: [AFMUG] geolocation

There's a few companies and organizations with their own GeoIP databases, Maxmind is the biggest, and there is a funny (and frightening) story about the risk in those assumptions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/10/lawsuit-how-a-quiet-kansas-home-wound-up-with-600-million

Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

One good thing is that AFMUG's main purpose/topic is understood by everyone. I don't filter out all OT posts as some relatively-WISP/FISP-unrelated technical topics are useful. But most political threads, as others have said, don't result in much useful change or new information in the end. Everyo

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Unsubscribe

Respected and knowledgeable people too, which is even more worrying. I know a bartender who ended up saying "no politics or religion in my bar, you can discuss those anywhere else, but find another topic here - I've got enough of the stupid fights". May be time for that, or at least a time-out for

Re: [AFMUG] Need a 200-400 watt load

Options I've used are 1) 3-4x "round ceiling" type lighbulb holders wirth 100W bulbs mounted on a piece of wood, using PC power cords with the ends cut off to make them plug-in. Inexpensive and load is customizable by choosing how many to plug in. Just need to be careful of storage as the bulbs are

Re: [AFMUG] OT: FB

I can see why... There's infinite forums on the internet that are full of, and perfect hosts for, endless acrimonious political debate and immature speech. Those are well outside of the AFMUG WISP/FISP topics, I would argue even outside of the "nearly-WISP-related" OT threads. On Wed, Jan 6, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] OT: F***ing Bullshit

Welcome to 2021 Everyone! On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 2:50 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > WTF...third world country tactics... > Insurrection... > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailma

Re: [AFMUG] Anterix announces first major 900 MHz lease agreement | FierceWireless

896-901Mhz and 935-940Mhz - 5Mhz each direction - portions of that cut into up to 100 channels. These folks are slicing the pie realy thin. On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM Jaime Solorza wrote: > "Anterix announces first major 900 MHz lease agreement | FierceWireless" > https://www.fiercewirel

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

This last year, I've seen a MikroTik CCR1072 switch from long being rock-solid to now having occasional random reboots (from watchdog) or 100% CPU usage, which strangles the BGP process. In the latter case, tools->profile would show the firewall taking 100% of CPU, even after temporarily disabling

[AFMUG] Fwd: FCC ID Z8H89FT0062 Application Processed : Cambium Networks Inc. for New Equipment

Coming out... by why does a radio need 512MB RAM (if my reading of the RAM chips is correct)? -- Forwarded message - From: FCC ID Alert Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:57 PM Subject: FCC ID Z8H89FT0062 Application Processed : Cambium Networks Inc. for New Equipment To: FCC ID Appl

Re: [AFMUG] AF Digest, Vol 31, Issue 401

If you can see the below, you have not actually unsubscribed to the "digests" version. I used the weblink below to have it request an unsubscribe that you can confirm via email. Then if you wish you can subscribe to this list again, turning digests off. On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 9:17 AM jerry bickl

Re: [AFMUG] Google News - Cambium Networks settles a lawsuit with Ubiquiti Inc for selling hacking firmware

IIRC, when a user buys a Ubnt radio and first logs in to it, they must click a checkmark that they agree to an EULA. I assume that it's referring to that, that Cambium is "making" users violate it. On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:58 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Why would Cambium have an EUA agreem

Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

imilar to AMG/Nextlink. Gobble up CAF, RDOF, CARES, > whatever they can. Then come in and trash the noise floor for the > incumbents. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 1:54 PM Colin Stanners wrote: > >> I'm more interested in who is "LTD Broadband" which was awarded a bigg

Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

Did many WISPs compete for it? I would've thought it'd be fiber providers but I guess that their pricing for the heavily-rural areas was too high. On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 1:57 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Is there a map that shows who won what area? I see the rele

Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states

I'm more interested in who is "LTD Broadband" which was awarded a bigger $1.32 billion to serve 528,088 locations in 15 states; On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 1:46 PM wrote: > Well, f**k me. > > > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/spacex-gets-886-million-from-fcc-to-subsidize-starlink-in-35-st

Re: [AFMUG] Di-Electric Grease on Cat5/6 connections... Yes/no?

; Anything metal will be affected. DC4 is a good choice, and is practically > mandatory on any of our installations that are within 2 or 3 miles from the > shore. There other choices that are a little bit more viscous. > > > bp > > > On 12/7/2020 8:00 AM, Colin Stanners wrote

Re: [AFMUG] Di-Electric Grease on Cat5/6 connections... Yes/no?

les from the > shore. There other choices that are a little bit more viscous. > > > > bp > > > > On 12/7/2020 8:00 AM, Colin Stanners wrote: > > Never, haven't seen a reason to do so - but areas of high salt / humidity > may be different, is Florida one o

Re: [AFMUG] Di-Electric Grease on Cat5/6 connections... Yes/no?

Never, haven't seen a reason to do so - but areas of high salt / humidity may be different, is Florida one of those? On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 8:47 AM Paul McCall wrote: > Haven’t had this subject come up lately, but I think at one point we used > dielectric grease (spray I think) on outdoor ethern

Re: [AFMUG] I QUIT! jk

https://web.archive.org/web/20060701061713/http://www.wispcon.info/ On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 2:15 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Remember WISPCON? I think I attended WISPCON II in something like 2002. > There was some startup called Motorola with a product called Canopy. Also > a competitor called Trang

Re: [AFMUG] OT vac ex in freezing temps

Some excavator manufacturers have "arctic" upgrade packages. My understanding is that as long as the vacuum truck is stored inside a warm shop when not in use, the clean water tank will have enough thermal mass to not freeze during most workdays. The vac design may be passing the engine exhaust und

[AFMUG] OT? climbing on meth

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/woman-who-climbed-crane -in-winnipeg-likely-using-methamphetamine-police-1.5214303

Re: [AFMUG] Repairs

Assuming that you mean "who does it other than Cambium", Paul McCall's PDMNet used to do it - not sure if they still do - WirelessUnits in Pennsylvania too. On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:58 AM Matt wrote: > Who all does cambium 450 repairs etc? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.a

Re: [AFMUG] Arecibo Collapse Video

Today I'm annoyed, and a bit worried, because one of our further towers needs UPS batteries replaced... this puts things in perspective. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:42 AM Mike Hammett wrote: > WOW > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions >

Re: [AFMUG] Can anybody make these ?

APC is better for return loss, but from what I see no commonly used fiber systems care that much about return loss (only old analog-over-fiber systems?) I had standardized our company on SC/UPC since the connector worked everywhere - patch panels (not too tight like the tiny LC), SFPs (we use BiDi

Re: [AFMUG] Can anybody make these ?

Ken, with many WISPs getting into fiber, are you looking to do that in your area, or does that not match the area / your corporate goals? On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Not being a fiber guy, I didn’t know the difference between PC, UPC and > APC, so I had to look it up: > >

Re: [AFMUG] Can anybody make these ?

Why would you say that UPC is really really weird? We use it quite exclusively as a fiber standard, except some GPON units are APC so we use adapters there. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 9:25 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > They screwed us on our optitap premade as well. See if you can find a DLX > field ins

Re: [AFMUG] Water heaters

er hot flow is turned off, you will get > really hot. > > I de-scale my heater every 6 months. They didn't tell me to do it when I > got it, and it stopped working after a year. I use 5 gallons of vinegar > and a 1/6hp pump in a 5 gallon bucket. The heater has built in bypass &g

Re: [AFMUG] Water heaters

est cost would be the labour to replace the old chimney / galvanized B vent with the new class III stainless steel piping x2. On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 10:10 AM Colin Stanners wrote: > Steve, no feces involvement here but I've been looking into water heaters > quite a bit for a project

Re: [AFMUG] Water heaters

Steve, no feces involvement here but I've been looking into water heaters quite a bit for a project. For the hard water, instead or in addition to the water softener you may want to look into putting one of these into your hot water path. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000NKETXQ/ I wouldn't put it in

Re: [AFMUG] HFT

I'm assuming that the Chicago Stock Exchange is quite fixed and immovable, no? On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 12:21 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > I was talking with someone last week about all the High Frequency Trader > microwave links going up in our area. > > Never thou

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Google News - El Paso lawyered up to try and collect $570, 000 owed to the city by the Trump campaign from a rally 2 years ago

Trump's been ripping large numbers of people off for 30+ years? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/09/donald-trump-unpaid-bills-republican-president-laswuits/85297274/ On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 3:32 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > I doubt we will get paid... > > > https://new

Re: [AFMUG] OT windows update issues

I've worked in places that are dozens or hundreds of miles from the nearest cell tower, and not worth installing sat internet for a few days. Without internet, having access to all email for lookup on a PC is very useful. Starlink may change that limitation. If a Gmail account gets cracked, it's v

Re: [AFMUG] OT windows update issues

Is there a reason that you don't wish to use Thunderbird with the Lightning calendar add-on? WLM had some limitations - IIRC it would just crash when exposed to a huge number of messages. On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:46 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > So, today it appears that my Windows Live Mai

Re: [AFMUG] Moving heat without power.

If you're willing to do wiring, a solar panel, charge controller and battery kit will give you reliable power (as long as specced out for the load) and a 12/24V thermostat and fan will get that air moving. On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 11:54 AM Robert Andrews wrote: > Hi folks, > I have a solar

Re: [AFMUG] "Long-haul" Fiber DWDM equipment needs

If this is a crucial path, or if you're new to such systems and will likely need support, doing it "on a budget" is risky. On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 7:10 PM Paul McCall wrote: > Yikes, the extra 0 is not in the budget LOL > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * C

Re: [AFMUG] "Long-haul" Fiber DWDM equipment needs

Hi Paul, I think that Ciena is one of the bigger and most respected names out there, but you may need to add another zero at the end of the price tag compared to the FS solution. On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 6:56 PM Paul McCall wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > We are lighting up right away with a DWDM solut

Re: [AFMUG] Cold-weather Ethernet isolation (electrical / ground)

> > > > *From:* Bill Prince > > *Sent:* Thursday, October 15, 2020 11:45 AM > > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cold-weather Ethernet isolation (electrical / > ground) > > > > Run fiber. Goes farther, does not conduct. > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] Cold-weather Ethernet isolation (electrical / ground)

o:* af@af.afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cold-weather Ethernet isolation (electrical / > ground) > > > > Run fiber. Goes farther, does not conduct. > > > > bp > > > > On 10/15/2020 10:12 AM, Colin Stanners wrote: > > We have a rural tower site wh

[AFMUG] Cold-weather Ethernet isolation (electrical / ground)

We have a rural tower site where the owner has a few houses on the property, they ran conduit and cat5e between the houses and the tower so the houses could get Internet access. But with the size of the property and the tower being a big metal structure, that caused some voltage / ground imbal

Re: [AFMUG] OT hiring

For us in Canada, people could easily sit on their couches at home collecting CERB, making over minimum wage. As such our hiring for junior fiber crew - paying quite a bit more than minimum wage, but involving digging holes etc - was not going well over the last few months. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 3:

Re: [AFMUG] Mounting to Cement Stave Silos

e, Oct 6, 2020, 10:05 PM Colin Stanners wrote: > What is the diameter? If not too big, you may find some of the chimney > mounts here useful: > https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=776 > > It may be easier to put your own metal band setup, there must be some

Re: [AFMUG] Mounting to Cement Stave Silos

What is the diameter? If not too big, you may find some of the chimney mounts here useful: https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=776 It may be easier to put your own metal band setup, there must be some specific blocks that you can use to both tension them and create a solid mou

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