Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
Probably the same people who thought they could take the most advanced 802.11ac processor chip on the market, one that nobody had ever tried to use in a product yet, and design it for an outdoor environment with a team of college guys with little or no experience in production level 802.11 devel

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread timothy steele
Starry's CEO on building a new type of wireless ISP http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/27/starry-chet-kanojia-interview/ via Engadget Android On Thu, Jan 28, 2016, 5:39 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > that was meant for Mike...not you Rory...ha > > Jaime Solorza > Wireless Systems Architect > 915-861-139

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/28/16 13:46, Eric Kuhnke wrote: They're still trying to sell it to somebody who wants to use the dish, but the dish is useless for telecom... Except maybe for radio astronomy. From a transpacific satellite communications perspective it made total sense to scrap all of the modem and power

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
That's what my pea brain tells me...larger wavelength will probably hit something first outdoors but I know for a fact that 2.4 GHz systems down converted to 450XXX MHz does provide true Non Line of Sight using OFDM. I tested it in a Phelps Dodge (now McNichols or whatever) here in El Paso with t

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
I hear that all the time and unless there’s something I’m missing, it’s a bunch of crap. Probably a misunderstanding that there are more UHF channels than VHF channels? What I hear/read a lot is that millimeter wave frequencies carry more data because of the higher frequency. Bah! It’s becau

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread George Skorup
Greater multipath and background noise in VHF. On 1/28/2016 3:46 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: interesting point that they claim UHF can carry more data compared to VHFI am assuming blocks of 6 MHz channels in either band would provide similar results in a lab. Outdoors I suspect it all change

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
that was meant for Mike...not you Rory...ha Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: > I’ll discuss my lack of self-confidence with my ex-drill sergeant > therapist this week. Now you have hurt my feelings. > > > > https://www.

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
I’ll discuss my lack of self-confidence with my ex-drill sergeant therapist this week. Now you have hurt my feelings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfmVBmDKLZI From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:19 PM To: Animal Farm Subject:

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
you did Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > Apparently no one reads your blog. ;-) > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > -- > *From: *"Rory

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Mike Hammett
Apparently no one reads your blog. ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Rory Conaway" To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:44:13 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announ

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
I actually liked Gigantor better Rory Conaway Triad Wireless Typed on my phone with one finger so please excuse typos and abbreviations. Original message From: Jaime Solorza Date: 1/28/2016 2:48 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
isn't it Colassus ? Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: > We are building Galactus. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 2:42 PM > *To:

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
They're still trying to sell it to somebody who wants to use the dish, but the dish is useless for telecom... Except maybe for radio astronomy. >From a transpacific satellite communications perspective it made total sense to scrap all of the modem and power amplifier gear. Tx/Rx TDM equipment tha

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
interesting point that they claim UHF can carry more data compared to VHFI am assuming blocks of 6 MHz channels in either band would provide similar results in a lab. Outdoors I suspect it all changes.. Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:47 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
We are building Galactus. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 2:42 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced Now I want to know what kind of residential customer pays enough to make the

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
I would imagine one that has a home office and can write it off on taxes as a business expense. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > Now I want to know what kind of residential customer pays enough to make the > ROI for their own dedicated AF24 PTP link + installation + your cost

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Now I want to know what kind of residential customer pays enough to make the ROI for their own dedicated AF24 PTP link + installation + your cost of having a matching AF24 on the other end + your fractional cost of keeping additional AF24 spares. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Rory Conaway wrot

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
Yea, either way it's the mortal enemy of 24GHz and Hannibal to 60GHz. Rory -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 2:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced Tha

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 1/28/16 13:05, Eric Kuhnke wrote: Looks like the remains of pedestal foundations for dishes the same age and era as the Jamesburg dish, which is becoming increasingly rotted/rusted as the current owner is determined to sell it, but only for a very high price: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
no other place to install an antenna on that roof? Or customer saidhere and only here? Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: > speaking of Boston...there was a microwave vendor from there who was one > of the first to off

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
That's not a tree, it's a bush! ;) On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: > People have trees in their yards. Here is a PTP link we had to do with a > B5-Lite instead of the AF24. > > > Rory > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
speaking of Boston...there was a microwave vendor from there who was one of the first to offer a 23 GHz 10Mbps Ethernet point to point solution. MetroLink or something like that...I met them a Novell show in Dallas..guy was full of himselfat same show I met WiLANs Hatim Z??? demoing a 20MBps

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
The next generation of Inmarsat I-5 satellites will be somewhat revolutionary for maritime services... Previous Inmarsat stuff on the I-3 and I-4 satellites was (and is) L and S-band based and very low capacity in terms of each spot beam. http://www.inmarsat.com/the-i-5-satellites/ http://space.

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
That doesn't make any sense :P On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: > I live in the flippin desert and I struggle to get AF24’s to work on houses. > > > > Rory > > > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:1

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
I live in the flippin desert and I struggle to get AF24’s to work on houses. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:18 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced I could see Vivint m

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
My business partner was trying to get me to go along with a 20 meter dish (at our HQ) to hit imarsat to serve oil rigs in Sakhalin island. I did not like any aspect of the deal, especially the fact the Russians would not give us any assurances that we retain ownership, that we have exclusivity

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
An example of a modern teleport, the Lyman Brothers location in South Jordan, UT: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5644715,-111.9049753,331m/data=!3m1!1e3 On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > Here is another site in a canyon: > 40°39'7.45"N 112° 7'40.42"W > > On the road up t

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Looks like the remains of pedestal foundations for dishes the same age and era as the Jamesburg dish, which is becoming increasingly rotted/rusted as the current owner is determined to sell it, but only for a very high price: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamesburg_Earth_Station http://www.theatl

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
Here is another site in a canyon: 40°39'7.45"N 112° 7'40.42"W On the road up to the mountain holding most of Salt Lake City’s broadcasters. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:26 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines Supposedly this one was dismantled: ht

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Supposedly this one was dismantled: http://long-lines.net/places-routes/HanoverCS_IL/index.html but the dishes or some remains of them still seem visible on Google Earth. I seem to remember the list will not allow .kmz attachments, but here are the coordinates: 42°18'35.02"N, 90°21'25.38"W

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I find it interesting how the very oldest C-band satellite earth stations (like Brewster, WA) were usually located in very remote/rural areas and even intentionally in valleys to shield them from terrestrial emissions. Brewster was such a great site for a quiet earth station that there is a huge ra

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Hardy, Tim
4 GHz is still a fixed point-to-point band, but it’s extremely difficult to engineer anything new due to the thousands of satellite ground stations that share the band on a co-primary basis. The HFT crowd has been coordinating 4 GHz between Chicago and New York and it will be interesting to see

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Some fun links to cold war era telecom infrastructure stuff. Some of the most hardened ATT Long Lines sites also served as relay/switching points for the US DoD AUTOVON telephone network. http://coldwar-c4i.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autovon GWEN towers have been repurposed for commerc

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
In Seattle there are a ton of office buildings with roof penetrations/duct/conduit route from an upper floor mechanical room to the roof, installed by Winstar for their DS3 capacity 38 GHz network 15-16 years ago... And frequently one or two 42U two post racks somewhere near the top of the buildin

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Hardy, Tim
6 and 11 weren’t “paired” but the two bands were used together for frequency diversity. Most of the systems that had these were extremely old TM-1 600 channel analog on 30 MHz bandwidth. Major routes would have full blocks of 4, 6 GHz and even some 11 GHz maximum bandwidth allowed on the same

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
From: George Skorup Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com So if they force a bunch of broadcasters back to VHF, what about all those people who have new UHF-only antennas? On 1/28/2016 8:25

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread George Skorup
So if they force a bunch of broadcasters back to VHF, what about all those people who have new UHF-only antennas? On 1/28/2016 8:25 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: So, just a few years ago, HDTV forced them from VHF to UHF. Now they are going to force them back to VHF? *From:* Jaime Solorza

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Randy Cosby
Missed that, sorry. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:18 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel thats ac to dc On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Randy Cosby mailto:dco...@infowes

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Gino Villarini
thats ac to dc On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Randy Cosby wrote: > Meanwell makes 480W SDR models designed for parallel usage. > > > > http://www.meanwell.com/mw_search/SDR-480P/SDR-480P-spec.pdf > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Thu

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I could see Vivint making it work with LoS installations every few houses. Not at scale in downtown Boston though. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - A

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Gino Villarini
thanks! On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > They will never evenly split the current unless they are designed for load > sharing. > Works great for redundancy purposes which your original post talks about. > > But not so well of you actually need more current that one can prov

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
The great Chuck has spoken...probably read something similar in CQ rag when God was a baby.. On Jan 28, 2016 12:07 PM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > There was a time when C band satellite shared spectrum with terrestrial > microwave. In a town I grew up near, they had a hard time with their first > HB

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
Hum...4 to 8? Wouldn't that cause harmonic issues? On Jan 28, 2016 12:03 PM, "George Skorup" wrote: > They regularly did 6 and 11 common carrier bands. I don't remember what > 4GHz was paired with, possibly 8GHz. > > On 1/28/2016 8:26 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > They made some crazy circular fe

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
There was a time when C band satellite shared spectrum with terrestrial microwave. In a town I grew up near, they had a hard time with their first HBO TVRO installation due to a Pacific Northwest Bell radio a few blocks away. From: George Skorup Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:03 PM To:

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread George Skorup
They regularly did 6 and 11 common carrier bands. I don't remember what 4GHz was paired with, possibly 8GHz. On 1/28/2016 8:26 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: They made some crazy circular feeds for those horns. You could put a very wide range of frequencies through them and with the correct feed, yo

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
I cannot understand now anyone that has worked in this space thinks 60 GHz is good for PMP. Perhaps on the moon or in the sahara from a tower. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:58 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced Vivint

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
Vivint started off with a bunch of college guys telling them how easy it was to build their own equipment and it went downhill from there. Right now they are just floundering trying to figure out what to do next. They really don’t have a plan or a clue. $50M dollars, poof. Rory From: Af [ma

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
According to Starry, launch was yesterday. Launch apparently means your website goes live. They are claiming the gizmo will ship Feb. 5. The Internet service is a more fuzzy sometimes this summer in Boston. SOON! From: Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:08 PM To: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Randy Cosby
I wonder if Vivint’s new 60GHz plans are based on similar “millimeter wave band active phased array technology” -- On September 21, 2015, the board of directors of the Company approved a plan to transition Vivint’s wireless internet business from a 5Ghz to a 60Ghz-based network technology t

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Randy Cosby
Meanwell makes 480W SDR models designed for parallel usage. http://www.meanwell.com/mw_search/SDR-480P/SDR-480P-spec.pdf From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:59 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-D

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
BFM Sterling BFM On Jan 28, 2016 11:15 AM, "Sterling Jacobson" wrote: > Lol! > > > > Boston. > > > > I can’t see how this service is going to MIMO it’s way around all the > corners and buildings downtown to get at the window CPE’s at those higher > frequencies. > > > > Maybe it’s magic, I don’t k

Re: [AFMUG] 900 mhz voodoo.....PMP100 flavour

2016-01-28 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
you all have valid points in this discussion, and all things we have checked. actually what we have discovered is one of the syncinjectors have died and three panels are offline. these three panels had little to no customers on them. when they went down, the customer in question moved to an adj

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Lol! Boston. I can’t see how this service is going to MIMO it’s way around all the corners and buildings downtown to get at the window CPE’s at those higher frequencies. Maybe it’s magic, I don’t know. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, January 2

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
Shall we start a pool, or maybe 7 of them? Launch date. First customers installed. First news report of really unhappy customers. First press release that they are making changes to the product. Date CEO is fired. Date Company shuts down operation for re-tooling. Date Assets acquired by another co

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Paul McCall
The real play here is probably OPM, taking big $$ salaries until it blows up ☺ From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:54 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced That article almost makes you t

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
They will never evenly split the current unless they are designed for load sharing. Works great for redundancy purposes which your original post talks about. But not so well of you actually need more current that one can provide by itself. There are tricks you can do like ballast resistors

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Gino Villarini
ok thanks! On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > At the end of the Mean Well spec sheet it says to use diodes and has a > diagram. > > There are several suppliers that sell MOSFET based redundancy modules that > have about 1/10 the voltage drop of diodes, if you are worried about

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz voodoo.....PMP100 flavor

2016-01-28 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
have you checked your AP antenna for a bullet hole? On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > I have not seen interference cause that kind of symptom, unless it is so > overwhelming it completely blots out the signal from the AP, in which case > I would not expect the SM to stay regi

Re: [AFMUG] Cell Phone Gripe

2016-01-28 Thread Paul Stewart
I have one of these and they are pretty good … don’t use it that often but for the price it’s definitely handy when I do need it http://www.amazon.com/YUMQUA-Portable-Bluetooth-Ultra-slim-Waterproof/dp/B01AHRPABY/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1454002211&sr=8-14&keywords=roll+up+bluetooth+keyboard

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz voodoo.....PMP100 flavor

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
I have not seen interference cause that kind of symptom, unless it is so overwhelming it completely blots out the signal from the AP, in which case I would not expect the SM to stay registered. I’m assuming this is not a case of a bunch of SMs registering to the wrong AP? From: David Young Sen

Re: [AFMUG] Canopy 14.1.1 DFS problems :-/

2016-01-28 Thread Sean Heskett
bwahahaha now this is a funny one. I've been posting these same discussions over on the cambium forums. I've basically been talking to myself over there because it seems no one hangs out there, not even the cambium guys. but for all my hard work posting replies to myself they awarded me a "Badge

Re: [AFMUG] AnimalFarm Lives

2016-01-28 Thread Paul Stewart
Hehe.. yeah, a lot of Canadians take long weekends into Maine, Vermont etc … nice countryside there… I don’t drink coffee personally but most folks I talk to love their coffee – perhaps that’s not saying much, or it’s something that folks got used to ;) From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.c

Re: [AFMUG] 900 mhz voodoo.....PMP100 flavour

2016-01-28 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
They are actually 40 degree sectors in this particular case. I have a new theory I'm working onbut still interested in other opinions since this has happened more than once. - Original Message - From: Brian Sullivan To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 11:07

Re: [AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
At the end of the Mean Well spec sheet it says to use diodes and has a diagram. There are several suppliers that sell MOSFET based redundancy modules that have about 1/10 the voltage drop of diodes, if you are worried about that. From: Gino Villarini Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:56 AM T

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz voodoo.....PMP100 flavor

2016-01-28 Thread John Woodfield
Welcome to my world.       John Woodfield, President Delmarva WiFi Inc. 410-870-WiFi -Original Message-From: "David Young" Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:12pmTo: af@afmug.comSubject: [AFMUG] 900 MHz voodoo.PMP100 flavor Interesting that this began on Jan 1. I’d suspect that so

[AFMUG] 900 MHz voodoo.....PMP100 flavor

2016-01-28 Thread David Young
Interesting that this began on Jan 1. I’d suspect that somebody lit up something like a “smart meter” the first of the year. Have not experienced this in North Central MA but in southern VT and NH many WISP’s have had to abandon using 900 and are getting better results with 2.4 because of electric

Re: [AFMUG] 900 mhz voodoo.....PMP100 flavour

2016-01-28 Thread Brian Sullivan
Integrated AP? I have seen the panels inside corrode. On 1/28/2016 10:59 AM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote: I think one or two of you must still be running some cambium PMP100 900 mhz voodoo out there I know the logical thing to do here is try a different frequency and that is probably coming

[AFMUG] 900 mhz voodoo.....PMP100 flavour

2016-01-28 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
I think one or two of you must still be running some cambium PMP100 900 mhz voodoo out there I know the logical thing to do here is try a different frequency and that is probably comingbut this customer is 1/2 mile away from the tower and their signal tanked roughly a month ago. I unde

[AFMUG] Meanwell RSD DC-DC in Parallel????

2016-01-28 Thread Gino Villarini
Can i connect 2 or more RSD DC-DC converters in parallel for redundancy purposes?

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
That article almost makes you think the fancy router is the real play here. Also, in case it wasn’t already posted, here is the FCC application: https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=69226&license_seq=69930 From: Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, Janua

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2016/01/28/kanojia-returns-with-a-starry-plan-for-wireless-internet-smart-homes/ On 1/28/2016 9:13 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Also they filed an experimental application with the FCC. So does that mean they can’t charge users? *From:* Ken Hohhof

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
I think I am going to charge you guys to read these posts. I file the request soon, Like a friend of mine did back in the nascent days of wireless Internet. He and a few doctors in Chihuahua got their amateur radio licenses to use 915MHz NCR WaveLAN and BridgeIT or BrouteIT software to create so

Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Also they filed an experimental application with the FCC. So does that mean they can’t charge users? From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starry Internet - Ex Aereo WISP - Announced I’m not sure licensed band equipment needs equipm

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Brian Webster
I don’t have a server to do this with, files are quite large and already compressed. That dropbox link should be a publicly accessible link, no dropbox account required. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com www.Broadband-Mapping.com From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Proud Grandpa

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
Excellent ideas...thx... On Jan 28, 2016 8:15 AM, "Patrick Leary" wrote: > How fun Jaime. Get that kid one of the “solder your own radio” kits. Plus, > a few rare earth magnets, an Erector Set, and some old small electric > motors. > > > > - Patrick > > > > > > > > ***

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Proud Grandpa

2016-01-28 Thread Patrick Leary
How fun Jaime. Get that kid one of the “solder your own radio” kits. Plus, a few rare earth magnets, an Erector Set, and some old small electric motors. - Patrick This footnote confirms that this e

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
Is that a new X Files episode ? On Jan 28, 2016 7:45 AM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: > Next the government will offer homeless people money to kill themselves > and then harvest their organs. > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:32 AM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* Re: [AF

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Next the government will offer homeless people money to kill themselves and then harvest their organs. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:32 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV |SanDiegoUnionTribune.com Sounds like it... On Jan 28,

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Jaime Solorza
Sounds like it... On Jan 28, 2016 7:25 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > So, just a few years ago, HDTV forced them from VHF to UHF. Now they are > going to force them back to VHF? > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:15 PM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* [AFMUG] A

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
That's awesome! On Jan 28, 2016 8:26 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > They made some crazy circular feeds for those horns. You could put a very > wide range of frequencies through them and with the correct feed, you can > have many radios and many different bands on all at the same time. > > *From:*

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor routers are going to start using DFS frequencies

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Yeah, clueless article probably written from a press release. Home routers have used DFS frequencies for a long time, actually for the past year I have been seeing the default setup has been to use U-NII-1 for the second 5 GHz band instead of DFS, which makes a lot of sense, but is probably bad

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T Long Lines

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
They made some crazy circular feeds for those horns. You could put a very wide range of frequencies through them and with the correct feed, you can have many radios and many different bands on all at the same time. From: Erich Kaiser Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 6:26 PM To: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

2016-01-28 Thread Chuck McCown
So, just a few years ago, HDTV forced them from VHF to UHF. Now they are going to force them back to VHF? From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:15 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] A crossroads for over-the-air TV | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com http://www.sandiegouniontribune.

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor routers are going to start using DFS frequencies

2016-01-28 Thread Josh Reynolds
This should have been obvious to anyone paying attention that it would become more common. Most of the major vendors have supported DFS in their access points for many, many years. In other news, it was just announced that sometime in the next 6 months your computer will download a windows update

[AFMUG] Indoor routers are going to start using DFS frequencies

2016-01-28 Thread Rory Conaway
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