Re: [AFMUG] 450i 900 using existing yagi

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
If you have tried to align a 900 MHz yagi, you know just a piece of metal or your hand within a foot or so will affect its performance. I assume putting the cross pol elements on the same boom avoids that issue. -Original Message- From: Wireless Administrator Sent: Wednesday, Februa

Re: [AFMUG] passive relay

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
When this has been discussed before, it only works if one path is really short. You add the antenna gains and the free space loss of both paths. If both legs have FSL on the order of 100 dB, you are not going to make it up with antenna gain. The huge billboard style passive reflectors are a d

Re: [AFMUG] passive relay

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
It’s easy enough to run the numbers. 5 GHz FSL at 1 mile is about 112 dB. Let’s say the combined gain of the 2 ft dishes plus coax loss is about 56 dB. So if I’m doing that right, it’s a net loss of 56 dB. (I’m not 100% sure the antenna gain in dBi is the right number to use.) FSL at 300 fe

Re: [AFMUG] Just got the biggest laugh

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
They may be using browser cookies to remember your login info, do you have cookies disabled? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:17 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Just got the biggest laugh Autofill garbage in it... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 2011 vs 3011

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
OK, josh imaginarynetworksllc com. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 2011 vs 3011 i have!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:17

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 2011 vs 3011

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
3 On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: OK, josh imaginarynetworksllc com. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 2:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 2011 vs 3011 i have!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552

Re: [AFMUG] Sync box 12's losing sync

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
? Syncbox is timing port sync. What are you powering these from? From: Craig House Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sync box 12's losing sync I have checked the GPS statistics screen and the number of tracked and the number of visib

Re: [AFMUG] Sync box 12's losing sync

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
25 locations. Only 2 or 3 are having this issue Craig ------------ From: "Ken Hohhof" To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:46:46 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sync box 12's losing sync

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
Also trying to get a good signal in the far reaches of some houses can be a lot more challenging at 5 GHz than 2.4 GHz. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 7:03 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz Until customers complain their stuff doesn't work, a lo

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 6:15 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz Also trying to get a good signal in the far reaches of some houses can be a lot more challenging at 5 GHz than 2.4 GHz. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, February 17

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz

2016-02-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
Very poetic. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cambium 450i 900Mhz No I mean they're on the back of a turtle who only has one flipper left and blind in one eye. Still no ETA. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
We do that at a tower for a ham club voice repeater, they never use much bandwidth, nowhere near 20x20, not even 1M. They are doing something different, or more likely just don't know how much they need, or are just asking for the sky because why not? -Original Message- From: Jerry

Re: [AFMUG] OT. Cd. Juarez was exceptional today

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
Yeah, the new Pope is pretty cool. We need a Jesuit to run for President, too bad requirement #1 for that job is a gigantic ego. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:42 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT. Cd. Juarez was exceptional today Yeah, even non Catholics adm

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
that I give money to buy that is separate from my operations. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 8:34 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: We do that at a tower for a ham club voice repeater, they never use much bandwidth, nowhere near 20x20, not even 1M. They are doing something different, or more likely just don&#

Re: [AFMUG] 430AP Power

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
In normal operation they take 16-18 watts, maybe a little less on short cables. I think 0.35 amps at 48 volts would be cutting it too close. The Motorola POE at 56V and 0.8A is probably overkill though, 0.5A would probably be good, and a 24W POE should be easy to find. Or with proper pinout

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
#x27;t know much about it though. Ken Hohhof wrote: We do that at a tower for a ham club voice repeater, they never use much bandwidth, nowhere near 20x20, not even 1M. They are doing something different, or more likely just don't know how much they need, or are just asking for the sky bec

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
.. .. -Original Message- From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:39 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet It is all radio-to-radio voice, but they link the repeater nodes together via VoIP, so you can talk to someone on a different node. Similar to digital

Re: [AFMUG] Colocating with fm radio station

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
I know that telcos used to provide STL service over T1 using “Program Channel Units” in a D4 channel bank. AM links were typically 5 kHz channel units occupying 2 slots (128 kbps), FM links were typically 15 kHz channel units occupying 6 slots (384 kbps), double that for stereo. From: Chuck Mc

Re: [AFMUG] Colocating with fm radio station

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
Unlike 2-way audio, I assume some delay is acceptable on broadcast links? If so, this would allow for deep jitter buffers and even error correction for more robustness over the Internet. Assuming the encoder/decoder equipment has this ability. Of course, the future is probably that everyone l

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 2011 vs 3011

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
need em http://www.roc-noc.com/mikrotik/routerboard/RB3011UiAS-RM.html Erich Kaiser North Central Tower er...@northcentraltower.com Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:56 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: And who actually has 3011 in stock? From: Erich Kaiser Sent

Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people!

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
Two people have inquired on Mikrotik Forums, no answer so far. -Original Message- From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 4:53 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people! #oldnews Another thing you want to do is limit inbound dn

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T giving up on UVerse

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
It may be a myth that they spend a fortune "maintaining" the copper. From what I see, when the pedestals in the ROW get knocked over, they put an orange garbage bag over it. That's about the extent of the maintenance around here. If the cable gets cut by a backhoe, or a pole gets knocked ove

Re: [AFMUG] location based pricing on website

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
I have seen WISPs advertise a different service called something like “hotspot service” only available in town, so they can compete with cable. From: Sean Heskett Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] location based pricing on website Why bother??? W

Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people!

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
OK, at the risk of exposing my ignorance, is it sufficient to update glibc (I see that yum-cron has already done this for me), and perhaps to restart some services like named? Or is glibc compiled into packages like BIND and those need to be updated? I'm thinking the glibc libraries are not c

Re: [AFMUG] HR Services

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
Remember Carlos Mencia and 1-800-GET-A-YOB? From: ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:44 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HR Services Personally, I would hire only hispanics if I had that option... From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 6:00 PM

Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people!

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
old' glibc in memory: lsof +c0 -d DEL | awk 'NR==1 || /libc-/ {print $2,$1,$4,$NF}' | column -t Josh On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: OK, at the risk of exposing my ignorance, is it sufficient to update glibc (I see that yum-cron has already done this for me), an

Re: [AFMUG] HR Services

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
I like “my iPhone lied for me”. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:10 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HR Services Strange I think Mencia is an idiot...Fluffy is funnier... On Feb 18, 2016 7:07 PM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: Remember Carlos Mencia and 1

Re: [AFMUG] location based pricing on website

2016-02-18 Thread Ken Hohhof
The big guys would probably do it with fees. Like UPS has a residential address surcharge and a remote area surcharge, both of which apply to most of my customers. But that doesn’t answer how to automate it. The Rise Broadband website asks for your address before showing prices, but my impres

Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people!

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
lf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:00 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] update and patch your linux servers, people! OK, at the risk of exposing my ignorance, is it sufficient to update glibc (I see that yum-cron has already done this for me), and perhaps to restart

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Something that has struck me working with some local ham radio clubs is not all of these guys know what they are talking about, or follow all the rules, especially when it comes to things like WiFi. They love cheap shiny crap like everyone else. At first some of them were kind of arrogant, but

Re: [AFMUG] cnPilot Try-Fi Promo??

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Do. Or do not. There is no try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4yd2W50No From: Darin Steffl Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 9:45 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] cnPilot Try-Fi Promo?? http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/news-events/cnpilot-try-fi/ Anyone know what this is? -- Darin

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
White. When ex Col. Coleman spoke about security some of these guys said ISIS had training camp in Chihuahua! Ha...right out wacko right wing talk shows. I was taught to respect my elders so I just listened. On Feb 19, 2016 8:36 AM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: Something that has

Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Yoga mats. From: Chuck McCown Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 10:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet I know a border patrol agent, pretty right wing, he claims they are

Re: [AFMUG] Scooby Doo Mystery Short Circuit

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
As someone mentioned, 200SS is a DC protector, you are thinking of 300SS. -Original Message- From: ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 4:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scooby Doo Mystery Short Circuit The reason I got into the surge suppressor business in the f

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
I didn’t think the deadline had arrived yet, and that the next step would be for Apple to present their arguments to the court. Also I thought it was an older iPhone and what the govt wanted was for Apple to bypass the time delay between PIN tries and bricking the phone after 10 wrong tries, an

Re: [AFMUG] Antennas Behind Wood or Glass in Old Building?

2016-02-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Any chance you can replace the glass with Plexiglas/Lucite or polycarbonate? From: Christopher Gray Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 9:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Antennas Behind Wood or Glass in Old Building? I may have an opportunity to install some radios inside a steeple with so

Re: [AFMUG] mercury net

2016-02-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
Works for me. From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 3:20 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] mercury net It's up here, just checked. On Feb 20, 2016 3:16 AM, "Stefan Englhardt" wrote: http://mercurynets.com/ (sold out wimax part of purewave) is down for 2 days now. Ar

Re: [AFMUG] Antennas Behind Wood or Glass in Old Building?

2016-02-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
ponse. On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Any chance you can replace the glass with Plexiglas/Lucite or polycarbonate? From: Christopher Gray Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 9:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Antennas Behind

Re: [AFMUG] Good riddance payphones: NYC's free gigabit Wi-Fi kiosks go live | Network World

2016-02-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
I remember when my kids were young and would walk the 4 blocks to town we would just make sure they had change for the payphone. It’s kind of sad that now you have to get 10 year olds a cellphone. Of course now the neighbors would probably report you to the police for letting your kids walk to

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
Terrible at reward assessment also. We buy lottery tickets, but won’t contribute to a 401K with 100% company match. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 11:50 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple Yeah it's a real psychological phenomenon. We (humans) are terrible

Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple

2016-02-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
My son gets his news from The Young Turks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yBKRuGpC1tSM73A0ZjYjQ Their most recent comments on Anderson Cooper’s job moderating the town hall reminds us that media companies are big corporations and don’t really care about ideology, they care about their bottom

Re: [AFMUG] OT medifast

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
What has worked for me in the past (and I need to do now) is to work through lunch (and don’t eat before bed). Seems easier in summer, more stuff to do, and heat makes me more thirsty than hungry. If you eat a big lunch on a hot day, you want a siesta. Stress makes me eat. I used to work clo

Re: [AFMUG] OT medifast

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
Go clubbing at 6am: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/strangers-dancing-talking-while-sober-hot-new-party-trend-n516646 From: Colin Stanners Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 10:07 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT medifast Can you change your schedule to put in 1hr of exercis

[AFMUG] Mikrotik 3011 problems with ports 6-10

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
Running 6.32.2 since that's the latest bugfix load for ARM, and it's what came loaded on the router. If I plug into any of ports 6-10, the interface keeps going up/down/up/down every few seconds. Ports 1-5 no problems. I am confused, supposedly both switch groups use the same model of switch

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 3011 problems with ports 6-10

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
u could also try 6.35-rc12. There's nothing in any changelogs about it, but MikroTik is notorious for fixing/breaking stuff and not telling anybody. On 2/21/2016 7:08 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Running 6.32.2 since that's the latest bugfix load for ARM, and it's what came loaded on t

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 3011 problems with ports 6-10

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
at only in some routers? All the ones that we have that have switch groups allow me to set a master port. bp On 2/21/2016 5:45 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: It's kind of annoying that you have to do some things from the CLI because they aren't supported or are broken in Winbox and Webmin. Like

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 3011 problems with ports 6-10

2016-02-21 Thread Ken Hohhof
n the download page for ARM under current. I would try that. On 2/21/2016 7:45 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Actually 6.32.2. There is no 6.32.4 listed for ARM on the download page. I was trying to be conservative and go with "bugfix" not "current". I was going to use these for a

Re: [AFMUG] 5150-5250 rules

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
I believe that is all correct, subject to the new OOBE rules though. From: Craig Schmaderer Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:47 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] 5150-5250 rules I know its been talked about a bit, but is this band have no dfs on the 450i? I have been told it has similar

Re: [AFMUG] 320 sm cardboard boxes

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
Yeah, I have seen cardboard parts bins for sale, I get plastic parts bins at Rural King. But if you use the Cambium CLIPs, I find the cardboard boxes are good for storing parts if you cut off the top. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10:44 AM To: af@afmug.com Subj

Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz dual polarity omni

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
I have not bought Chuck’s version, but I have used KPP and L-Com which I assume to be the same. IMHO the performance is underwhelming, and if you pull the guts out, they look unimpressive. Actually I had lightning blow the top off one so I got to look inside. At least I assume it was lightnin

Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz dual polarity omni

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
. It's pretty obvious when you can rotate it while watching some SMs and see the V/H ratio change. We'd be better off having a little less gain with a more uniform pattern. On 2/23/2016 1:43 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I have not bought Chuck’s version, but I have used KPP and L-Com which I

Re: [AFMUG] 14.1.1?

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
Lock them in a room and slide pizzas under the door. From: Brian Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 3:44 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 14.1.1? I heard there is a group of Cambium guys slaving away on this. Working late hours too! On 2/23/2016 3:22 PM, Sam Lambie wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] 14.1.1?

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
6 at 2:54 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Lock them in a room and slide pizzas under the door. From: Brian Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 3:44 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 14.1.1? I heard there is a group of Cambium guys slaving away on this. Working late hours

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
I know nothing about the salon industry. The little I can offer from my experience in the WISP industry you probably already know, but here goes anyway. I assume they are renting the space from a third party, can you assume the lease? Will the rent stay the same? Go up? Can you negotiate it

Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz dual polarity omni

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
strikes seem to be near misses that hit something and go up the tower. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 1:58 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5GHz dual polarity omni One thing I’ll say about the N connectors is they make it easy to screw a Polyphaser directly to each

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
Why do I have a mental picture of Edward Scissorhands? From: Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:57 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon OK, the main take-away seems that have wanted to be a hairdresser since you were five... From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
I guess the salon would be a great advertising vehicle for the WISP. From: Keefe John Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon You could talk to Dave @ Mercury Network(the ISP). He owns salons in addition to his WISP. Keefe On 2/24/

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
Years ago, I got my hair cut at a place where the owner was a barber with one chair in the back of the building with a separate entrance, the front was a salon like you describe. In the back the waiting room had sofas and Playboys and booze. Probably not a bad idea, except if a guy gets his ha

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
“That One Church” From: Sean Heskett Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 11:35 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon HA! that's the best advice ever Chuck :-) here's a "how to" from john oliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:29 AM,

Re: [AFMUG] Laird ODH9-9 or Alternative

2016-02-24 Thread Ken Hohhof
H, I thought they were aluminum, and what went bad was the fiberglass tape falling apart due to sun and wind. Maybe they are steel. So much for the one I've had behind the door for 5 or 6 years saving it for a trip to the recycler. It is used but looks in good shape, not sure I can still

Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
Probably like the farmers here that do their own electrical work rather than pay an electrician. Some do really nice work. Then there are the other 95%. My installer will say “there was an outlet there for the POE, but it was farmerized”. So maybe loose wires not in conduit, neutral used as

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
So be an Uber driver? http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-02-25 -Original Message- From: Seth Mattinen Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 10:34 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon On 2/25/16 07:24, Travis Johnson wrote: This sounds like a great little small busines

Re: [AFMUG] Ot buying a salon

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Years ago, I got my hair cut at a place where the owner was a barber with one chair in the back of the building with a separate entrance, the front was a salon like you describe. In the back the waiting room had sofas an

Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
So we need a stencil and spray paint to mark our concrete blocks now? -Original Message- From: Caleb Knauer Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make Less chance of a satellite installer or other nefarious character stealing your blo

Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
That’s a 6x8x16 hollow block. I get 4x8x16 solid blocks from Menards, I think they are 34 lbs. 115 lbs per cu ft. Your gravel number works out to 93 lbs per cu ft. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:56 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make 6'

Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make

2016-02-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
What, to build Trump’s wall? From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 5:03 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Simple to make Doesn't work...they take them anyway On Feb 25, 2016 3:32 PM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: So we need a stencil and spray paint to ma

Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
Most of the hams I have encountered around here are either (a) way too old to have a day job at Jiffy Lube, or (b) their day job is for government emergency services anyway. I suppose my experience may be atypical. From: Lewis Bergman Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:50 AM To: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
technical nature doesn't appeal to the younger crowd. Maybe it is to difficult, I don't know. Most around here make time, but that is a bit different. A guy who is on an ambulatory shift can't exactly bail on that too go work on a repeater. On Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 9:03 AM Ken Hohhof wr

Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
to the younger crowd. Maybe it is to difficult, I don't know. Most around here make time, but that is a bit different. A guy who is on an ambulatory shift can't exactly bail on that too go work on a repeater. On Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 9:03 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: Most of the hams I hav

Re: [AFMUG] Unlicensed for dummies

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
When did they go up there? Was it before U-NII-1 was opened up? Maybe you can argue that is a separate band, since it wasn’t even available when they located there. It is common for a lease to specify exclusivity on that tower for certain unlicensed bands, or to contain a non-interference cla

Re: [AFMUG] AT&T says, not on my poles you don't Google!

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
Isn’t their complaint about the expedited make ready process allowing third parties to move AT&T equipment and lines to make room, rather than waiting 6 months for AT&T to move it themselves? Also I think it says AT&T owns something like 40% of the poles, not sure that really matters. From: C

Re: [AFMUG] Unlicensed for dummies

2016-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
enses or bands that were auctioned) does not grant “exclusive use” of a frequency at a location. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 11:32 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Unl

[AFMUG] advantages of 450d over reflector are (fill in the blank)

2016-02-27 Thread Ken Hohhof
Those of you who are using the 450d, what do you like about it and where do you use it? I'm looking for reasons other than "I hate reflector dishes".

Re: [AFMUG] racmount kit for Packetflux SyncInjector?

2016-02-27 Thread Ken Hohhof
This may sound obvious, but have you tried Bud? http://www.budind.com/customize.shtml I remember when any small electronics enclosure was called a “Bud box”. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 10:44 PM To: af Subject: Re: [AFMUG] racmount kit for Packetflu

Re: [AFMUG] racmount kit for Packetflux SyncInjector?

2016-02-27 Thread Ken Hohhof
Maybe check with Brian Vargyas at Baltic Networks (Maxxwave) and see who makes their aftermarket MikroTik cases for them? Probably getting them from China, but at one time, Chicago was home to a million custom metal fabricators. Suburbs like Addison had whole industrial parks full of them, not

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik OSPF route selection oddness

2016-02-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Mmmm, pistol whip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH185Hn38m8 OK, I’m guessing that wasn’t what you had in mind? From: George Skorup Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 8:11 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik OSPF route selection oddness I think you said it best... "sometimes Rou

Re: [AFMUG] racmount kit for Packetflux SyncInjector?

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
No, I think you want this: http://store.packetflux.com/din-rail-mounting-kit-for-rev-h-i-syncinjectors/ The thing you linked to is essentially a tiny piece of plastic DIN rail for wallmounting stuff that is already DIN rail mountable. Also note the DIN rail mounting kit for Syncinjectors can be

Re: [AFMUG] racmount kit for Packetflux SyncInjector?

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
screwdriver can be placed in the hole on the bottom of the din clip and the bottom of the syncinjector can be used as a fulcrum point to enable easy removal of the clip from the din rail. On Feb 29, 2016 9:02 AM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: No, I think you want this: http://store.packetfl

Re: [AFMUG] PMP100 Advantage Codes

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
Unfortunately it is cheaper to buy a used Advantage AP than upgrade the one you have. (Not accounting for labor costs to climb and replace.) Hard to believe though that anyone ever bought a non-Advantage AP. From: John Woodfield Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 3:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subjec

Re: [AFMUG] Laird ODH9-9 or Alternative

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
What Chuck is talking about would I guess be similar to this: http://alphaantennas.com/products/small-cells/aw3464/ I’d hate to see that thing twice as big. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 3:57 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Laird ODH9-9 or Alternative I'm imaginin

Re: [AFMUG] Laird ODH9-9 or Alternative

2016-02-29 Thread Ken Hohhof
ls on the sectors and a 5mhz on the omni. We try and have redundancy on every AP and backhaul I just have not settled on a good way to do it with the 450i 900 yet. Best regards, Brandon Yuchasz GogebicRange.net www.gogebicrange.net From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Beh

Re: [AFMUG] OT - Part-15.org

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Hohhof
And “patron saint of bikeshedding”. From: John Woodfield Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:27 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Part-15.org Ahh Brett Glass, the father of all WISPs lol John Woodfield, President Delmarva WiFi Inc. 410-870-WiFi -Original Message- Fro

Re: [AFMUG] hahahaha - omg, how have i missed this

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Hohhof
Drumpf. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/drumpfinator/hcimhbfpiofdihhdnofbdlhjcmjopilp From: Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 9:31 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] hahahaha - omg, how have i missed this Maybe funnier. bp On 2/27/2016 8:02 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller w

Re: [AFMUG] GIGE-APC with FSK Radios

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Hohhof
I don’t think there is any chip. Unless you mean the transformers. From: Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 10:18 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GIGE-APC with FSK Radios Ok, just wanted to make sure the chip that inserted the power didn't need to have a matching gigabit chip

Re: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Hohhof
Time to buy an RF suit? Don’t forget the RF socks. http://www.rfsafetysolutions.com/RF%20Radiation%20Pages/RF_Protective_Garments.html From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 6:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems Yeah,

[AFMUG] people streaming election coverage?

2016-03-01 Thread Ken Hohhof
Or watching Netflix because there's nothing on TV except election coverage? Lots of bandwidth usage for a Tuesday.

Re: [AFMUG] Refurb Workstations

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Hohhof
I think I have a couple Ultra 5 pizza boxes here slated for the recycler, if anyone wants one for their museum. Also I think there's a DS10L AlphaServer if anyone misses OpenVMS. -Original Message- From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 3:41 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject:

Re: [AFMUG] Is this a typo? Google builds 100kW 80 GHz transmitter.

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Hohhof
Article says very high gain antenna with beamwidth less than half a degree and that actual transmit power is only half a watt. I shouldn’t do math in my head, but that would be something like 53 dBi antenna gain to get from 0.5 watts to 1E5 watts EIRP? At 80 GHz that seems feasible without the

Re: [AFMUG] Fixed Point to Point Microwave Stations License Requirements- Hypothetical

2016-03-02 Thread Ken Hohhof
You’re probably one of those people who take the toilets and the porch light when you leave. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 9:14 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fixed Point to Point Microwave Stations License Requirements- Hypothetical All that matters is

Re: [AFMUG] Forbes article

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Is he the guy referred to as the Donald Trump of Canada? From: Paul Stewart Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 10:58 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Forbes article Haha…. Good guy! His cottage is about 90 minutes from where I live … have met him twice – very interesting guy to talk too…

Re: [AFMUG] OT heroin

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Some small steps: http://news.walgreens.com/press-releases/general-news/walgreens-leads-fight-against-prescription-drug-abuse-with-new-programs-to-help-curb-misuse-of-medications-and-the-rise-in-overdose-deaths.htm The availability of naloxone over the counter may prevent some OD deaths but of co

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon argues for combining 37 GHz, 39 GHz into single band for 5G - FierceWirelessTech

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Yet they told the FCC that county level licenses would be too small. From: Jason McKemie Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:43 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon argues for combining 37 GHz, 39 GHz into single band for 5G - FierceWirelessTech I'm still not sure how they're planning

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon argues for combining 37 GHz, 39 GHz into single band for 5G - FierceWirelessTech

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Where did you see this? “POP” in the spectrum licensing context usually means population covered, as in the price is $X per MHZ-POP From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:49 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon argues for combining 37 GHz, 39 GHz into single band for

Re: [AFMUG] anyone watching the debates

2016-03-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
I miss Sleepy Ben. “Can somebody attack me please” is my favorite quote from the debates. But no, I’m not watching the debate. Marla Maples will be on Dancing With The Stars though. >From the photos, apparently she has taken good care of herself. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Thursday, March 03

Re: [AFMUG] anyone watching the debates

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
So back to Trump defending his manhood. I kept imagining the scene from A Few Good Men, Rubio should have played Tom Cruise to Trump’s Jack Nicholson. So Donald, you’re sensitive about your hands. I’m making you angry. Now imagine you’re the President, and there’s a red button on your podium

[AFMUG] Verizon network extender data speed

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
Does anyone know what Internet speed should be expected on a Verizon Network Extender For Business? I thought these were only 3G and mainly for voice, assuming if you really cared about data you would just connect directly to WiFi. I remember when my smartphone speeds used to top out around 1

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon network extender data speed

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
won't use the femtocell for data. On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:38 AM Josh Luthman wrote: I know mine worked on 4x1 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 4, 2016 10:37 AM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: Does a

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon network extender data speed

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon network extender data speed I don't think you can use data over it. What model is it? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 4, 2016 11:18 AM, "Ken Hohhof" wrote: Not rea

Re: [AFMUG] anyone watching the debates

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
BTW, is there any reason this list needs to be publicly searchable? Is that a mandatory part of the hosting, or do people want it that way? Cuz everything show up on Google in like milliseconds: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=could+just+be+that+a+guy+needs+a+garage+floor+drain+pit+dug+

Re: [AFMUG] anyone watching the debates

2016-03-04 Thread Ken Hohhof
Johnny Carson was not solely to blame, it started with a Republican Congressman: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/carsontoiletpaper.asp But those of you who weren’t even born yet in the 70’s, you don’t remember waiting in lines to buy gas during the Arab oil embargo. I think Nixon was President

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