Here is another one to check out: http://www.alpha.com. They are here
in Bellingham, Washington.
They were recommended to us by BelAir. I talked to them a few times,
then our opportunity to use solar went away, at least for now.
Steve Hansen
Tom Sharples wrote:
> For a complete system, thes
Yep, but if you line the enclosure with foil tape or put it in a metal
enclosure, the problem goes away. I deployed several hundred of these
about 6 years ago and still have a lot in the field. As they would lose
config, I took a roll of aluminum tape with me and lined the plastic
boxes with th
Our entire network is run as a "hotspot". Eliminates billing entirely. Every
month the regulars just pay online.
Sputnik (and I think WiFiDog) are outfits that will take a part of your $$
for doing very little.
Chilispot is gone, but the Chili software has been reincarnated as
Coova-Chili (which
That sounds like great public service and a way to get recognized too!
If you want to see something that really gets attention, have a look at my
site survey/portable AP rig.
http://ralphfowler.com
I have been reluctant to put signs on it though, for obvious reasons.
(people already think I am tot
Roll your own with Mikrotik it works great and you can use the radius you
have probably if you wanted
Scott Carullo
Brevard Wireless
321-205-1100 x102
Original Message
> From: "Scottie Arnett"
> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:56 PM
> To: "motor...@wispa.org"
> Subject: [W
This particular setup is mounted to a 4 x 6 x 4 Wells Cargo enclosed
trailer. I painted it bright white and added my logo and on one side
Solar Powered Wireless. I park it at events and provide free
WiFi. I park it downtown every Friday for Farmers Market and the
name recognition has been ou
I was just going through an old Linksys AP running DD-WRT and looking at their
Hotspot portal companies. I see Sputnik, Wifidog, and Chillispot. Are any of
these companies still going? What do they charge? Can we do this on our own,
with Linux type stuff?
I have a few remote clients that I am s
as long as your intra-network capacity is good, probably.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 7:47 PM, RickG wrote:
> Maybe that sucking sound you hear from your network will get better?
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/isp-friendly-bittorrent-tracker-doubles-download-speeds-090823/
> -RickG
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Never had one default, not one. Had maybe up to 100 now just stop
working. Doesn't work on assigned IP nor the default.
On 8/25/09, Scottie Arnett wrote:
> My experience with Engenius products in an outdoor environment with an
> enclosure is that when lightning gets ANYWHERE around...it either
My experience with Engenius products in an outdoor environment with an
enclosure is that when lightning gets ANYWHERE around...it either hits it
totaling it out, or it wipes out the config. Both require a truck roll.
Scottie
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From: J
OOps. forgot link:
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-UK-illegal-downloaders-Web-access-082509.aspx
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From: "Scottie Arnett"
Reply-To: sarn...@info-ed.com, WISPA General List
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:27:04 -0500
>Interesting turn on c
Interesting turn on copyright material downloader's outside the US are
downloading. Funny, I am just guessing, but I would bet that the US has more
copyright material being downloaded than either France or U.K.
Scottie
Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mt
It looks like there is a sweet spot at 60 watts
http://www.solarhome.org/51-60wattsolarpanels.aspx
About $250 each.
John
Mike wrote:
> I was shocked to find the 15W panels at Northern for $79.00. I
> ordered some and they work great. You need a charge controller,
> $45.00 to keep the batter
Absolutely, 12, 24, or 48 volts depending on what you are trying to do.
John
Paul Rice wrote:
> I'd recommend you use either a unmanaged or managed industrial DC powered
> switch 12-20 vdc
> otherwise your going to need a LOT of solar panels (650 watts is what my
> calcs came up with)
> In fac
Is there any reason you can't mount the panels close to the ground? In
Nevada, this is common practice.
Can you setup a small windmill? Home Depot has these ( as do many other
suppliers)
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xr5/R-100658295/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=
Are you running ac/dc transformers?
-RickG
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Chuck Profito wrote:
> Our solar site has 2 deep cycle marine batteries in series running
> everything at 24 volts with no inverter.
> It lasts more than a week, closer to two I think, running 2 star boards w/
> two radios
Maybe that sucking sound you hear from your network will get better?
http://torrentfreak.com/isp-friendly-bittorrent-tracker-doubles-download-speeds-090823/
-RickG
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Interesting. What radios are you powering this with?
Scottie
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From: Mike
Reply-To: WISPA General List
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:14 -0500
>I bought two of the Northern Tool $79.00 15 watt panels, their $49.00
>charge controller,
Funny you should mention that.
Another WISP I know just got nailed today by OSHA for not having the harness
on in the bucket.
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I was going to ask about this.
Harbor freight has a set of 3 on sale for 199 with controller and a few
other goodies.
I keep meaning to go get some before they go off sale again (I may be too
late already)
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa
I was referring to the other Engenius products as far as my
experience. Never used that particular model, keep in mind. Just 5
or 6 other models.
On 8/25/09, Eje Gustafsson wrote:
> The EAP-3660 is not EOL'd at least they have not let us know and we
> generally are the first one to know as soon
Never climb alone. Even if you do 100% tie off. A slip and fall and you
could hit your head and be hanging upside down. If you use right equipment
you are not going to slip out of your harness BUT Hanging upside down
for any longer period of time is fatal. Always have someone on the ground
even
The EAP-3660 is not EOL'd at least they have not let us know and we
generally are the first one to know as soon as they make their decision.
I played and used the EAP-3660 and it's a pretty nifty cool product. Only
run it for a few months so far so good no issues what so ever. The firmware
can be
Oops, didn't mean to post that to the list.
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Jason Hensley
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:27 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Location agreement
This is an friendly on
I probably shouldn't admit this but I think I discovered a novel way
to find a tower from a distance without using balloons or kites.
We put one of those small two bulb rotating 12V emergency lights atop
our 180' Rohn 9N this weekend. I had some spare CAT5 already up the
tower so split it into
Im looking to pick up some waverider eum. 3004/3005 only. Hit me
offlist if you have any to sell.
Thanks
Chris Cooper
Intelliwave LLC
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This is an friendly one we did with another company that let us colo a tower
on their place.
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:16 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Location a
I think IIFSTA and the NFPA (while gathering lots of $$) helped quite a
bit more than OSHA. :)
ryan
Forbes Mercy wrote:
> I have to agree here, I've done more tower climbs alone than I should.
> Every time I do I'm filled with the feeling that if I fall no one will
> know until someone comes loo
I am going to plant a 60 foot pole on a fellow's farm. The plan is
to light up a river valley which can't get fast Internet. Does
anyone have a friendly agreement they've used and would share?
Thanks,
Mike
WI
Here is the setup that we recently did for a combination solar/wind
powered site. This is a StarOS site, X4000 board with four Mikrotik
R52H cards in it. One is 5ghz backhaul, two are for APs and the third
card is a spare.
2 60 watt solar panels
solar charge controller
air-x wind generator
If you aren't using them already I can only suggest one thing.
Ruuun!
My experience hasn't been very good (though I will admit not horrible) with
the Engenius data products. They do not last long at all (weeks/months -
really lucky to get years) outdoors and the indoors do not seem to be
com
I have to agree here, I've done more tower climbs alone than I should.
Every time I do I'm filled with the feeling that if I fall no one will
know until someone comes looking at my remote tower site the next day or
so.
We all look at OSHA sometimes and think of them as more revenue officers
than s
Indeed. AC/DC conversions lose 20% each way.
-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: "Paul Rice"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:19 PM
To: "WISPA General List"
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
> I'd
I was shocked to find the 15W panels at Northern for $79.00. I
ordered some and they work great. You need a charge controller,
$45.00 to keep the batteries from over charging. You have to get
creative with uni-strut and angle iron to make your own mount, or buy
them. Batteries are the bigge
Our solar site has 2 deep cycle marine batteries in series running
everything at 24 volts with no inverter.
It lasts more than a week, closer to two I think, running 2 star boards w/
two radios each. We don't have temp problems so we just put batteries and
injectors in a water heater stand.
-O
Has anyone used the Engenius EAP-3660 (600mW / 4dbi Smoke Detector style AP) in
a hotel/motel environment? Any word on coverage, etc? Will they run open-mesh?
Thanks
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Just an example of how little power we really need.
I guess I'm too used to those 500 horse power irrigation pumps we use.
marlon
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Rice"
To: "WISPA General List"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
> Yikes, that is
Yeah, We don't have the higher capacity yet. For instance our largest panel
is 30W right now and our largest controller is 5A. You could use 3 30W
panels and 2 5A controllers but I wouldn't suggest that because it's too
costly.
Next year will be a different story :-)
Regards,
Scott
-Original
I'd recommend you use either a unmanaged or managed industrial DC powered
switch 12-20 vdc
otherwise your going to need a LOT of solar panels (650 watts is what my
calcs came up with)
In fact eliminate all 120 AC from your outdoor install for the best results
to save money on smaller solar rigs.
Yikes, that is daunting.
Is that the site your putting in, or your example site?
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From: "Marlon K. Schafer"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:04 PM
To: "WISPA General List"
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
> 120
>
> - Original Message --
120
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Rice"
To: "WISPA General List"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
> Hey Marlon
>
> is that 1.8 amps at 120VAC or 1.8 amps at 12VDC?
>
> volts x amps = watts
> the precise nominal and max watts that is the rea
You engineer a fold down bracket with sheer pins for the designed hinge
point but grade 8 hardware for most anything else.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jerry Richardson wrote:
> Uh oh.
>
> So what do you use? Regular U bolt clamps?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: wireless-boun...@wis
Uh oh.
So what do you use? Regular U bolt clamps?
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of AJ
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
Note to sell -
NEVER EVER use radiator
Note to sell -
NEVER EVER use radiator clamps to hold steel L beam brackets to a Trylon
steel tower leg...
Microburst winds snapped the brackets right off the tower, shattering the
panel...
Hard lesson learned :(
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Marlon K. Schafer
wrote:
> Are you really sayi
Oops, I missed part of what you said.
I was trying to show how little power the gear actually uses. That's one of
my main sites.
The NEW one will only have 5 or so subs.
marlon
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Barnes"
To: "WISPA General List"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:19 AM
There is when the customer is buying all of the equipment I can afford
to maintain it.
Like it or not, that's a LOT of what my areas is made up of. Little pockets
of customers here and there. It's taken us roughly 20 tower sites to
service a little over 600 subs! And 3 of the sites acco
Hey Marlon
is that 1.8 amps at 120VAC or 1.8 amps at 12VDC?
volts x amps = watts
the precise nominal and max watts that is the real factor determining the
size of the power system needed
the difference is 25 watts or 250 watts :)
CostCo has a solar panel + charger + frame that would work for 25
Are you really saying that less than 500 bucks will build a solar system
good enough for our radios these days?
Dude, if that's true I can open up a LOT more doors!
marlon
- Original Message -
From: "Mike"
To: "WISPA General List"
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [W
H. Note to self. Build good mounts, but make them so that they
collapse in high winds instead of breaking.
Thanks for the tip Bill!
marlon
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Prince"
To: "Principal WISPA Member List"
Cc: "'WISPA General List'" ;
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:2
Thanks for all of the advice Scott!
Do I understand correctly that you can NOT sell this to me because you
specialize in even smaller systems?
thanks again,
marlon
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From: "Scott Parsons"
To: "'WISPA General List'"
Cc: "'Principal WISPA Member List'" ;
Sent: Tues
Let me get this right, You said;
>I have a site with 1 starOS, 3 MT with 4 radios (total), 2 alvarion vl, 1
>trango 5830, 1 SB ap, Cisco 16 port managed switch and an Airaya backhaul.
>According to the digital logger at the site I'm pulling a total of about 1.8
>amps.
Then;
>This will only serv
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Rice"
To:
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site
> Hi Marlon,
>
> Solar isn't that hard we just need to look at a details to figure out what
> is required and move on from there
> here are details to figure out about sol
I bought two of the Northern Tool $79.00 15 watt panels, their $49.00
charge controller, a deep cycle marine battery from Walmart and built
my own. So far, the "fully charged" light comes on every day. The
battery should run my two radio repeater for more than a week. Might
not be the club w
Finally catching up on my list messages, and saw that there was another thread
about this as well.
The shapefiles provided by the Census Bureau CAN be imported into Google Earth
on a county-by-county basis. Not sure exactly HOW, because I'm not the one who
personally imported them, but it can b
Tyconpower is one alternative. It's a product by Scott Parsons (founder of
Pacific Wireless). Scott is on the list and might chime up.
/Eje
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-Original Message-
From: "Scott Carullo"
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:55:00
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re:
Check out Sunwize http://sunwize.com/. They're one of the places I've
purchased from. They can engineer the system for you, sell you
everything you need even the wire and junction boxes, and their prices
are good. I have no financial interest in recommending them.
Greg
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