[CALV-MESH] A quick scan of 5GHz from Chesapeake Beach

[Eric Christensen]

I hooked up my NanoStation loco M5 tonight and did a scan of the entire 5cm 
(5.650GHz to 5.925GHz) band.  There seems to be some use of the band between 
5716MHz and 5821MHz with a majority centered on channel 149 (5745MHz) and 
channel 153 (5765MHz) using 20MHz channels.  I suspect one of them is my LAN 
in my house.  Other than those two signals the only other "noise" I saw was 
generally up to 5821 but I couldn't really determine what it was.

I was going to setup my 2.4GHz station but I can't seem to find any of the 
gear.  I'm hoping in the light of day I'll be able to find it.  My plan is to 
use my 8dBi omni antenna with a Bullet M2 and then do some non-scientific, more 
real-world test with another Bullet M2 and a panel antenna.  If anyone would 
like to try to connect up just let me know and I'll keep my home station up.

As soon as I get the shack straightened out a bit more I'll be putting some 
services up on the mesh station including IRC and maybe a XMPP server for IM.  
Both should be pretty efficient.

73,
Eric W4OTN/3