[MohawkARC] Field Day Set-Up/Wifi range

[Kevin Erickson]

I think we need to take a close look at that WiFi antenna or cable on the
trailer. During the special event operation you could easily get a WiFi
signal on a phone or laptop outside and all around the trailer. But that
antenna was barely living up a thing. Maybe bad placement but I'm suspect
of its connection or something.

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 8:03 PM, Kevin Erickson <kevin.erickson1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think we need to take a close look at that WiFi antenna or cable on the
> trailer. During the special event operation you could easily get a WiFi
> signal on a phone or laptop outside and all around the trailer. But that
> antenna was barely living up a thing. Maybe bad placement but I'm suspect
> of its connection or something.
> On Jun 14, 2015 6:58 PM, "Matt Tatro" <tatro.matt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> First we need to get adapters to mate the external antenna with whatever
>> router we decide to use in the trailer.  We need to keep things simple and
>> not try to patch in any bridges or whatnot.  Then I think we need to do an
>> actual test, with the trailer on-location and using whatever
>> laptops/computers we will be running.  Wouldn't take long just to check
>> the
>> signal levels.
>>
>> Remember how close the stations were in Hubbardston.  We had limited
>> interaction between stations from what I remember.  If we have 50ft more
>> of
>> separation, the interaction will be much less.  Whether or not an extra 50
>> feet will kill the wifi, I'm not sure.
>>
>> -Matt NM1C
>> On Jun 14, 2015 5:34 PM, "Doug Lepisto" <dlepisto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I've been playing around on Google Earth with some station/antenna
>> > locations for Field Day. If the Club Trailer is going to be the hub for
>> the
>> > wireless network how far away can stations be and still pick-up the wifi
>> > signal?  I know we want to separate to minimize interference from
>> antennas,
>> > but we can't separate too far that stations won't be able to connect to
>> the
>> > logging network.
>> >
>> > Doug,
>> > N1DBL
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