[MVMA] 5 GHz link between Xenia North and APB

[Maurice Riggins]

This is great!




This not so much…




Wind gusts in the trees affecting your hearing?  






Agree with trying the AirGrid.


> On Apr 27, 2018, at 17:13, William L. Curtice <william.curtice at ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> I put up my NSM5 today, and aligned it to the Simpson 5GHz node.  I adjusted distance setting as close as I could get it, to actual distance. (Actual 5.25 mi, Set to 5.59 mi).
>  
> Initial readings show S/N around 20 db, with 100 LQ from both ends.  Link speed was reading about 36 Mbps.  That seems to make sense, given that the link between my 2.4 omni and the XWARN 2.4, is reporting about 18 Mbps…. using half the bandwidth.
>  
> Visual path appears clear… much of my western exposure is now blocked by trees that were not there 3 years ago, but the slot to XWARN appears clear.  I did tweak the alignment of the NS…. and found that my first estimate could not be improved upon.
>  
> Still have my home node auto-booting.  Will try to get some services off it this weekend.
>  
> JJ:  I pulled your 900 NS down, have it inside the house.
>  
> Worth looking at:  Wonder how much we can improve the APB-XWARN link by going to an AirGrid at my end….  Have a rotatable AG on my mast.. probably worth a shot, if I can cajole the rotor into moving.
>  
> Bill
>  
> William L. Curtice
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> Skype: williamcurtice
>  
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