[MVMA] 2018-09-10 and future plans

[Chuck Gelm]

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On 09/11/2018 12:35 PM, Maurice Riggins via MVMA wrote:
> We’ve paid for replacement Bullet/Filter/Omni for
> KAS and Vandalia. Let’s ask Tim to professionally
> assemble, cable, and test them. Then get them up!
>
> We’ve paid for five AGM5 XW (airGrid) models for
> the purpose of linking. If we’re going to link
> sites with non-2.4 GHz we need to use these first
> …unless someone wants to pay the MVMA for them.
>
> They may be SISO, but except for a few MIMO
> Nanostations, we ARE a "boat anchor" SISO mesh.
> We proudly provide SISO annually at Hamvention.
> Other Ohio groups have followed our SISO lead.
>
> It’s not the best or newest, but it works. Our
> problems are NOT that it’s SISO. We _must_
> demonstrate financial responsibility for the
> grant money we've now [mostly] spent by not
> abandoning investments we’ve lost interest in
> to spend what’s left on the "new and shiny."
>
> *I do agree we need to purge our presentations **and *
> *web presence of anything that might encourage **new *
> *meshers to buy Bullets, airGrids, or airRouters.*
> *This is doing them a disservice. *
>
>
>
Hi, Moe et alia:

  (non-2.4 GHz non-SISO) MIMO is more than "new and shiny."
It is

  * multiple channels, opportunity for a 'clear channel'
  * double the bandwidth, 20 .vs. 10 MHz
  * double the streams.

i.e. Opportunity for a 400% increase in throughput.

;-)

Chuck

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