[MVMA] If 'all' the equipment at W-Xenia is to be replaced,

[Reuben Meeks]

Tim... well stated.

*Reuben Meeks*,
W8GUC

C. (937) 266-1245



On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:05 PM tim-yvonne at juno.com <tim-yvonne at juno.com>
wrote:

> some of our IT guru meshies are deep into the numbers; and I am very
> thankful for that because I have never understood it all that well; and
> can't help in that respect
>
> But (here it comes) we need to also work towards attracting new meshies...
> as well as fine-tune our existing installation.
>
> We've all witnessed first-time meshie-wannabees try the loaner kit... and
> the ones that get into the main grid & seeing what all Mesh can be...
> purchase equipment on their own and join the ranks.  The key to this
> success has been having high profile nodes running omni's that can attract
> the most people; largest target audience.  Once we get a big enough gaggle
> of local meshies ... then we can slow down  (or stop completely)  on
> installing  omnis at these mega locations (KAS, W 2nd St. top of DARA
> tower).
>
> I now understand that high profile locations are best suited as linking
> sites, and not for neighborhood flooding.
> But we're not there yet.
>
> The Xenia South 2.4 omni doesn't serve one ham.........................
> *yet*.  But any ham in that area who decides to take an interest in Mesh
> - will get access via that WS node and hopefully buy equipment of their
> own.  It really can't  be the other way around; to where you tell a ham
> that can't access our main grid "go ahead and buy equipment... we promise
> to get something up in your area soon".
>
> While we advance in the fine tuning of our grid ...  lets not forget what
> it takes to get new hams to sign up as well; and sometimes it will be the
> 360 degree bug zapper approach :-)
>
> I don't think we're anywhere close to the point to where the high profile
> nodes will be stripped of Omni's; we have such a little group at the
> moment... and need to add many more warm bodies !
>
>
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