[MVMA] MVMA 'Loaner Mesh Kit': New specification?

[William Curtice]

It really depends on the situation.  There are roughly 20 hams living in my
plat, and the adjacent plats across  Beaver Valley Road.  I would guess
that at least half of them could connect to my 2.4 omni, using a NS on a 20
ft mast.  I can think of two hams that are within 1000 ft of my place, who
could connect  with a NS in their car, sitting in their driveway.  I've
tested it.  I believe many Xenia locations can connect directly to 2nd St.
with a similar arrangement.

In addition to the tunnel arrangement you mention, a really good loaner kit
could include pairs of Nano Stations for 900, 2.4, 5.8, and even 3.4, ON
THE PRESUMPTION that the newbie will have a mesh buddy working with them,
in their neighborhood, to experiment and see what can work. Kit could also
include a few sections of fiberglass mast.  Guilding the Lilly?  Probably,
but in some cases, that is what it will take.

Bill

William Curtice
937-287-0871
Please reply to: william.curtice at ieee.org

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 11:10 AM Chuck Gelm <nc8q-mesh at gelm.net wrote:

> MVMA 'Loaner Mesh Kit'
>
>  Would it be viable for MVMA to maintain a 'Loaner Mesh Kit' that a
> prospective
> mesher without the means of placing a device at => 40' agl could borrow?
> (1)
>
> e.g. A 'MikroTik hAP ac lite Dual-concurrent Access Point
> (RB952Ui-5ac2nD-US)'
> configured as an Access Point, LAN, WAN, telephone(2), and tunnel client
> enabled and
> configured to a MVMA mesh node with enabled tunnel server.
>
> (1) Aside: I cannot fathom anyone attempting high speed microwave
> networking
> spanning more than 300 meters without the immediate means of placing an
> antenna => 40' agl. However, this may occur. Thus the 'tunnel'
> specification.
>
> (2) IP or 'soft' telephone.
>
> Chuck
>
>
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