Anyone in AMRAD ACTIVELY messing with HSMM, possibly using Ubiquiti?

[Martin]

There's been quite a bit of activity and coverage around most of Baltimore
and Frederick areas.  Check out  http://www.remoteamateur.com/  They claim
they will be getting to DC soon.

Most everyone has been moving  off 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz to avoid co-channel
interference.  Maybe not an issue for you.

The Montgomery County ARC have been tinkering with 3 GHz Ubiquiti gear.
 This is intended for sale in the EU but can operate on the 3 GHz amaterur
frequencies.  The purchase may require filling out some paperwork.

HSMM is now Broadband Hamnet.  They have started supporting Ubiquiti gear
but you might want to check out the Ubiquiti AirOS if you're just running a
point to point link.

If you don't want to mess with the DBS dish check out the 25 dB Ubiquiti
NanoBeam M5-400, $79 from Newegg.  Ubiquiti includes a POE injector.

Best,

Martin KB3UJQ



On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:45 PM, WB4JFI <wb4jfi1 at wb4jfi.com> wrote:

> Mel and I are still looking to work on HSMM stuff here in Charleston.  We
> each have about half a dozen WRT-54 APs set up with mesh firmware.  We want
> to connect to each other, and doubt the WRT-54's have enough power to do it.
>
> We've been tinking about getting a couple of the Ubiquiti Bullets to try
> out.  Has anyone messed with them?
>
> Our path is almost exactly one mile, mostly across the Ashley river.  Mel
> lives right on the river, but I'm about two rows of houses back from the
> river.  I may have the edge of one house in the way, but there are several
> trees.  We plan to use modified DBS dish antennas (probably) at each end.
> I'm in a stupid HOA community, but Mel is not, so re-using DBS dishes helps
> me out.
>
> From my long experience doing 2GHz broadcast RPU (with the old analog
> gear), I know this will be a marginal situation, and am hoping to find any
> edge that I can.  The Ubiquiti Bullet may help some, but I also see very
> mixed reviews on them.  They are only $80 each at Amazon, plus another $13
> or so for the POE power supply.
>
> 73, Terry, WB4JFI
>
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