I am still curious on why anyone thinks they deserve free stuff because they belong to a club. I belong to the club of "I don't want to pay for anything". I know, they supposedly have a public emergency benefit. I haven't ever seen them be anything more than a murderer in those situations but maybe we just have a bunch of HAM dorks around here.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016, 7:27 AM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > I see a bunch of different states listed, so it may be used as the hub, > but I'm not familiar with the software. > > https://www.yaesu.com/jp/en/wires-x/index.php > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Jerry Head" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Friday, February 19, 2016 7:20:56 AM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet > > Hmm he sent a few pictures, does this look like a conference server? > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lm7yqdblb6mri0l/Screenshot%202016-02-19%2007.16.28.png?dl=0 > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2u283gy05fgt9i/Screenshot%202016-02-19%2007.18.23.png?dl=0 > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/51jov0xxmybov37/Screenshot%202016-02-19%2007.19.32.png?dl=0 > > I have not applied the Google to research that device in the third > picture...yet. > > > On 2/19/2016 12:59 AM, Brian Webster wrote: > > Unless they are trying to host a voice repeater conference server they > do not need anywhere near that kind of bandwidth. A conference server would > host multiple connects all at the same time, if they needed 500k per > connection that would add up. I would not let them host a conference server > on your wireless network, that stuff is better placed in big data centers. > > > > I am an amateur radio operator and have data and voice networks I > maintain for the clubs locally. Honestly 1 to 3 meg is more than enough for > what they will need. Anything more than that and they will likely be doing > things that they should be paying for on your network. They may be trying > to do some live video stuff but you don't need to shoulder that burden, > they can do live TV broadcasts on spectrum they have available, not as easy > to do as IP cams and Ethernet but they can do it. > > > > If you have the tower space you might consider offering them places to > put their own links if all they need is bandwidth between sites. There are > amateur radio spectrum allocations in the 3.3 GHz band as well as 5.9 GHz, > and I am pretty sure they can load international firmware and run their own > links on MicroTik or Ubiquiti radios. This would keep the traffic off your > network and possibly discourage them from putting up links legally licensed > in the bands you are using for your business. Technically they have > licensed rights and could knock you off the air. Best not to start that > war, they can operate in the 900, 2.4 and 5 GHz bands legally at much > higher power. If you can get them off on to the spectrum that does not > overlap the unlicensed bands everyone wins. They also have their own IPv4 > space available (ampr.org). > > > > Feel free to hit me up off list and/or have them contact me if you need > to. I will happily try to explain how they can create win-win for everyone. > > > > Here is a link to a frequency chart that shows amateur radio licensed > allocations. Remember they are considered licensed incumbents and you > cannot interfere with their operations. > > > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Hambands_color.pdf > > > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Head > > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:05 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [AFMUG] HAMSs and Internet > > > > I think a few of the list members out there are HAMs so I need some > advice please. > > I support our local HAM group and have allowed them to place repeaters > on two of my towers at no charge to their group. Now one of their members > has asked for Internet service at one of the sites for HAM use. I have > heard something about HAMs using the Internet to "talk" so I guess this is > not unusual. > > For me the kicker is that he is asking for 20x20Mbps service...I > certainly have the capacity but that just seems excessive. > > Opinions anyone? > > > >
