Re: [AFMUG] Musco Towers

2022-01-05 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Whats the windloading on these towers? On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 9:35 AM, Nate Burke wrote: Would that be true even on these that bolt onto a concrete base?  I would think that a 80' pole would be 80' if it's bolting on a base. Install of $3-4k, what was the actual pole cost? On 1/5/2022

Re: [AFMUG] Are any of you using these?

2021-12-29 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
If miners are in short supply, not able order how is the coverage areas getting populated with new miners so rapidly? I see those hexes growing fast, or is it another way they're increasing  heliums coverage area? On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 11:02 AM, Tim Withrow wrote: If miners are in

Re: [AFMUG] Are any of you using these?

2021-12-29 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
If miners are in short supply,not able order how is the coverahe areas getting pooulated with new miners so rapidly. I see those hexes growing fast, or is it another way they're increasing  heliums coverage area? On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 10:57 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: -- AF mailing list

Re: [AFMUG] OT Inspriation 4 launch

2021-09-15 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I cant begin to fathom what's my bucket list would look like if I had that kind of money.  On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:26 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Experience with Unitas as a Bandwidth Provider

2021-09-10 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I knew  Unitas was a awesome Quarterback and  football player, never knew  or heard of a  Internet concern.  If this is a misspelling, i have heard good things about Unite Private networks and Uniti Fiber, if its one of these entities you meant. On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:04 AM, Paul McCall

Re: [AFMUG] OT: House Vibrations

2021-09-09 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I guess if it is a thing, place, or state I have or will only  have missed 2 departures, if it comes while im still here. I'm not on or in the waiting line.  Has any of those Heavens Gate folks sent any pics of their journey? On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 4:12 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Well, I

Re: [AFMUG] OT: House Vibrations

2021-09-09 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Doesnt look like anyone in this list was re placed 藍 On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 1:09 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] G.fast or G.hn for MDUs with older wiring

2021-05-19 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Sharing cables is a headache. Constant truck rolls fixing  what others (ie, telco or cableco)has modified after your install.  competitive pressures keep the budget tight on capex costs related to what's practical to get it going but in the long run those truck rolls start eating into the

Re: [AFMUG] Need a mediatrix c711 overnight

2021-02-10 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
voipsupply.com On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Paul McCall wrote: Anybody know where I can get one of these overnighted (today) ?   Mediatrix c711   Paul McCall, President Florida Broadband / PDMNet 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800   -- AF mailing

Re: [AFMUG] Ot: gamestop

2021-01-28 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
can this be correlated to bank runs of times  past and  the ways it was accomplished? seems similar in operation. On Thursday, January 28, 2021 Robert Andrews wrote: About right & add a couple of numbers.  Stock was at $20, hedge funds were trying to drive it to $10 by throwing shade.  Shorts

[AFMUG] Historical network.

2021-01-12 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I am not sure if the provider's web page is correct but this certainly looks like a very Historical Network with quite a decent coverage area in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington.

Re: [AFMUG] OT - Local / Community FM Radio Station?

2020-10-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
lots of info in these two LPFM groups https://www.prometheusradio.org http://commonfrequency.org/ On Monday, October 26, 2020 cgray wrote: Does anyone here have experience setting up a small / local / community FM radio station?   I’m looking to understand the cost and equipment

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for Wi-fi provider 18 Miles NW of Orlando

2020-10-23 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Bayshore is nearby not sire about your specific location(s) https://www.bayshore.net/service/wireless-networking/ On Thursday, October 22, 2020 Chris Herrington wrote: #yiv2740220488 #yiv2740220488 -- _filtered {} _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv2740220488 #yiv2740220488 p.yiv2740220488MsoNormal,

[AFMUG] 60 Ghz Distributor(s) Kwikbit

2020-10-03 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Does anybody have any information related to who the distributor is for these products in the US? https://www.kwikbit.com/ edit: need more coffee, messed up post earlier -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

[AFMUG] 60 Ghz distributor(s) Kwikbit

2020-10-03 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Does anybody have any information related to who the distributor is for these products in the US? https://www.kwikbit.com/ On Friday, October 2, 2020 Ken Hohhof wrote: #yiv3719087553 #yiv3719087553 -- _filtered {} _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv3719087553 #yiv3719087553 p.yiv3719087553MsoNormal,

Re: [AFMUG] More Starlink up there!

2020-09-03 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Once he get 20,000  birds up there maybe they'll do something like a cellular handoff  still there's going to be more jitter and packet loss, it seems. one hell of a mathematician I also  imagine it will take , to get it all synchronized. On Thursday, September 3, 2020 Bill Prince wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] What is “reselling”?

2020-08-17 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Seems like  I remember a more recent case involving the FCC and a large fine/sanction  wherea fellow had set up shop under one of the big boys. my Googlefu couldn't find it, however I did find this old one.

Re: [AFMUG] starlink speed test results!

2020-08-13 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
that last ping test is ahhhinteresting.  I guess real-world is somewhere more like 80-10ms On Thursday, August 13, 2020 Robert wrote: You can listen to all the BS and disclaimers through the first 5 minutes or just jump to 5 minutes in to find the results.  Well, for an unloaded net, this

Re: [AFMUG] Custom fiber cables made quickly?

2020-05-14 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Fibertronics 2900 Dusa Drive, Melbourne Florida, 32934 321-473-8933 fibertronics.com/ On Thursday, May 14, 2020 Paul McCall wrote: Looking for a reliable source for getting custom fiber cables made quickly.  (and cost effectively).   We often do short runs (200 to 500 ft.) of fiber

Re: [AFMUG] New unlicensed spectrum

2020-04-23 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 3:47 PM Sean Heskett wrote: WISPA said they are waiting for them to release the order.  they are hoping it's 36db...there's a chance it's only 30db.   On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 3:42 PM Tim Withrow via AF wrote: I learned that the FCC approved 1200Mhz of unlicensed spectrum in

[AFMUG] New unlicensed spectrum

2020-04-23 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I learned that the FCC approved 1200Mhz of unlicensed spectrum in 6 Gigahertz today. any idea what Eirp they approved for fixed wireless? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Siklu

2019-07-15 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I've reached out to Siklu in the past and they answer tech questions on their products pretty fast. Be sure to specify whether you're inquiring  specifics about the Etherhaul or the Multihaul line. https://www.siklu.com/support/contact-support/ On Monday, July 15, 2019 Ben Royer wrote: Quick

Re: [AFMUG] ODTR

2019-06-27 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
rental is best  I would think if you're not going to put it the full use. Here's a couple links that can help you out. https://www.fiberinstrumentsales.com/otdr-rentals I would say go with the best to rent. https://www.flukenetworks.com/content/authorized-rental-partners On Thursday, June

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber24 repair

2019-06-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
1.0in;}#yiv9961407164 div.yiv9961407164WordSection1 {}#yiv9961407164 Followed the link and it says “Sold Out”…..   From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Tim Withrow via AF Sent: Monday, June 24, 2019 6:21 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Tim Withrow Subject: Re: [AFMUG

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber24 repair

2019-06-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Thanks for the tip On Monday, June 24, 2019 Nate Burke wrote: There's an official repair channel through UBNT I Believe.   In 2017 I sent in 2 broken AF24 radios, and they let me buy refurbed radios for $400 each.    Everything was coordinated through Support and then ordered via the UBNT

Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX Says Its 60 Starlink Satellites Are All Phoning Home (and Fading Out) | Space

2019-06-18 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
ions that legacy >>>>>    platforms have. Up to the bird, maybe across one or two birds, >>>>>    and back down to the fiber-fed earth stations. I've seen the >>>>>    numbers, but I forgot the numbers. It's real bandwidth at each >>>>>    one. >>>>> >>>>> >&g

Re: [AFMUG] the start of the 6G hype?

2019-06-17 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
The hype and timelines for the evolution of 5,6,7 and 8G seems scrambled and undefined now.  Maybe Korea will lead the way with a even better network evolution to jump over the hype and just implement what works. On Monday, June 17, 2019 Mark Radabaugh wrote: Just really makes me scratch my

Re: [AFMUG] Where is the outrage over package delivery neutrality?!?

2019-06-08 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Free market economy. All the shippers are discovering Amazon is going to beat them at their own game. I think it's too late in the game now for the shippers to pull away and still have a positive outcome on their balance sheet. On Saturday, June 8, 2019 fiberrun wrote: I don't get it; what am

Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX Says Its 60 Starlink Satellites Are All Phoning Home (and Fading Out) | Space

2019-06-01 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
What kind of bandwidth  capacity could each satellite have  at any given point? What is the usable bandwidth of their system?  Who makes a radio that big to carry/transmit such  capacity or is it an aggregate of small radio's? On Saturday, June 1, 2019 Bill Prince wrote: Naturally, we're

Re: [AFMUG] wispa.org

2019-05-29 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
looks like it's time to find a better provider On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Matt Hoppes wrote: So... how much of my data was compromised? On 5/29/19 12:38 PM, Jason Wilson wrote: > Trina posted an hour ago > > Late last week, an unauthorized third-party caused a network outage at >

Re: [AFMUG] odd

2019-05-22 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Maybe a function of another list site that aggragates mailing list. On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Chuck McCown wrote: This email address:afmug-list-...@mailnesia.com Has subscribed to the list about 4 times over the past few months.  I don’t notice them unsubscribing.-- AF mailing list

Re: [AFMUG] FCC Forfeiture for TDWR interference in PR

2019-05-20 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Oh man they were trying to help the hospitality industry by filling the map with tropical weather coloration. On Monday, May 20, 2019 Gino A. Villarini wrote: #yiv0195294570 #yiv0195294570 -- _filtered #yiv0195294570 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv0195294570

Re: [AFMUG] OT Happy

2019-04-21 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Feliz Domingo On Sunday, April 21, 2019 Chuck McCown wrote: Choose all that apply:EasterPassoverWorshiping boiled chicken embryos and chocolate fertility symbols day.  Baked ham feast day.  (Did Jesus like ham?  We presume Noah did...) Just another day at work (for all the small business

Re: [AFMUG] Using the 5G in naming DBA etc

2019-03-07 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
sounds like a wonderful idea and run IPv8 with it.  It is bigly as Mr. Trump would say . On Thursday, March 7, 2019 Mark Radabaugh wrote: Why 5G?   The president wants 6G, you should do that.   Or maybe 9G, that sounds better. Mark On Mar 6, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: So has

Re: [AFMUG] Back from the dead.....

2019-03-05 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Who are the principals now?  Are they prior employees? If I remember right  John was over sales. Also If I recollect  some employees went to work for CTI, and there was a squirmish over that with  prior mgmt. The StrataPro line that was released right before they closed up shop I don't see

Re: [AFMUG] Harris radios

2019-02-28 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Just double checked with an insider at Harris and was told the radio division, not including radio station broadcast equipment, lives on through Aviat, since 2009. On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 chuck wrote: Is Harris still making microwave radios?-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Harris radios

2019-02-28 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I am in town with Harris, they spun off/ divested quite a bit of those divisions to Aviat, Speedcast, Stratex, Caprock. They still build radios for mostly government systems  under their Govermnment Systems Division & rebuilds of  old systems.  You can contact Star microwave and see what

Re: [AFMUG] STL license frequencies

2019-02-13 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Barix does coordination, application etc. They also have ip equipment  for forward and store or lost link(s) between studio and tower. https://www.barix.com/ https://www.barix.com/downloads/downloads-software/studio-transmitter-link-stl-application/ On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Tim Hardy

Re: [AFMUG] Lube for Backhaul O-rings?

2019-02-12 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
It's one of the things I usually forget but always have a vehicle near, so I just pulled the dipstick out and get some oil off it. On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Steve Jones wrote: Vaseline is what i use on my pool  On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 3:36 PM Bill Prince wrote: Yeah. That was probably my

Re: [AFMUG] Easements

2019-02-10 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Front easements are a little harder as you need everybody to agree along the path to make it doable. There is always one or two that hold out for the best value, translation, the most money that they can get. For a no-fee easement, you're going to have to really add value to them for

Re: [AFMUG] AT pricing makes no sense to me

2019-02-06 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
AT will become known as the overbuilder. On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Nate Burke wrote: When Metronet first announced they were coming to North Aurora, the AT Army rolled in and deployed FTTH in like a summer.  The Massive Reel Trucks sweeping across subdivisions. 

Re: [AFMUG] Redline?

2019-01-28 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I would even take real world results with a grain of salt right now. I just have not been able to trust data from beta testers for any of the equipment manufacturers who are doing pre-sales and test equipment. On Monday, January 28, 2019 Ben Royer wrote: Anyone using this yet? Real world not

Re: [AFMUG] the list

2019-01-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
PM, Tim Withrow via AF wrote: Well. Unlike the members,will just call the list wackynunu, that's just bizarre and picky. Maybe it has an AI that someone is feeding  the markov bots and it's just come up with a disposition of its own to weed or eradicate what it decides.  :) On Saturday

Re: [AFMUG] the list

2019-01-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Well. Unlike the members,will just call the list wackynunu, that's just bizarre and picky. Maybe it has an AI that someone is feeding  the markov bots and it's just come up with a disposition of its own to weed or eradicate what it decides.  :) On Saturday, January 26, 2019 Adair Winter

Re: [AFMUG] the list

2019-01-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
The group looks  like a diverse group of facebooking. I wish I had that type of time to socialize. On Saturday, January 26, 2019 Mathew Howard wrote: Maybe it should be more complicated... a sort of a test you need to pass to prove that you're good enough to be here!  On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at

Re: [AFMUG] yellow pages ads work for anybody?

2019-01-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
I thought people only use those to start the fireplace now On Thursday, January 24, 2019 Sean Heskett wrote: waste of money. spend the $100/mo on boosting a facebook post and you'll get WAY more new subs than you would get in a whole year or two of phone book ads. On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:29

Re: [AFMUG] Is there a term for accessing an IRU in the middle?

2019-01-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Most describe it as breaking  into it, or opening it midspan On Thursday, January 24, 2019 Chris Fabien wrote: "Access to strands at any existing splice point or slack storage" Expect to pay for their splicer to come do the splices for you.  On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 1:16 PM Erich Kaiser wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Propane Tank Remote Level Monitoring

2019-01-23 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Most of the propane company's offer remote monitoring. On Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Jesse DuPont wrote: What solutions exist to monitor propane tank levels remotely? I've got an off-grid site with three 100 gallon tanks. The propane guy setup the manifold such that the tanks should drain

Re: [AFMUG] 2019

2019-01-01 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Yes.  I like it.  It's about as popular to me as the multitudes of Post-it notes I have lingering around me. On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Chuck McCown wrote: I still prefer this email list to all of FB.   From: Colin Stanners Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 9:57 PMTo: AnimalFarm Microwave

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual fiber

2018-12-31 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
"virtual fiber works by using wireless signals to connect customers to the internet." "Though the technology FiberXstream uses is available to the mass market" Sounds like someone has great ambitions and has got overzealous with marketing rhetoric for a wireless network. On Tuesday, January

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon hotspot - for access to towersite?

2018-12-27 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
getting the 4$ static from Verizon? Was it a business account or a personal?   Thanks, Brandon     From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Tim Withrow via AF Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2018 6:05 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Tim Withrow Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon hotspot

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon hotspot - for access to towersite?

2018-12-26 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Verizon has static IP's for about 4 bucks month for the hotspots. On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 Seth Mattinen wrote: On 12/26/18 09:39, Trey Scarborough wrote: > I use a combination of VZ,T-mobile, and ATT service and use a Mikrotik > with LTE card have that LTE connection call back in to a

Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive

2018-12-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Well then at least let me extend a thank you to you for the effort to  keep the list going. On Monday, December 24, 2018 Chuck McCown wrote: Not needed. I moved it to a mailman server company. The cost is modest. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Tim Withrow via AF wrote

[AFMUG] Pledge drive

2018-12-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Who's in charge of the afmug list now to send support money to? I know it changed sometime back this spring but I can't find the actual post. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

[AFMUG] Pledge drive

2018-12-24 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Who's in charge of the afmug list now to send support money to? I know it changed sometime back this spring but I can't find the actual post. On Monday, December 24, 2018 Chuck McCown wrote: Missing a football being thrown at a meatball and pizza. Missing the Lone Ranger story. At least I

Re: [AFMUG] Cloudflare Portal

2018-10-22 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Looks like there continuing to do more great things and be the doll we all adore. On Monday, October 22, 2018 Mike Hammett wrote: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-peering-portal-beta/ Check it out. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange

Re: [AFMUG] neobits

2018-09-30 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
Someone is still posting ads on their tigerdirect Twitter feed for their items for sale. May be an automated bot. https://mobile.twitter.com/TigerDirect?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On Saturday, September 29, 2018 Ken Hohhof wrote: Tiger Direct is gone?  That

Re: [AFMUG] Wire pulling lube

2018-09-16 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
You should be able to source pulling lube from an electrical supplier. 20+ bucks a gallon gets expensive fast with the ideal lube,if a small job it may be all you need, but this seems not the case. On Sunday, September 16, 2018 Jason McKemie wrote: I have about 350' of 2" conduit that

Re: [AFMUG] Wire pulling lube

2018-09-16 Thread Tim Withrow via AF
You should be able to spice oukking lube from an electrical supplier. 20+ bucks a gallon gets expensive fast with the ideal lube,if a small job it may be all you need, but this seems not the case. On Sunday, September 16, 2018 Jason McKemie wrote: I have about 350' of 2" conduit that