Re: [AFMUG] Recent licensed link pricing?

2018-06-13 Thread Eric Kuhnke
If you've received pricing from both SIAE for the AlfoPlus2 and Dragonwave for that sort of setup, I would be interested to see (off-list) how they compare. On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 4:00 AM, Peter Kranz wrote: > Anyone priced out 18Ghz capable hardware recently? Need to do a new 3 link > build,

Re: [AFMUG] Long Narrow Batteries

2018-06-25 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Another major manufacturer of these is SBS (storage battery systems), for 19 and 23" width front terminal telecom type. http://www.sbsbattery.com/ On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Carl Peterson wrote: > WE use Northstar reds (100ah) > > https://www.northstarbattery.com/product/nsb-100ft-red

Re: [AFMUG] RF Armor for a CPE

2018-07-30 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I have seen a person (not me) zip tie a cooking pot to the rear of a nanobridge, in addition to the rfarmor kit, to cut down on noise from the back side. It worked. On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Jeremy wrote: > I have masked the front and painted the backs with galvanizing spray > paint,

Re: [AFMUG] What is wrong with this deal?

2018-07-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
al its a garuanteed refund wut is he accomplishing > > > > On 07/26/2018 04:35 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > all of the seller's listings are basically scams, you're not getting a 55" > 4K 60Hz TV for $89 shipped. > > https://www.ebay.com/sch/jianjun_mal/m.html?_nkw=&am

[AFMUG] FCC pwns a felon

2018-07-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-676A1.pdf -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] What is wrong with this deal?

2018-07-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
all of the seller's listings are basically scams, you're not getting a 55" 4K 60Hz TV for $89 shipped. https://www.ebay.com/sch/jianjun_mal/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:25 PM, wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pulsar-1W-Portable-Dual- >

[AFMUG] FCC and 24 + 28 GHz

2018-08-06 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-109A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-109A2.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-109A3.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-109A4.pdf eleased: 2018-08-03. AUCTIONS OF UPPER MICROWAVE FLEXIBLE USE

Re: [AFMUG] Satellite internet stats

2018-08-03 Thread Eric Kuhnke
1) Up to 1 Gbps or more, if you have the budget for a large o3b earth station. 2) o3b is around 150ms, absolute lowest you'll see for geostationary 1:1 SCPC is about 492ms 3) Totally depends on how it's engineered for fade margin. 4) Depends on money, again. Your questions are sort of like

Re: [AFMUG] NOC Full Rack pricing

2018-08-13 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Since power was not specified he's looking at anywhere from $500/mo for one cabinet up to $4000/mo. Entirely dependent on where, power, connectivity. Also know your cross connect NRCs and MRCs and contract terms before getting into a colo. On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 6:31 PM Mike Hammett wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] NOC Full Rack pricing

2018-08-13 Thread Eric Kuhnke
That's *really* going to depend on where, if it's a major IX point, or just some datacenter/colo in a 2nd tier or 3rd tier city. You want pricing for a 45RU rack with dual A and B 208V 30A power in One Wilshire or the Westin Building? Or something in Madison, WI? Big difference. On Mon, Aug 13,

Re: [AFMUG] OT Nice tool boxes

2018-08-21 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Best toolbox prices I have ever seen were from estate sales. Sometimes possible to get something that would be a $3000 snapon new for $250. On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 9:04 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > I need a larger tool box for my shop. I have several nice Kennedy boxes > but they are not suitable

Re: [AFMUG] 11 or 18

2018-07-18 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Both are 80 MHz, but the AF11 only uses 56 MHz wide... If you look at the channel mask from a spectrum analyzer of an expensive carrier type 11 GHz radio (Dragonwave, Ceragon) it uses nearly all of the 80. 18 GHz, 112MHz x dual pol products exist for the ETSI and international market. On Wed,

Re: [AFMUG] AF-11FX vs B11

2018-07-17 Thread Eric Kuhnke
ubnt does not publish the specific FEC coding types and percentages for the AF11's modulations. What it's doing under the hood is kind of opaque... On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > This brings up what I've been wondering when looking at the AF11 data > sheets: > > A

Re: [AFMUG] DMARC

2018-09-10 Thread Eric Kuhnke
It's not hard to set up if you have a smtp daemon/MX that has a lot of good reference material out there about it (postfix, qmail, sendmail, etc). Be sure that all of your SPF and DKIM is set up perfectly and that you're actually DKIM-signing your outgoing traffic first. On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at

[AFMUG] Tinfoil hats part two

2018-09-10 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/10/bay-area-city-blocks-5g-deployments-over-cancer-concerns/ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber

2018-08-29 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Not mentioned, but the other HUGE advantage of AE is that you're able to use a huge variety of equipment. The amount of stuff out there that you can do AE with vs GPON is like a 90:1 ratio. I have an AE setup using a datacenter-grade Arista 7148 capable of 1/10GbE to the customer and it was a very

[AFMUG] Mikrotik LHG60 PTP RF polarity

2018-07-11 Thread Eric Kuhnke
It's dual linear H polarity from the feed to the dish, right? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

[AFMUG] How ACH works

2018-06-28 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://engineering.gusto.com/how-ach-works-a-developer-perspective-part-1/ Might be of interest for those of you whose billing systems are set up for ACH direct debits via checking account numbers. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Custom AF11 Coax

2018-11-07 Thread Eric Kuhnke
They're a special series of N connectors rated for up to 13 GHz. Could probably buy new prefab cables from Pasternack. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 2:18 PM Nate Burke wrote: > I think I remember when the Airfibers first came out, there was some > discussion over the use of N Connectors for 11ghz.

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber 5U Conducted TX power.

2018-11-05 Thread Eric Kuhnke
There are legitimate uses for thinking outside the box. I've configured ubnt radios that are running PTP links in Afghanistan... Which I assure you is not accurately represented in the ubnt firmware. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 10:02 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > I kinda doubt that's international

[AFMUG] Lazy research: Who owns REMEC/Mosely?

2018-10-09 Thread Eric Kuhnke
If I'm too lazy, and not sufficiently motivated to go pull California corporate registration records... What does the ownership structure of REMEC/Mosely/Bridgewave look like? For other people who might be purchasing Bridgewave Navigator in the future, they might be curious, to avoid a situation

Re: [AFMUG] Bridgewave Navigator

2018-10-09 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I would be very surprised if a $4k price included antennas, unless it's a price with really cheap 23 GHz, 1' dish size antennas for a super short distance 23 GHz, 80 MHz channel, single polarity licensed link. On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 4:44 PM Robert wrote: > And is that plus antennas for the ST

[AFMUG] Court of appeals: IP address is not enough to sue someone for copyright infringement

2018-09-02 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://www.techspot.com/news/76190-us-court-appeals-ip-address-isnt-enough-identify.html -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] OT - HAARP

2018-11-16 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Anyone who listened to the Art Bell show in the late 1990s knows way too much about this, whether they want to or not. On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:59 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Did not know about this. Quite a phased antenna array. Unfortunate their > FAQ has to answer questions like can HAARP

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber 5XHD Cacti Templates

2019-01-18 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 3:03 AM Eric Kuhnke wrote: > >> From my AF5 and AF5/AF5HD snmpwalk notes. >> >> You should be able to build a cacti data acq

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber 5XHD Cacti Templates

2019-01-18 Thread Eric Kuhnke
>From my AF5 and AF5/AF5HD snmpwalk notes. You should be able to build a cacti data acquisition and chart template from this. ubnt af5 snmp mib notes, the most important items to poll based on snmpwalk of firmware v3.2.3 radio radio board uptime in seconds myworkstationhostname:~ erickuhnke$

Re: [AFMUG] Can Anyone service this address?

2018-12-14 Thread Eric Kuhnke
If money is not a problem I can get you 300 Mbps over two way satellite to pretty much any location on the planet which is not above 80 degrees north or south latitude. On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:15 PM wrote: > A microsoft exec had a vacation home in the middle of Capitol Reef > National

Re: [AFMUG] Can Anyone service this address?

2018-12-14 Thread Eric Kuhnke
My usual answer to that is, "sure, for $985,000". On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:25 AM Timothy Steele wrote: > yes he is so desperate for service he is looking to hire someone to build > a WISP for him just so he can get internet > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:48 AM Zach Underwood > wrote: > >>

[AFMUG] Spot the AF24

2018-11-23 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCmzvzCmhI=youtu.be -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual fiber

2019-01-04 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Telus has been calling its VDSL2 based last mile service, from curb boxes with small Huawei DSLAMs, and in the basements of MDUs, "*Optik*" for a long time. With marketing bullshit materials that have billboards, bus stop ads, ads on buses and such showing fiber optic cables. And that's a huge

Re: [AFMUG] water ballast

2018-09-12 Thread Eric Kuhnke
That is not totally nuts in pricing compared to the 36" x 36" footprint Rohn and other mounts. Not as cheap as a light duty mount like you'd buy for a residential flat roof, from 3starinc (in the $50 range?), but totally comparable to other things that are 9 sq ft. On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:54

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Winter access vehicle

2018-09-12 Thread Eric Kuhnke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 6:48 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > Hit those tower access roads in style this winter with your Cadillac > limousine snowcat! > Only $6,000 on Vancouver Craigslist. > > >

Re: [AFMUG] water ballast

2018-09-12 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Looking at this in more detail I'm really skeptical about how well the bins are sealed, in a climate that could be anywhere from -12C to +42C, all that water will evaporate out in a few years. Then random service calls from people whose mounts and CPE radio have blown off a roof or slid 40 feet

Re: [AFMUG] water ballast

2018-09-12 Thread Eric Kuhnke
ld be a natural... > > On 9/12/18 12:23 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > > Looking at this in more detail I'm really skeptical about how well the > > bins are sealed, in a climate that could be anywhere from -12C to +42C, > > all that water will evaporate out in a few years. > > &g

Re: [AFMUG] Parenting in the Digital world

2018-09-13 Thread Eric Kuhnke
IMHO it's not the place of an ISP to get into this *at all*. You're a service provider. If they want to google "parent controls for internet" and then buy some commercial DNS-filtering service, or Windows 10 app or something, that's entirely between the customer and whatever third party they get

Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: FCC ID SWX-60GL Application Processed : Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. for New Equipment

2019-03-29 Thread Eric Kuhnke
The gigabeam name is rather funny for anyone that saw a first-generation 71-86GHz gigabeam product. It was the original competitor of the Bridgewave GE80 but didn't do so well in the market, due to being more difficult to install and with a weird user interface for configuration. The original

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gig at 5.25 miles?

2019-02-23 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Worth noting that to the best of my knowledge, Elva-1 is the only one selling a 90cm 71-86 GHz band dish. For two reasons. Incredibly hard to aim, and the narrow beam width can actually be a bad thing compared to 60cm. With a 90cm dish on a tall steel tower in direct sunlight (steel

Re: [AFMUG] Higher power 18Ghz radios..

2019-03-01 Thread Eric Kuhnke
You'd have to be nuts to buy Dragonwave now. They went through like a... 9 month period of shipping nothing? With no spares support for most of their customers, no repair services, basically shut down dead. And now they have new financial backing and are like "new phone, who dis?". As a person

Re: [AFMUG] Bridgewave is being annoying

2019-02-19 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Dragonwave spent a lot of money developing new products, and on marketing, expecting that they would get a major win with one of the big 4 american cellular carriers. Apparently that customer went elsewhere and bought a huge amount of competitors' carrier class radios instead (NEC, Ericsson,

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

2019-06-18 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Most serious HFT moved to shortwave type links a while back, the microwave path between the CME and New Jersey is obsolete... Think big ass yagi-uda antennas, dipoles, much lower frequencies, very low data rates. On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 4:02 PM Bill Prince wrote: > This is the best

Re: [AFMUG] callsigns for each licensed PTP link

2019-10-31 Thread Eric Kuhnke
yes, but it's unnecessarily wasteful and more paperwork to have more than one callsign for the same latitude/longitude tower or rooftop site coordinates. On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:37 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 10/29/19 1:21 PM, Daniel White wrote: > > I've never seen a coordinator offer a

Re: [AFMUG] Aviat

2019-11-19 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I have a 42RU size Harris/Stratex 11 GHz PTP radio that consumes 900W of power if anyone wants it. :-) On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 8:51 PM Daniel White wrote: > I love SAF and probably always will. Lots of great memories working > there. Steve I think I was even part of helping convince you on

Re: [AFMUG] OT I was blind but now I see

2019-11-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
so good, and then to wait for them to go on sale. > > > > Tough this time of year, you have the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales > (which may or may not be good deals), and then empty shelves until February. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *

Re: [AFMUG] OT I was blind but now I see

2019-11-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I am using a LG 43UD79, 43 inch monitor (not TV) with displayport input these days. Great screen. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325220-REG/lg_43ud79_b_uhd_monitor_43_4k.html One of the interesting things about high DPI scaling operating system issues, is that if your vision is

Re: [AFMUG] OT I was blind but now I see

2019-11-26 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Have used several, have to disagree. I still wish monitors were 16:10 aspect ratio, not 16:9. I use my 43" for some 3840x2160 video editing so anything that doesn't have 2160 pixels vertical resolution is not usable. Definitely something to look at for a dedicated purpose gaming system. Also