Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Whitespaces devices should not need to rely on circles on a map as these never quite reflect the reality of coverage. Hills, buildings, noise levels etc. never show up. I know, we use that method for some of our marketing. It's a good estimate, but signal checks are still the only really

Re: [WISPA] Pipe mount

2008-10-26 Thread Wallace Walcher
www.ronard.com has Vent Pipe mounts. On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: What are you guys using to mount something like a RooTenna to a vent pipe on a roof? -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] Raining on the whitespaces parade

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
There is no channel one. ;-) To do a little more homework... At my house, according to AntennaWeb, I can get channels (now referring to digital only, since after February, that's all that will remain). 12, 13, 16, 19, 23, 27, 29, 31, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 50, 51, 52, and 59 and AntennaWeb

Re: [WISPA] easily importing long/lat into Google Earth

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
KMZ file? -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Rogelio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 6:25 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] easily importing

Re: [WISPA] How much spectrum will we get with whitespaces?

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
That's great work Brian! Very cool stuff. To me, that helps to illustrate why adjacent channels are going to be so important to so many markets. Laters, marlon - Original Message - From: Brian Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, October 25,

Re: [WISPA] Raining on the whitespaces parade

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
- Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Raining on the whitespaces parade There is no channel one. ;-) To do a little more homework... Oh good grief. It's just

Re: [WISPA] How much spectrum will we get with whitespaces?

2008-10-26 Thread Brian Webster
Keep in mind that many of the contours on this map will go away after February. Most broadcasters have two channels on air to support both analog and digital. They will be turning off their digital stations that go back to the FCC and the DTV stations remaining run at 80% less power than the

Re: [WISPA] How much spectrum will we get with whitespaces?

2008-10-26 Thread Brian Webster
Sorry made a mistake, they will be turning off their analog stations. Thank You, Brian Webster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 12:18 PM To: Marlon K. Schafer; WISPA General List Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
On the multiple TV channels on the same RF channel... I believe in that case, it's 1x HD or multiple SD. In the age of HD, you still only get 1 channel. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From:

Re: [WISPA] easily importing long/lat into Google Earth

2008-10-26 Thread David E. Smith
How do you import longitude and latitude data into google earth? (I'm googling on how to do it, but don't see an easy answer) If you're using Google Earth Pro ($20 a year), you can feed it a spreadsheet with up to 100 individual items. If you do this sort of thing a lot, or have more than 100

[WISPA] importing addresses into google maps.

2008-10-26 Thread sales
I have MySQL database the has our nogo's, pending surveys and pending installs listed in there. I would like to be able to show them in google maps. Is there an api that will import the addresses from a MySQl database and display those address on a webpage with google maps? Thanks, John Buwa

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
today, yeah. But give it a couple of years. marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing On the multiple TV channels

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing

2008-10-26 Thread Forrest W Christian
Marlon K. Schafer wrote: These data points would include geographic coordinates, antenna beam width, transmitter power, antenna height, antenna polarization and antenna azimuth, which in turn could be used to calculate D/U (desired/undesired) protection ratios, geographic separation or any

[WISPA] Whitespaces take two

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Here's version number 2: Odessa Office Equipment is one of the nations first WISP operators. We started our ISP in the spring of 1997 and installed our first wireless system in the winter of 1999/2000. We now cover parts of 4 counties in eastern Washington state. The bulk of our coverage is

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
- Original Message - From: Forrest W Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces filing Marlon K. Schafer wrote: These data points would include geographic coordinates, antenna beam

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
When I search 04-186, I don't get WISPA's current comment. Only one filed 4 years ago. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Rick Harnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:06 PM

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Rick Harnish
I searched for Wireless Internet Service Provider and found 8 records. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:24 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Plea for TV Whitespaces

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
I found 8 as well, but only one was for 04-186 and none were done in the last 17 months. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Rick Harnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:51

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
They don't get posted until they are reviewed. That can take a day or two. I assume that with the volume of what's been done lately it could take much longer. Unless they were filed under something else? Jack? marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [WISPA] importing addresses into google maps.

2008-10-26 Thread David E. Smith
I have MySQL database the has our nogo's, pending surveys and pending installs listed in there. I would like to be able to show them in google maps. Is there an api that will import the addresses from a MySQl database and display those address on a webpage with google maps? The Google Maps

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Rick Harnish
8 Record(s) Found For Proceeding:04-186 Proceeding: 04-186 Type Code: CO Date Received/Adopted: 10/22/08 Date Released/Denied: Document Type: COMMENT Total Pages: 7 File Number/Community: DA/FCC Number: Filed on Behalf of: Wireless Internet Service Providers Association

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Wow. Have I really been working on this for over 4 years now? Amazing. marlon - Original Message - From: Rick Harnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
The reason I'm asking isn't to question WISPA's efforts, but to make sure that how I told my customers to find my posting actually works. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****

2008-10-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Hrm, now I search with the same things, but I use Google Chrome instead (through admittedly quite a bit later) and now I get 61 returns. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Rick Harnish [EMAIL

[WISPA] Lawmakers urge delay in FCC vote on white spaces.

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Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white spaces spectrumavailable in your area.

2008-10-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
That's cool Brian. Is there a way to make the contours transparent? I'd like to be able to see through them. marlon - Original Message - From: Brian Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA List wireless@wispa.org Cc: Stephen Coran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:28 PM

Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white spaces spectrum available in your area.

2008-10-26 Thread Brian Webster
You can use the slider bar at the bottom of the places window. Single click on the channel/folder of interest in the places pane, then go down and move the slider bar left or right to change the transparency. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com http://www.wirelessmapping.com