Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
Yes, wi-fi kills trees for sure... When they're in the fresnel zone, we cut them down! -- Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com On 12/3/2010 8:36 AM, St. Louis Broadband wrote: Wi-Fi is killing

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread Cameron Crum
My first job out of college was working as an RF engineer for Sprint Cellular. One of the joyful tasks I had to do as a very junior engineer was audit FCC and FAA filings for about 500 cell sites along the eastern seaboard. The regulations then, and I believe still, are that nothing is supposed to

[WISPA] UBNT Station List

2010-12-03 Thread Steve Barnes
Has UBNT resolved the 32 max number of stations that you can see in the station list yet? I see in 5.3 beta 4 there is the ability to sort the list added. But it doesn't say how many at a time. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread RickG
I thought it was global warming. All kidding aside, it goes back to this: Even if true, what do they want to do about it? On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM, St. Louis Broadband li...@stlbroadband.comwrote: Wi-Fi is killing trees, study finds Enjoying reading the latest technology news and reviews

[WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Hi All, I have a customer that decided to reload windows. They now have no family pictures left. ug I've told them to leave the computer off till I can figure out how to get the files back. My plan is to get a USB hard drive adapter and use that to pull off any pics I can find. Anyone

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread RickG
I'm not surprised but what I find interesting is this: How does a few feet make a difference to a helicopter or airplane? Why would you be that close to a tower either way? On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Cameron Crum cc...@wispmon.com wrote: My first job out of college was working as an RF

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Jeremie Chism
Active@ Sent from my iPhone4 On Dec 3, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: Hi All, I have a customer that decided to reload windows. They now have no family pictures left. ug I've told them to leave the computer off till I can figure out how to get the

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread Aaron D. Osgood
Because the obstruction MAY block the light from the pilot's view from certain angles. As for why are they close anyway? They may not know the tower is there - EXAMPLE: EMS Helo's often fly into strange areas at the request of local public safety. Another reason is that weather related visibility

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread RickG
Marlon, It depends on what you mean by reload windows. You might need a file recovery program such as Data Recovery Wizard, etc. Or it may be as simple as rolling it back to an earlier restore date. For transferring files, I use an invaluable tool: http://thetornado.com - so easy a chimp can do

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread RickG
Good answer. I dont fly which is why I asked. Thanks! On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Aaron D. Osgood aosg...@streamline-solutions.net wrote: Because the obstruction MAY block the light from the pilot’s view from certain angles. As for why are they close anyway? They may not know the tower

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Jason Hensley
www.easeus.com - data recovery wizard - can't beat it for the price. Will recover even after multiple reformats. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:55 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
He reinstalled windows. All traces of the old files are gone. I need a program that can grab the files directly from the disk. I know they exist, I just don't know which one's are a good bang for the buck. thanks, marlon - Original Message - From: RickG To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
I use GetDataBack and GetDataBackNTFS. Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Hi All, I have a customer that decided to reload windows. They now have no family pictures left. ug I've told them to leave the computer off till I can figure out how to get the files

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Thanks! That looks like just what I'm after. marlon - Original Message - From: Jason Hensley To: 'WISPA General List' Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software www.easeus.com - data recovery wizard - can't beat it for the

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Hmmm, a bootable cd sounds like an easier way to do this! marlon - Original Message - From: Jeremie Chism jchi...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software Active@ Sent from my iPhone4

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
Did the Windows installer (the app) ask to format the drive? Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: He reinstalled windows. All traces of the old files are gone. I need a program that can grab the files directly from the disk. I know they exist, I just don't know

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread ~NGL~
I just used Active@ Partition Recovery on a system where the partition was deleted. Worked like a champ. They have a free demo to try first it shows the lost files, but you can't restore them until you purchase it. NGL From: Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:33 AM To:

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread Brian Webster
Helicopters fly at night and in the worst visibility conditions. They fly slow and hover. If there is a particular vector or direction that an antenna blocks the visibility of the beacon light it can cause these types of accidents. A helicopter would linger in a blind spot of the obstructed tower

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I don't know. I wasn't there and no one asked me about it first - Original Message - From: Greg Ihnen To: WISPA General List Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software Did the Windows installer (the app) ask to format the

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
I've used Bart PE. It's easy to make and works well. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Hmmm, a bootable cd sounds like an easier way to do this! marlon - Original Message - From: Jeremie Chism jchi...@gmail.com To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
If the Windows installer formatted the drive it's gone, all gone. What version of Windows (XP, Vista, 7)? Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: I don't know. I wasn't there and no one asked me about it first - Original Message - From: Greg Ihnen To:

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Then they repartitioned and/or formatted. Major difference. On Dec 3, 2010 12:30 PM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: He reinstalled windows. All traces of the old files are gone. I need a program that can grab the files directly from the disk. I know they exist, I just don't

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
My guess is the installer app wanted to format and the operator clicked OK. Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Then they repartitioned and/or formatted. Major difference. On Dec 3, 2010 12:30 PM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.com wrote: He reinstalled windows. All

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 12/3/2010 01:07 PM, GregI wrote: My guess is the installer app wanted to format and the operator clicked OK. Greg Probably worse than that. Microsoft no longer ships Windows installation disks with consumer computers. Instead,they provide a disk or hidden partition that only does one

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
What about the trees in the forests around 100KW UHF TV towers? Wouldn't somebody have noticed, by now, that all the trees in a 10 mile radius had died a few years into the '70s when the put them up? Jonathan Schmidt W8BZB _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Josh Luthman
UHF doesn't provide any radiation, you don't see the antennas on a daily basis (unless you're looking). Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Schmidt jeschm...@jeschmidt.com wrote: What about the

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Tom Sharples
It's actually caused by a combination of dikes (the kind that hold out the water), aged Gouda cheese and wooden shoes. Tom S. WA6HAS - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:49 AM

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Robert West
I use Active@ File Recovery for such things. I can tell it to only find JPG or whatever so I don't have to sort through crap more than I need to. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Friday,

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Robert West
In Vista and 7 it will sometimes stick user files in a folder called Windows.old while reinstalling over itself. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject:

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Larry A Weidig
This is not true, you can recover files from a formatted drive. We do it all the time. The problem is the more and more it is used the less you can recover. Also, obviously the part of the disk where it wrote the OS during installation will be gone, but fortunately that a lot of times is where

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Blair Davis
There is a chain saw in my install truck! On 12/3/2010 10:01 AM, Patrick Shoemaker wrote: Yes, wi-fi kills trees for sure... When they're in the fresnel zone, we cut them down!

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-03 Thread Greg Ihnen
If it was a quick format that's true, the data area of the disk is intact and if it hasn't been overwritten it's recoverable to some degree. If it was a full format then for regular folks the data is gone, it takes some pretty special tricks to recover. Greg On Dec 3, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Larry A

[WISPA] Members Map Updated

2010-12-03 Thread Rick Harnish
I have updated the WISPA Member http://www.wispa.org/?page_id=170 's Maps today. If your company would like to join WISPA, go to http://signup.wispa.org. We appreciate your support. Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 WISPA Office

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Yeah, and the fact that the trees out here seem to be growing FASTER than ever before! Now that I'm a WISP I wish the trees would all die. But NOo, they have to grow even faster! hehehehe marlon - Original Message - From: Jonathan Schmidt To: 'WISPA General List' Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
Ironically, it was the Dutch Elm disease that killed most of the big, beautiful trees in Ann Arbor when I grew up. . . . j o n a t h a n W8BZB _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 2:43 PM To:

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread St. Louis Broadband
Yeah, but we have seen some of the Wi-Fi effects on you . LoL I guess if there was 'issues' with Wi-Fi, some of would really be showing the effects by now! Humm. let me think about this. Guys, running around saying they are radio-active . nope, that is normal. ~V~ From:

Re: [WISPA] Quick question

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Here's a really good video for you to look at. It's about wispy but notice how the wireless signals don't just stop at the edge of the channels, they actually bleed down in a bell shape. http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/04/15/spectrum-analyzers-get-integrated/ OFDM signals (g and a) are much

Re: [WISPA] Problems with facebook and hotmail

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Yeah, check the firmware versions you are using etc. Does the slowdown only happen at the customers or at your noc too? What client gear are you guys using? What routers are the customers using? marlon - Original Message - From: Optimum Wireless Services wil...@optimumwireless.com To:

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Robert West
I already knew it was a killer! About 7 or 8 years ago a friend of mine put in a dedicated link to a business customer. Customer was in a hole so the down tilt took him into about 8 feet of two very tall pine trees. To compensate, he. Uh. Well, he pushed the power WAY over legal!

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Dylan Bouterse
like -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Shoemaker Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees Yes, wi-fi kills trees for sure...

Re: [WISPA] Quick question

2010-12-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Well, there are 83.5 mhz of spectrum available. So in theory, no. HOWEVER, it'll depend on how close they are. So if you have two systems at fairly low power levels I'd expect you to be fine. If the power levels are very high though, you WILL interfer with yourself. Also, you'll likely find

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-03 Thread Forbes Mercy
I have a 100 foot guyed tower on top of a hill, it was previously an FM Radio station, they moved their site, sold us the site, but continue to use this site for STL's. Since then I've added the Fire Department and a low power radio station plus my own equipment. The tower was never lighted

Re: [WISPA] Advice on PTP link over water?

2010-12-03 Thread Gary McWhirter
Why not just run it in the LinkPlanner and find out? On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Christopher Hair wirele...@ntinet.comwrote: We use 5.8Ghz PTP PTMP and 900Mhz PTMP to reach customers on the other side of a lake about 2.2 miles wide. AP side is on a 40ft pole mounted at the edge of the

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread RickG
Same here! On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: There is a chain saw in my install truck! On 12/3/2010 10:01 AM, Patrick Shoemaker wrote: Yes, wi-fi kills trees for sure... When they're in the fresnel zone, we cut them down!

Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees

2010-12-03 Thread Blair Davis
I also keep a bad of water softener salt and a 1inch drill-bit in there as well ;-) On 12/4/2010 12:50 AM, RickG wrote: Same here! On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: There is