Re: [WISPA] Prevailing Wage

2013-03-18 Thread David Hulsebus
mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- David Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 Corydon, IN 47112 812-738-7007 www.portative.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http

Re: [WISPA] 900 AP's and 2.4 AP's

2012-08-03 Thread David Hulsebus
___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- David Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 Corydon, IN 47112 812-738-7007 www.portative.com

[WISPA] Tranzeo support

2012-07-31 Thread David Hulsebus
use the TR5a series for backhauls where I only need 20MB links. Love working with a -105 noise floor on the Tranzeo's on a busy tower instead of Rockets and NanoBridges that sit at -85. YMMV, Dave -- David Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 Corydon, IN 47112 812

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo support

2012-07-31 Thread David Hulsebus
Ap's on 120 deg antennas and 2 Nanostation M5 AP's. There's not a lot of wiggle room for more. Dave Hulsebus On 7/31/2012 12:48 PM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: why is the tranzeo noise floor lower than ubnt stuff? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:14 PM, David Hulsebus cont

[WISPA] WaveRider connectors needed

2012-01-11 Thread David Hulsebus
I am in need of some of the early 3000 EUM radio connectors for LMR200 cable. We do not deploy them any longer, but I have customers who still pick up the radios and yank the connector off the cable or break them. Anyone know where I might find them or have any laying around on a shelf? Thank

Re: [WISPA] WaveRider connectors needed

2012-01-11 Thread David Hulsebus
On 1/11/2012 1:29 PM, Leroy Koglin wrote: We have used ends from L-COM in the past. http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21041 leroy -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David Hulsebus Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Re: [WISPA] FCC Commish: No need for net neutrality; we have white spaces!

2011-01-03 Thread David Hulsebus
I like the last sentence better. White space devices will provide a competitive alternative to existing broadband providers, he argued, and noted that the unlicensed nature of the newly free spectrum should lead to faster real-world deployments than a spectrum auction. Jack Unger wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Ever wonder how bad RB333/444 stacked cards interfere?

2010-04-24 Thread David Hulsebus
Have you tried snapping a ufl connector, just the connector - no cable, on to the open antenna port on the offending cards connector? It should help shield the rf that spews from multi-antenna port cards. Dave Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC 1995 Allison Lane, Suite 100 Corydon, IN 47112

Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques

2010-03-11 Thread David Hulsebus
layer of super 33. I've used just Temflex because I didn't have any electrical tape. It seems to have worked well by itself. David Hulsebus Portative Technologies www.portative.com Steven McGehee wrote: Quick question, does anyone have any thoughts or experience with 3M's Temflex Rubber

[WISPA] DS-CHINA.ORG

2010-02-24 Thread David Hulsebus
I got an e-mail from them asking about our domain registration, and someone in China wanting to register the portative.com.cn, .net.cn, etc.. domains. They said they will not approve if I reply and didn't authorize it. Question. This is the first time I've heard of this, is it legit?

Re: [WISPA] That black magic

2010-02-24 Thread David Hulsebus
Of David Hulsebus Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:04 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] That black magic Mike, Interesting you mentioned soy beans. I have a customer (900-WaveRider) who was installed for 5 yrs next to a corn field. The crop was replaced with soy beans

Re: [WISPA] That black magic

2010-02-23 Thread David Hulsebus
Mike, Interesting you mentioned soy beans. I have a customer (900-WaveRider) who was installed for 5 yrs next to a corn field. The crop was replaced with soy beans this past year and a month before harvest, as the beans dried out, we started having signal fluctuation issues. We raised the

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread David Hulsebus
Not sure it would be good, maybe. It made me think of a post last year where the president of a cable company discussed providing middle mile to their competitors. I paraphrase We know who is growing, and who is not; we know what and where their need is, and when we want to we can cut them

Re: [WISPA] Fish Tape / OT

2010-02-10 Thread David Hulsebus
I like the glow rods, we use 4 ft sections of a fiberglass rods with threaded ends that I bought 30 years ago to clean my chimney. I have 40 ft. I think I paid less than $5 for extension rods without a bristle head. I've seen them at Walmart and Tractor Supply. Dave Hulsebus AJ wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Extra jacketed CAT5e

2010-02-04 Thread David Hulsebus
Kurt, We bought a box of Belkin outdoor a few years back and it turned out to be indoor cable with a second jacket. We put a 150 foot run on a tower and crossed a flat roof and down a wall with another drop. Both started to loose the outer jacket within a couple of years, it just split apart

Re: [WISPA] an epic storm

2009-12-09 Thread David Hulsebus
That's why we left Algona back in 1982. My parents hate that we won't make the trip there for Christmas anymore. July, no problem, opening day of pheasant season, no problem. But we went back in '87 and got snowed in for a week. Couldn't go anywhere, couldn't do anything for a week. Huh. I

Re: [WISPA] About Hulu and Netflix and youtube... increased data delivery is here to stay.

2009-11-12 Thread David Hulsebus
I'm counting on my customer usage to increase in step with Moore's Law, a doubling every 18-24 months. If you take a 9.6k modem connection in 1994 which was acceptable and double it every 2 years, you get 2.5 MB in 2010 - and that's what's considered acceptable broadband today. Dave Hulsebus

[WISPA] Broadband Internet Access Deemed a Legal Right

2009-10-16 Thread David Hulsebus
FYI From SANS Newsbites Vol. 11 Num. 82 : Broadband Internet Access Deemed a Legal Right --Finland Declares 1Mb Broadband Access a Legal Right (October 14 15, 2009) The Finnish government has enacted a law making 1Mb broadband Internet access a legal right. The law will take effect in July

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread David Hulsebus
I've had much better success with B in a hostile rf environment. Walmart put in wireless scanners just to the south of a sector where we have been running a Mikrotik AP and CPE's on G for a couple of years. I couldn't change channels or channel sizes but moved to B and while slower we were

[WISPA] Judge orders Google to close account

2009-09-30 Thread David Hulsebus
FYI. From SANS NewsBites September 29, 2009 Vol. 11, Num. 77 --Judge Orders Google to Deactivate Account (September 24 28, 2009) A US District Court Judge in California has ordered Google to deactivate the Gmail account of a user who was accidentally sent confidential bank information. An

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

2009-09-21 Thread David Hulsebus
Many government grant programs are reviewed by three people and then scores averaged in round 1. A number are tossed out during that round based on their scores. The ones tossed are then looked at by a government reviewer for concurrence with the first three pairs of eyes. Just my past

Re: [WISPA] WaveRider 3000 CCU

2009-08-27 Thread David Hulsebus
Dennis, Three things.. 1. The radio does need to be in switched mode not routed if you are using the MKTK as the router. protocol switched 2. The DHCP relay server IP needs to be added DHCP add X.X.X.X 3. Enable the DHCP relay DHCP enable That should do it. Make sure the CCU knows how to get to

Re: [WISPA] Direct Lightning Strikes

2009-08-07 Thread David Hulsebus
We ground our Heliax at 75 ft increments down the tower but have never done it with shielded CAT5. I've seen a few notes about soldering the drain to the connector and it may work well but I recall being told by an engineer, from I think Erico, as we discussed attachment of our copper wire

Re: [WISPA] Direct Lightning Strikes

2009-08-06 Thread David Hulsebus
Don't feel too left Chuck out we lost a tower site in the same storm. Second time in seven years a total loss. Both times we've lost our gear it has come via the electrical side. Our tower gets hit by a strike or two almost every storm and we never have issues. This time it literaly blew the

Re: [WISPA] Direct Lightning Strikes

2009-08-06 Thread David Hulsebus
I looked at a Transtector unit a few weeks ago. It's an isolation transformer that sits outdoors between the entrance panel and our internal electrical system. It was roughly $1K for the unit. Kind of wish I would have bought it now. We are the end of the line on the power grid and have 1-3

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo 900 Latency

2009-08-06 Thread David Hulsebus
I have one HPOL sector out of 23 the remaining are all vertical. I use filters everywhere and use mostly WaveRider. I had extremely poor luck with horizontal years back and haven't looked at them again. We use Antel antennas mostly 120deg or less. I have some sites less than 3 miles apart. I

[WISPA] WaveRider AP issue

2009-07-14 Thread David Hulsebus
I have a WaveRider CCU3000 that has been rebooting itself randomly for a couple of months, it started out every day or two, now it's multiple times a day. I've changed transmitters, power supply, etc... everything but the LDF6 and Antel antenna, and it continues. Has anyone seen a client

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Seeks Volunteers to Review Broadband Applications

2009-07-10 Thread David Hulsebus
I've got a friend who reviews applications on a contract basis for the federal Dept of Education. Very common practice when so many applications come in at once. Their process is to have three reviewers look at each application. They average the three scores and then only a percentage move

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [TowerTalk] Nello Tower question

2009-07-09 Thread David Hulsebus
Love them. I see better product quality assurance now than when they were Rohn. Dave Hulsebus Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Wasn't there some talk about Nello towers on this list? I thought people really liked them. marlon - Original Message - From: k7...@aol.com To:

[WISPA] New ZBot variant for Outlook

2009-06-23 Thread David Hulsebus
FYI From SANS Newsbytes 6-2-09 --Spam Spreading ZBot Masquerades as Outlook Update (June 22, 2009) Spam masquerading as a Microsoft Outlook security and stability update actually infects computers with ZBot, a Trojan horse program that steals sensitive information. The malware contains a list

Re: [WISPA] MiniPCI Radio Cards

2009-06-19 Thread David Hulsebus
to be for a very long time. Dave Hulsebus lakel...@gbcx.net wrote: 5/8 Heliax is the largest diameter you can use for 5.8 GHz. LDF4.5-50 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: David Hulsebus cont...@portative.net Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:18:39 To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread David Hulsebus
I've had the quarter waves that take multiple strikes go partially out in the past. Gas tubes have just blown. Dave RickG wrote: On that note. Can lightning protectors go partially bad or are they like a fuse and either work or not? -RickG On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Marlon K.

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread David Hulsebus
started buying polyphaser's and never looked back Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David Hulsebus Sent: Thursday

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread David Hulsebus
to replace a cartridge. Dave Israel Lopez-LISTS wrote: Whats your life expectancy on those polyphasers? Their website states they are good for multiple strikes, but just wondering about the durability. etc,. -Israel David Hulsebus wrote: Same here, Polyphasers. No more gas tubes. I

Re: [WISPA] [WISP] 900 PtP

2009-06-05 Thread David Hulsebus
. Ryan Spott wrote: David Hulsebus wrote: Ryan, How do you like the Moonblink antennas? Eh, they are OK. Getting timely shipping and shipping information out of Moonblink makes ordering from them a head-ache for my ordering person. The antennas are sleek aluminum but they are fragile so

Re: [WISPA] [WISP] 900 PtP

2009-06-03 Thread David Hulsebus
1/2 Mile through dense deciduous trees. About 1mile through a less dense forest using WaveRider. Evergreen trees less than a 1/4 mile. I have a water tank about 2 miles away that when I walk through 50 yards of large and tall 70-80 ft trees I see plain as day. But even in the winter the

Re: [WISPA] [WISP] 900 PtP

2009-06-03 Thread David Hulsebus
for the WaveRider EUM's which really hurts the ROI. Dave D. Ryan Spott wrote: http://www.tranzeofaq.com/images/lewis.jpg This is a 900Mhz Client running at 5Mhz on TR902 radios. The AP is a TR902-13 and the client is a TR902-N with a 15DB yagi from Moonblink wireless. /images/lewis.jpg ryan David

Re: [WISPA] Fiber/Copper Combo Wire

2009-05-08 Thread David Hulsebus
Ive used RG8 coax in the past to deliver 24V DC to about 600ft, but not at 1500ft. RG6 has significantly less loss over distance than 24AWG wire. Dave Hulsebus Scott Reed wrote: Belden makes this, but I don't have a number for it. I would be really cautious if they are running 1500' single

Re: [WISPA] Handling Non-paying Subs

2009-05-04 Thread David Hulsebus
I asked in Indiana for a police officer to go with me a couple of years back and was told it is a civil matter - since they had a contract with us and until you go to court to prove they are in breach you are out of luck. It took a year, a few continuances, and IIRC $50 filing fee. By the time

Re: [WISPA] Using Tranzeo as CPE for rural community

2009-04-02 Thread David Hulsebus
should be tightening down the cover and you can use a nut-driver. ryan David Hulsebus wrote: The only issue I've had with Tranzeo are the cover and seal they use for the POE. We've followed their directions but have had issues with water seeping into a few units. We now drill small

Re: [WISPA] Using Tranzeo as CPE for rural community

2009-04-01 Thread David Hulsebus
The only issue I've had with Tranzeo are the cover and seal they use for the POE. We've followed their directions but have had issues with water seeping into a few units. We now drill small holes in the bottom of the cover to let them drain if needed. We got tired of climbing a tower to

Re: [WISPA] Ridiculously OT, but relevant question...

2009-03-19 Thread David Hulsebus
We put a full size plastic owl on a 50 ft tower just above the antenna that had many mockingbirds perching on a yagi, and the went away. Not sure about woodpeckers. Are they perching or pecking? Thanks, Dave Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC www.portative.com rea...@muddyfrogwater.us

Re: [WISPA] Tower colocation request

2009-03-04 Thread David Hulsebus
to do any welding on tanks - but now - new tanks that are built - we work with the engineers to design mounts for us to use prior to construction. Hope this helps. David Hulsebus Portative Technologies www.portative.com Michael Baird wrote: Tom, Thanks this is just the sort of information

Re: [WISPA] Another online backup thread

2009-02-17 Thread David Hulsebus
in the morning to the drives I exchanged. It's a data backup system, not a system backup utility. We use LoneTar on our linux systems - and have never tried to load RBS on a linux box David Hulsebus Portative Technologies, LLC www.portative.com Mike Hammett wrote: I'm looking at remote

[WISPA] Data retention and right to privacy - etc..

2009-02-17 Thread David Hulsebus
FYI From SANS NewsBites Vol.11 Num.13 --UK Plans to Consolidate Communication Data Retention (February 13 16, 2009) Rather than requiring every service provider in the UK to keep its own user communication information to comply with European data retention rules, the UK government plans to

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread David Hulsebus
The junior was a product built for schools mostly. It had an expandable side bus that added card after card. Up to 15 if I recall correctly. Looked like this: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/ibm-pcjr/page_01.htm David Hulsebus CHUCK PROFITO wrote: Rick, I think I still have

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-07 Thread David Hulsebus
Possibly to show the longevity and durability of IBM products in general ? char...@thewybles.com wrote: How is any of this thread on topic? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: David Hulsebus cont...@portative.net Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:36:01 To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook

2009-02-06 Thread David Hulsebus
for $250 each for installation work. David Hulsebus Portative Technologies www.portative.com Josh Luthman wrote: I have seen several HP laptops - nothing really good or bad about them, they're just out there. I am a die hard fan of Thinkpad, Thinkpads for me. Thinkpad moved

Re: [WISPA] National Map Update - 743,456 square miles!!!!!

2009-02-05 Thread David Hulsebus
I know of a few WISP's in my area that will probably not send in any data. I know their coverage areas because I've mapped it. Should we also send that data. Dave Brian Webster wrote: Today I received an update from Matt and the WISP directory and I continue to receive updates from many

Re: [WISPA] Nanostation support, tips, etc.

2009-01-26 Thread David Hulsebus
We have about fifty NS5's in place. No more than 10 on any AP and all using the NS5 as the AP. The only issue I have had appears to be firmware related on the last group of 10 units we got at the end of the year. Carl at Steakwave and Mike Ford, at Ubiquiti, took care of the issue in a few

Re: [WISPA] WISP Directory - please register

2008-12-13 Thread David Hulsebus
Thanks for the good work Matt. Dave Hulsebus Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: Inventive Media would like to formally announce the unveiling of the WISP Directory 2.0 at http://www.wispdirectory.com/ - now with zip code search, ratings, reviews and WISP Technology used by each WISP. Inventive

Re: [WISPA] TVBD height requirement

2008-11-19 Thread David Hulsebus
I think signal propagation characteristics like diffraction are a much bigger issue at low frequencies closer to the ground. Here's a link that discusses some of the issues http://users.ictp.it/~radionet/ghana1998/LINKLOSS/INDEX.HTM http://users.ictp.it/%7Eradionet/ghana1998/LINKLOSS/INDEX.HTM

Re: [WISPA] billboards

2008-10-31 Thread David Hulsebus
Travis, We have one on a billboard at our Interstate exit. They had a sign that needed Internet connectivity for updates, so we worked out an agreement to provide the service at no cost if they allowed for a small 12db 2.4 omni to provide services to the area. We worked directly with the owner

[WISPA] Eavesdropping on wired keyboards

2008-10-30 Thread David Hulsebus
FYI From SANS NewsBites --Researchers Read Electromagnetic Emanations From Wired Keyboards (October 20 22, 2008) Swiss researchers have demonstrated that keystrokes from wired keyboards can be read remotely from distances of up to 20 meters. The keyboards emit electromagnetic waves. The

Re: [WISPA] Damn, Ubiquiti

2008-10-22 Thread David Hulsebus
We use shielded cable for all our outdoor POE installs. We also use an APC ethernet surge protector after a grounded 12V, PacWireless POE injector. I throw away all the non-grounded injectors and power supplies when they come out of the box - from any supplier. I have 30 NS5's in use and have

Re: [WISPA] OT: Ping times.

2008-09-17 Thread David Hulsebus
ATT should be able to provide you with a graph like this one. Dave Scottie Arnett wrote: Hey guys, This is a 2XT1 connection from ATT. We have been having this problem for some time, but they keep telling me that the circuit is saturated. I have attached a graph from smokeping and one from

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-28 Thread David Hulsebus
If the 10 % didn't know what their usage patterns were I probably wouldn't implement this cap. I have a many that download between 3 - 10 GB per day. A couple that upload half that. One sells the blueray discs he burns at the local plant site where he works. He's at 10GB plus daily. Sure the I

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread David Hulsebus
I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water to fill my pool was going to cost me. I have 60 customers that I loose money on every month. I can afford the implementation for what I will gain in

[WISPA] Need a Karlnet base station license

2008-07-23 Thread David Hulsebus
it as I have a site running a PtP still using a pair of these. Does anyone have either a KN105 /205 board with SG4400 software? At the very least a SG4400 key. Please send responses off list. Thank you, David Hulsebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http

Re: [WISPA] Fwd: Dateline NBC Special on TowerDogs

2008-07-19 Thread David Hulsebus
80 cents on the dollar for me in southern Indiana. Dave Bob Moldashel wrote: Can't be any worse than it is right now.like $104 per $100 of salary in NY -B- On 7/18/08 12:19 AM, Larry Yunker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: according to figures cited by OSHA, these so-called tower dogs

Re: [WISPA] MMT9000 and Police/Fire Data deployment

2008-06-06 Thread David Hulsebus
I have used WaveRider / Vecima for 6 years and other than reliability of radios probably near 20 % failure rate they work as promised, mobile systems included. Now that 20 % failure includes customers that spilled a pepsi on it, a few lightning strikes nearby that took out ethernet ports, and