2 meter refers to the wavelength like 440 MHz is 70 cm. 2 meters is 150 MHz.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:29 PM To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Amateur repeater on a wisp tower -- gotchas? > Can you please explain "2 meter ham gear"? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In my experiences with 2 meter ham gear that is around Ethernet there is >> a >> lot of interference from the Ethernet to the ham guys stuff. I've never >> seen >> the ham guys cause interference though to any wifi gear. >> >> Ham guys are a whole different breed of folk and depending on how these >> ones >> your talking to are they may be an invaluable asset to you or they may be >> your worst nightmare. The ones around my area are the later and anyone >> that >> gets involved with them end up regretting it later down the road. >> >> Just my 2 cents, >> >> Kurt Fankhauser >> WAVELINC >> P.O. Box 126 >> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >> 419-562-6405 >> www.wavelinc.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mike >> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:17 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] Amateur repeater on a wisp tower -- gotchas? >> >> Wispers: >> >> I have a 180' tower sitting high on a hill above the county seat. It >> has a mix of 5.8 and 2.4 radios and sectors/dishes. We want to >> install an amateur repeater on the tower, initially at 70 cm (440MHz >> UHF), and eventually a 2 m (144MHz VHF) radio. The dual band antenna >> feed point will be at 120'. It is 17' long. There is no microwave >> equipment below 160'. >> >> I don't think there will be any issues with interference either way, >> but thought I'd tap into the wealth of knowledge here to see if any >> of you has any experience doing anything like this on your towers. >> >> Is there any mixing at uhf (or VHF) going on in the microwave radio >> cards? I can't find specs that even speak of intermediate >> frequencies. Gotchas? Hints? Comments? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mike G >> >> At 06:38 PM 10/26/2009, you wrote: >> >My 24 hours is expiring and I don't want to pull this unit down. >> >Mikrotik's site wants me to authorize my credit card, a process I've >> >begun but my credit card company won't post the transaction for a few >> >days. Can anyone sell me a level 4 license for an x86 machine now? >> > >> >Thanks! >> >Greg >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >> >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> >http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >> > >> >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> > >> >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > >> >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
