[Ham-80211] Providing Long-range Wifi

[Jim Tarvid]

Struggling with a 14km link myself. I have a shot down a valley which
almost works (or works much of the time). Using a 39" parabolic with a
Mikrotik Groove. Suspect multipath issues and a few trees in the fresnel
zone. Getting closer on identifying the trees. Switching polarity may help.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Perry - K4PWO <k4pwo at comcast.net> wrote:

> Good question!  That's getting pretty murky and it'll take a higher pay
> grade to answer.  HI!
> My "gut" impression is its probably legal but it's hard to say as you get
> into the "supervised" question (like a 3rd party using your mike, you have
> to still be in control).
>
> Perry - K4PWO
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-80211-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:ham-80211-bounces at tapr.org] On
> Behalf Of Robert Dixon
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 2:28 PM
> To: TAPR Mailing List for Ham Radio Use of 802.11
> Subject: Re: [Ham-80211] Providing Long-range Wifi
>
> Thanks Perry.  I sort of suspected the SSID ID, so I have done that.
> The point to point link we plan to run would be completely ham at both
> ends;
> nobody else allowed.   If we then link it to a local typical wifi network
> AP
> for all other users, is that any problem?  Sort of like 3rd party traffic
>
> Bob W8ERD
>
> On Aug 27, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Perry - K4PWO wrote:
>
> > You set your SSID of the WiFi AP to your Ham call.  You have to
> > password limit access and its only Ham to Ham, i.e. the kids and wife,
> > or others, can't legally connect to a WiFi AP run under Ham rules
> > unless they are licensed.
> >
> > 73 de Perry - K4PWO
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ham-80211-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:ham-80211-bounces at tapr.org]
> > On Behalf Of Robert Dixon
> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 10:23 AM
> > To: ham-80211 at tapr.org
> > Subject: [Ham-80211] Providing Long-range Wifi
> >
> > I am working with our local EMA to be able to provide wifi internet
> > access at disaster scenes and special events in our county.  I have
> > read articles where people have achieved long distances over line of
> > sight paths. But in our case, line of sight may not always be
> > possible, due to rolling terrain, trees, buildings etc.  I have a 29
> > db gain dish on my tower at 90 feet. The idea is to aim it at the
> > required location, and use a portable gain antenna at the other end
> > (maybe 24 db at 40 feet) for a point-to-point link, and then relaunch
> > wifi locally for on-the scene laptops etc.  We plan to experiment with
> this as soon as we have the necessary equipment on hand.
> >
> > The thought is to use wifi channel 1 or 2, as that is where hams are
> > priority users in the frequency allocations.  We would like to use as
> > much power as possible, but the cost of commercial units may limit
> > that to a watt or so.  25 miles would be adequate.
> >
> > Also wondering how hams typically send their callsign ID for wifi
> > applications.
> >
> > Suggestions and comments would be most welcome.
> >
> > Bob W8ERD
> > Delaware County, Ohio
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