Hello All,

I'm new to this new email list.   I recently purchased parts from GoingVerticalUSA.com per the info that Herb provided on on http://oregonhamwan.org/tripods.html

I purchased the tripod base and 3 sets of four 48" fiberglass poll sections for a total of 12 mast pieces.  I used six sections to make long legs -- 2 sections per leg.  I cut the rings off the female ends of the remaining six sections so they can slide through the center hole of the tripod base.  I filed the newly cut edges a little to make them smooth.  This approach allowed me to build a 24 foot mast by adding 48" sections (now about 46 inches each) from the bottom and pushing them up through the center hole.  (I added a little machine oil so they would slide through the center hole but they still required some twisting.  I got the idea from a fellow ham and from this video: https://youtu.be/AUQwO0Tm994

You'll see the result in the attached photo.  (The photo includes my wife, Pat, who helped me set it up.)  The photo also shows the tripod base, which I purchased.  See https://www.goverticalusa.com/collections/antenna-mast-sections-tripod-and-base-camo-pole-section-kit/products/paddle-base-cheap-base-for-48-military-fiberglass-alum-mast-sect

I haven't used them yet, but I also purchased guy rings so I can run nylon cord from the rings to stakes in the ground.

...Bruce, AA7PB

Herb,

What equipment is recommended for a HamWan client in our area?

What will it cost?

When will there be cell sites to connect to near Hillsboro?

Paul

Paul,

Could we get the Databases and Wiki options enabled here on Groups.io so we can start getting our teams set up?  I think the permissions just need to be changed so that members can create/manage new ones.

Also, if Ken could post a list of the teams and the people in them it would be a big help too!

Sincerely,
Chris Arnesen, KU7PDX
Hillsboro, Oregon

Chris,

Scott has questioned whether it is appropriate for allow remote administration by the PSDR (Puget Sound Data Ring) administrators, and I was in the process of adding a configuration option to the web form (http://www.oregonhamwan.org/script-node.html) to make this an option.

Awesome! That should help out a bunch with collaboration, thank you!
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Sincerely,
Chris Arnesen, KU7PDX
Hillsboro, Oregon

Attached is a list of various HamWAN Projects and Issues that we need people to help with. On most of them we would like someone to work on the item for a month or so (until our next meeting), and then give a brief presentation at the next meeting on the results they found. Some are Team efforts. Some will definitely take longer than a month. But we need to at least get started. 

Please look over the Spreadsheet and see if there is an item that you would like to help with. Just kick me an email at ktolliver@... and I will add you to the list for whatever item(s) you want to help with. 

73

Ken Tolliver
503-544-7945

Ken et al,

Can we use the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS to hold a discussion on our research topic on Asterisk Telephone System and Network Planning?

Alternately, does anyone else have a room, ideally with a white board, that could be used to kick-off our group's discussion?

Ken et al,

Can we use the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS to hold a discussion on our research topic on Asterisk Telephone System and Network Planning?

Alternately, does anyone else have a room, ideally with a white board, that could be used to kick-off our group's discussion?

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-mike glidewell
425michael@...

There was a recent message on the PSDR (Puget Sound Data Ring) that they have been having good success with SNOM 821 refurbished phones from Amazon, so I ordered one (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0716QGP9R) for $29.99 (I see that the price has now gone up to $39.99).

Here is a bit more information from the Seattle HamWan people about IP Phones.

The short answer is we run a pair of servers running the Asterisk PBX software. We currently use pacemaker/corosync for the highly available aspects, though I don’t know that I’d recommend that path. Typically FXOs will refer to hardline ports, which is fine, though probably significantly more expensive and hassle prone than you’d like. We just use a SIP provider over the public internet upstream for inbound/outbound with the rest of the world which is easy and cheap.

Eric

Thanks, Eric. I have submitted a Hamshack Hotline helpdesk ticket to setup my phone.

I have been pondering over what is needed for backbone connectivity, design, and implementation
There are a couple of technologies that will need to be configured on sector "Routers", and on "Edge Routers".
The first is BGP and provider peering.
OregonHamWan (Known as OHW) is able to announce their 44.26.102.x assigned number through Seattle BGP peer.

BGP: In time we should also announce it through a Portland BGP peer.
Below is a good document outlining BGP and the roll it takes.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Security/IE_DG.pdf

OSPF: Once inside the network, the IP Addresses need to know where to route (What actual sector the are assigned to) for example...
44.26.102.128 could be physically located on a Salem sector antenna, the edge router will need to know route to Salem over P2P PDX 2 Salem, then route to sector antenna 120DEG.
Below is a good design document on this.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/open-shortest-path-first-ospf/7039-1.html

Once we have a "Ring" say PDX to Salem, to Goat Mt. There should be redundancy within the network.
VRRP: "Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol" or HSRP: "Hot Standby Router Protocol" would be a redundancy technology such that the local "Default Gateway" would have redundancy.
This is where there are Two routers that have a physical IP address, and a virtual IP Address. The virtual IP Address is where all the local subnet IP devices point their traffic to get out of the local subnet.
If one physical router goes down, the secondary router takes over routing packets for the local subnet.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Campus/HA_campus_DG/hacampusdg.html#wp1107578

This is all I have now, perhaps ill set up a few labs using EVE-NG, to demonstrate all the above technologies. I have also successfully peered Microtik routers with Cisco over BGP. That was fun!
If anybody is interested in playing with a virtual routing and switching lab, EVE-NG is the way to go.
https://www.eve-ng.net/

That's all I have for now.
Eric N7ENG

I went ahead and created an IRC channel on freenode (I know it's not on the HamWan network just yet) for quick questions etc... As well to get used to using IRC as that may be a service OHW uses in the future.
Head on over to https://webchat.freenode.net/ and Join the channel #OregonHamWan

N7ENG