John,

instead of 90 meters of CAT5, which I think would be too long for CAT5 spec, just get another node for the house, and they will mesh up. You can connect to the one in the garage and control it as if you were over a cable.

Jim

K5KTF

Dave/John:

I have a node looking over the valley, at about 2850 East 3900 South  8dBi Omni

I can connect to the out door node with an indoor node so I think I'm configured correctly but I cant see any other nodes. Wondering if I messed something.

Not quite line of sight to Johns house but close.  A few trees in the path to  Dave's house.

Cat5 spec is 100 meters

The capacity of my stupidity amazes me!

I should have been able to figure that one out.

I should have my omni set up this Saturday.

John (who knew the length of ethernet on cat5 was 100 meters.)

I work at SLCC at the new Westpointe Campus. It's on 1000 North and 2150 West. The building has a microwave antenna already installed. I told the building coordinator what I want to do and he likes the idea. And with the info i just got from another post, I don't need to connect it to the intranet.

As for mobile units, I can do that also for anyone on the east side of the valley.

John

There is a lot going on in Northern Utah with HSMM-Mesh right now.  There is a node on Farnsworth peak as well as two local e-mail lists.  One for Northern Utah and one for the Salt Lake County area.  There are also a few meetings starting to happen.  The next one I am aware of is December 20th in South Jordan.

I'm posting this so everyone is aware of what is going on.  I worry that some may not be on the e-mail lists and are missing this info.  If you want more details, e-mail me.  My e-mail address can be found on qrz.com.

73,

Brad

AC7BR

Hi John, I am not far from the campus, and will have a vertical on my tower soon. I am not allowed to climb, so I have to wait until I can get a climber to put it on the air. Feel free to call any time if I can help with anything. Jerry/W0HU (801) 910-9401

Jerry,

I checked out the cabling for the antenna and ran into problems. There is no good power at the box where the cable ends but on the bright side, the cable is long enough to where I might be able to get it installed down into one of the walls and terminate in a class room. I will be working with the college to try to get them to install another cable for 2 meter down to the same location but as you know, nothing happens fast in government. They just may say using that high quality cable for 2 meter and buy some adapters.

I guess I am saying don't hold your breath.

John

kf7nqw

Hi John,

I would be happy to visit you at the campus some time so we can look at options.  You have a good site there away from some of the barriers and stuff that are in the way of a clear shot to the mountain.  Perhaps there is a way to assist with that.

Jerry W0HU

Jerry  W0HU......would you please contact me.   I'm looking for a person that could come and give a demo of HSMM-MESH at one of our next live net meetings.   The City of Cottonwood Heights has an emergency system in place that will aid the city in the time of an emergency.   We are now in the process of getting D-Star set up to report our CERT conditions in the neighborhoods.   Several of us are also interested in the MESH possibilities.  Let me know if that is possible or if you would rather just suggest someone else to us to contact.

If anyone else on the board can help let me know.

Ron

KC7WVS

Just got an HSSM-Mesh station up and running.  Location:  4930 South Woodhaven Dr. (1365 West) in Taylorsville.    Have TP-Link grid parabolic antenna (24 dBi) up about 15 feet.  It is vertically polarized.  Find plenty of routers around the neighborhood but no MESH activity.  Directions aimed:  West, SW, South, NW, North, NE.  Nothing yet.

Dick W7SAE

Dave,

Thanks for your response.  I missed your Taylorsville presentation in November but have embarked on putting together a Mesh station on my own.  Everything went together just fine and you can see from the attached file what it looks like.  The cat5 cable is routed down into the hamshack in the basement.  The building the antenna is on is my workshop.  I have several channel 1 routers in the neighborhood that are around -56 so they may cause me problems.  Also I cannot go directly East as the house is in the way.  May have to put the antenna up higher.  Anyway from the conversation I had last night on 145.45 net I may improve my chances with an amplifier.  I'll get out to the Bishops storehouse to see if they have any available, however, this weekend is stake conference and I have much to set up for the meetings in the A-V arena.  Are these external amplifiers or are they a chip replacement in the router?  Also what output ratings are available?

Dick   W7SAE

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