December 2016 - FSG-public - lists.keekles.org

St Pete HamWAN is live!
by Bryan Fields 31 Dec '16

31 Dec '16

Made a post about this on the website: http://flscg.org/2016/12/hamwan-st-petersburg-is-live/ Best speed test result http://beta.speedtest.net/result/5924339305 fast.com even showed 45mbit/s at one point. Matt's Allstar links now run over this from his house. >From most of Pinellas you should be able to get a good signal provided you have a 30' elevation at your location. A client radio is under $200. 73's -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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Happy Holidays
by Bryan Fields 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays here on the list. We're coming up on FSG's third year and just over a year of operation of the main repeaters in Tampa. FSG now has the best 220 repeater in Tampa Bay, the only 900 MHz repeater in Tampa, and one of the best UHF repeaters in Tampa Bay. We're active on analog, dstar and P25, with DMR coming soon. We have some very cool stuff planned for this upcoming year in new sites coming online. We're expanding HamWAN in Tampa Bay and South as well. Hope everyone has a great holiday, -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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EoY donation request
by Bryan Fields 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

As we approach the end of 2016 I know a number of us are looking forward to 2017 and activation of our St Pete site. However there is a very real need for funding of the FSG, and while we typically bear the cost ourselves that's not healthy for FSG. If you itemize or deduct at the end of the year donations to FSG are tax deductible charitable gifts. With the year end approaching your time to take advantage of this for 2016 taxes will soon be over. We are setup for PayPal, paypal(a)flscg.org and we can take other forms as well. Any amount helps and PayPal makes it easy to setup a recurring donation if you're able. The Tech Committee (Ryan, Matt, and myself) will be over installing the backbone and data radios in St Pete tomorrow, if all goes well we may be online by the end of the day. There's still lots to do but all depends on this backbone link to Tampa. Happy holidays and 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Couple cool things
by Bryan Fields 27 Dec '16

27 Dec '16

I made a video showing the radio and mount for Downtown St Pete. It's a very impressive mount, and I'm really happy with the quality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyOmbAqh7w Second we did some testing from KPIE yesterday off the Tampa site with a new radio. This is the Mikrotik DynaDish 5 radio, currently on amazon for $145 with free shipping. This combines a 25 dBi antenna with a high power client radio, and it's much smaller than the 3' dish setup we currently use as a client. http://a.co/bRIjPOT You can see us testing here and down town Tampa in the background: http://flscg.org/2016/12/testing-hamwan-from-pie/ 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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St Pete Site update
by Bryan Fields 21 Dec '16

21 Dec '16

http://flscg.org/2016/12/st-pete-hamwan-update/ We have most of the equipment in for this site, just waiting on the radio enclosures. I put the sector mount together today, and once we get the other parts in later this week, we'll be ready to go. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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BOARD VOTE NEEDED: St Pete Site Data equipment
by Bryan Fields 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

I'm requesting a vote of the board (members can give their opinion too, but only the board can vote) to support buying the following based on donations from Ryan and myself to purchase the equipment to build out the data side of the St Pete Site. We expect shipping for everything to be under $200, and most of the other needed accessories are on hand (Cable/Rack/Router/etc.). The 3 sector mount is needed to allow us to keep a low profile on the St Pete site for the 3 sectors. We're hoping to be able to get this up and going over the holiday break. 3 Ubiquiti 5G-19-120 120 degree H/V sector Flytech AM-5G19-120 119 357 3 POE injector for router board Flytech RBGPOE 7.4 22.2 3 Power supply for POE injector Flytech 18POW 9.95 29.85 3 MikroTik RouterBOARD RB912UAG-5HPnD board only flytech RB912UAG-5HPnD 74 222 3 RF Elements SBX-S-CC-2SMA flytech SBX-S-CC-2SMA 25.65 76.95 6 Tycon Power Systems TP-ESP-1000-POE Network / Lighting Surge Protector 1Gb flytech 22.57 135.42 3 WaveGuard AM5G19 flytech WG-AM2/5G-120 39 117 1 WaveGuard 3 sector mount Flytech UCM3T 149 149 3 WaveGuard sector shield flytech WG-AM2/AM5G19 91 273 2 RockShield shield for the M3 radios Flytech RockShield 19 38 0 0 subtotal 1420.42 shipping TOTAL I vote in favor of this. Thank you, -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Baofeng and why you don't want to use one.
by Bryan Fields 10 Dec '16

10 Dec '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_jKSJXK5U This is some testing for the harmonics and spectral purity of the popular Baofeng UV-5RA radio. This failed both amateur standards and commercial (part 90) standards for harmonic suppression. I bought this off Amazon this week for 25 or 30 dollars. It's ok to receive with, but it's in no way legal to use for transmit. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Tampa Bay Hamfest this Friday/Saturday.
by Bryan Fields 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Bill Williams, AG4QX has got FSG/TB Hamwan a table for free for our use during the fest. Ryan, KJ4SHL is planing to be there Friday/Saturday most of the day and I'm going to be there Saturday morning till noon or so. If you're attending please come by or if you want to work the booth you're welcome as well. Ryan has a TB Hamwan poster and I'd like to get one put together tomorrow on the repeaters. Anyone good at Photoshop/Illustrator and want to help out? More info on the website here: http://fgcarc.org/ Hope to see you all there! 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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H. R 1301
by Joseph Perez 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Hey Y'all, If you haven't done so already, do not forget to contact Senator Nelson in regards to HR 1301. For those of you not aware of said legislation currently sitting in the senate and being blocked by Mr. Nelson, you can find more info here: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-issues-urgent-last-call-to-press-for-senate-p… 73's Respectfully, Joseph Perez K9USF

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