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Field Day 2016 is this weekend
by Bryan Fields 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

ARRL Field Day runs from 1pm Saturday to 4 PM Sunday this weekend. http://www.arrl.org/field-day ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations. Field Day is a picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN! It is a time where many aspects of Amateur Radio come together to highlight our many roles. While some will treat it as a contest, other groups use the opportunity to practice their emergency response capabilities. It is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate Amateur Radio to the organizations that Amateur Radio might serve in an emergency, as well as the general public. The contest part is simply to contact as many other stations as possible and to learn to operate our radio gear in abnormal situations and less than optimal conditions. We use these same skills when we help with events such as marathons and bike-a-thons; fund-raisers such as walk-a-thons; celebrations such as parades; and exhibits at fairs, malls and museums — these are all large, preplanned, non-emergency activities. As a group we're not planing to do much for this as we're focused mostly on repeaters, but a number of other groups in the area are doing it. TARC/CARS/SPARC/BARC/wormhole and a few other local clubs are doing stuff if you're interested in going by and checking it out. I'm probably going to visit a few clubs over the course of Saturday night, if anyone wants to come with you're more than welcome. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Audio issue on the HT1250 radio
by Bryan Fields 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Some may have an issue with the audio on the HT1250 radios when turned up past half. This produces a tinny audio response as you move past half. It is very noticeable on the unsquelched audio and on repeater use. Good news is it's a programing issue and can be fixed in CPS. I made a video of it, and it's up here showing what would need to change in CPS. https://youtu.be/hBiPNovtJ7U -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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900 MHz radios for sale to the group.
by Bryan Fields 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

I got a couple 900 MHz MCS2000 radios up for sale. These are windows XP programmable, and will do 30W on our 927.050 repeater. We've found the coverage to be almost as good at the 440 These have everything you need, other than a speaker to install them. $135 per radio and I'll have them programmed and aligned for you. I think I have a mobile antenna/cable/connector and a NMO mount as well if you need help installing it. If you want to get an extension kit you can split these radios out for remote mount. It's how I have it fit in my small car. http://gallery.keekles.org/d/29705-2/0411152007.jpg http://gallery.keekles.org/d/29708-2/0411152008.jpg http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/SCANNERS-F-R/Motorola_MCS2000-Model%202and… I'll be out of town this upcoming week, but should be around next weekend. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Web transceiver working
by Bryan Fields 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

I've got the web transceiver working. This is accessed via http://allstarlink.org and you can login and then click on web transceiver, then any of our nodes. Allow Java to run and give it a second. It should connect and you'll hear the repeater and be able to key down and talk. You'll need an approved account on there, but it's normally fast to turn it around. I added an announcement that goes out every 3 hours during the day directing people to our website/group for more info. If that's too much or some one wants to do a professional recording let me know and we can change it up. A local conversation should preempt the announcements, but I've not verified this. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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IP data radios
by Bryan Fields 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

I've been researching and gathering the needed quotes for the IP radios to light up the site. Using the HamWAN standard BoM I've built up what's required for us to get 3, 120 degree sectors online and get 3 end station radios for testing (the radios are the same). We can't get everything from one place, so I've complied this into a single comparison. QTY Part number Des Flytech Extended Streakwave Extended 3 5G-19-120 Ubiquiti 120 degree H/V sector 120.45 361.35 0 0 3 WG-AM2/AM5G19 WaveGuard sector cover 91 273 39 117 6 RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT MikroTik RouterBOARD 5.9 GHz 75.47 452.82 74 444 3 SBX-S-CC-2SMA RF Elements Case 28.71 86.13 25.65 76.95 6 TP-ESP-1000-POE Network / Lighting Surge Protector 1Gb 24.33 145.98 22.57 135.42 3 RD-5G30-LW Ubiquiti Networks 5GHz 30dBi dual pol 2' dish Light Weight 0 0 105 315 1 Ground Shipping to 33706 60 60 248 248 Total 1379.28 1336.37 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 RD-5G30-LW https://www.amazon.com/5GHZ-ROCKET-DISH-30DBI-RD-5G30-LW/dp/B00TP5W9S2/ref=… 120 360 Total Flytech 1739.28 Total Streakwave 1747.72 What I propose is to get this from Flytec and order the antennas from amazon with free shipping (they are larger). We have an account with Flytec and are setup for tax free as they are in Miami. I believe we have all the other parts, the outdoor cat5 cable is up on the roof, just needs termination and grounding. The IP is in place and other than connecting the radios to the switch, there is nothing to install in the rack. We should do this as a business buy. I'll donate the money to FSG, and FSG pays the vendor. Thoughts? -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Hello from KJ4SHL
by Ryan Owens 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hello everybody just wanted to quickly introduce myself to this group. My name is Ryan relatively young ham at 23 I have had my license since 2010. Currently working in the professional communication field in Tampa. This group has a lot of cool things going on and happy to be a part of it. It's a refreshing change to normal amateur radio groups. The project I am most interested in is the HamWAN Tampa project. Thanks for the add to the list. 73's Ryan Owens KJ4SHL http://kj4shl.com

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Dayton talk and repeater
by Bryan Fields 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Ham radio now has the talk I gave at Dayton on youtube. This is pretty quick for them, last year took a few months to edit it. https://youtu.be/IFcESjoWSP8?t=2520 We're still waiting on the BGP announcement to go live at the repeater site, but we have the linking controller online. Echolink is active and the nodes are on the allstar link network. Node # 40821 ; 224.280 41618 ; 443.525 42032 ; 927.050 Basically you can link them to any of the nodes on allstar network using *3 node number to link and *1 node number to unlink them. I did see asterisk crash the other day, I'm not certain what caused it, but I suspect it was echolink. Eventually we'll have allmon running and you can get into it via the web. I delinked the 900 repeater from the 220/440 and linked it over to 41170 which is the 927_tech hub. Feel free to move it back around if you want. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Data radios and clients
by Bryan Fields 26 May '16

26 May '16

I've been doing some work looking at the HamWAN standards <https://www.hamwan.org/t/Site+Bill+of+Materials> for access/client data radios. Basically this will setup us for a 2x2 MIMO AP and client capable of hitting 65Mbit/s over the air in a 10 MHz channel at 5.9 GHz. We can still use the older client radios with this which do not support MIMO, but at 37.5 Mbit/s over the air data rate. Here is a brief explanation of MCS index values. <http://www.digitalairwireless.com/wireless-blog/recent/demystifying-modulat…> Below is a list of the 3 AP's and antennas and 3 client radios. I've added in the WaveGuard shields which increase the performance of the sector antennas by shielding the back side radiation from them. The cable is already installed from the shelter to the top roof on the building, so installation and configuration of this should be a few hours worth of work. The cool thing here is the client setup is under $200 and about the same price as a entry level HT. Quanity Description Vendor PN Price Subtotal 3 Ubiquiti 5G-19-120 120 degree H/V sector Flytech AM-5G19-120 119 357 3 WaveGuard AM5G19 streakwave.com <http://streakwave.com> WG-AM2/5G-120 39 117 3 MikroTik RouterBOARD RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT streakwave.com <http://streakwave.com> RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 74 222 3 RF Elements SBX-S-CC-2SMA streakwave.com <http://streakwave.com> SBX-S-CC-2SMA 25.65 76.95 6 Tycon Power Systems TP-ESP-1000-POE Network / Lighting Surge Protector 1Gb https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=TP-ESP-1000-POE 22.57 135.42 0 Clients 3 MikroTik RouterBOARD RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT streakwave.com <http://streakwave.com> RB912UAG-5HPnD-OUT 74 222 3 Ubiquiti Networks RD-5G30-LW 5GHz 30dBi dual pol 2' dish Light Weight https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=RD-5G30-LW RD-5G30-LW 105 315 subtotal 1445.37 shipping 261 TOTAL 1706.37 This is a projected coverage of the AP's off the roof with a 35' client radio setup. We'll blanket most of Tampa Bay with very usable -75dBm signal. Any ham needing a link will be able to get on here and light up their repeater/base site with an IP connection. -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Site Update
by Bryan Fields 15 May '16

15 May '16

I went over to the site today and made some progress on things. A Ex4200 24pt/8POE/2x10g layer 3 switch was installed and cabled up to the patch panel. A serial terminal server was installed. Flashing and roof patch was used to fill in the open hole above the non-functional AC unit. The inside of the shelter where the holes for the AC unit are have been closed up with insulation and HVAC caulk. The window AC unit we installed up there was attempted to be repaired, but the replacement control board did not work. This is a minor issue as the buttons on the control board that is there does not work, but we now have an IR remote and it works to control all functions. The 927.050 repeater was changed to be in "Hearclear" mode for analog access. This is basically companding with some IF processing. We're ready to get some data radios going and internet linking of the repeaters once the far end of the fiber comes up. I'm speaking at the TAPR forum at Dayton Friday, so I'll not be able to get this going next weekend, but I think it will be worth the wait. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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Fiber is in.
by Bryan Fields 12 May '16

12 May '16

Wanted to update the group, we have the fiber run from the roof to the 7th floor terminated now. Jerry, KD4YAL has a /23 allocated and LOA'd to us We need to get a router that supports fiber SFP's to light this up, and I've ordered some patch cables from the SC to LC interface on the SFP. I'm thinking of the following for a route/switch: Juniper EX3200 or 4200 with the SFP ports. These support PoE. Cisco 2851 with 24pt switch card. It's basically a switch with a router, and not as good as the juniper in terms of performance, but slightly cheaper on eBay. I have a 7210 SAS but it's not PoE and a bit slower for routing. Also, is there anyone who has the skills or interest in running the website? It's wordpress based now, but i don't think we're married to it. I doubt we'll be able to do anything this weekend, and then next is Dayton, so it may be a few weeks to get this all working. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc.

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