7 Jul
2013
7 Jul
'13
11:13 a.m.
Again I ask why are the higher bands not as
attractive? Readily available
COTS Gear is available for 900Mhz, 2.4GHz, 3.4Ghz, 5.7Ghz, 10Ghz, & 24Ghz.
We ought to be looking to fill 5.7, 10, & 24 to the point that we can show
value in being there. it is our non use of these bands that makes them
easy targets for reallocation and takeover. Try reallocating for instance
the 2M Band in a major metropolitan city, you'd have an uproar, but the
middle microwave bands, easy chicken, egg.
There is no path. There is no use case...
Prove me wrong. Get with (at least) two of your ham neighbors, build
a high speed ring or mesh network on the microwave allocations between
your stations. Get the 44 net addresses. Set up gateways. Send
us all an email from the ampr.org address describing what you've
done...
It should only cost about $1K each node and some hundreds of hours.
Then, when it's working - if you do find the paths, there will be
endless discussions of what can and can't flow on the system and what
keys can or can't be used.
Compare that to Facebook today with a broadband account that just works.
It'll be hard enough getting a path with an ID-1 (price reduced - $710
at HRO) or UDR56K... Then you still have the content and use case
issues...
73
Bill, WA7NWP
PS. I can throw out these challenges because I'm working on them.
I'm spending the $$ and investing the time to make it happen.