Los Gatos Hills Site

This page catalogs the status and todo list for our Los Gatos Hills repeater site.

Status

Our Los Gatos Hills site is on private property at over 1850 ft altitude. It currently houses a Linksys router running OpenWRT. We can sort of connect to it, but it does not bridge properly so we can not reach anything else through it.

Site usage was provided in exchange for providing remote data access to his hill top equipment. He is on the same vector as the SJCEOC.

Equipment Needed

Agenda November 7, 2009

Base team

All are welcome to participate at the SJCEOC while the climb team sets up on the Los Gatos Hilltop.

Climb team

Equipment to bring up:

The steps in the Plan

1. There is 1 LMR-400 feedline that is 100 feet long running up the tower. We want to remove the LMR-400 (unless John doesn't want us to, for some reason) and the bi-directional amp that is currently installed on the feedline (goes back to Ian).
2. We want to swap out the server that is currently installed with one that we will be bringing up. This should be a drop-in replacement that should need no on-site configuring. (We'll see .) Eth0 is the local on-site network and eth1 (the PCI card) is to connect to the switch, as are are both radios.
3. Install the second panel antenna and point it at the highway 85 & 280 junction.
4. Check the aim on the existing panel antenna; it should point at the bottom end of San Jose International.
5. Install Bullet2 radios on each panel antenna using LMR400 pigtails.
6. Run 2 100 foot outdoor grade ethernet cables up the tower to the Bullet2s.
7. Install PoE injectors in the equipment room and plug in the Bullet2s.
8. Verify everything works.
   1. Radios on separate channels
   2. IP, NM

1. Seal N connectors (after everything is working)

Equipment to bring back:

-- Main.randomandy - 23 Jun 2009