SVWUX July 5, 2007 Meeting Summary

Attendees:

• Ian Kluft KO6YQ
• Daniel Gimpelevich
• Brad Douglas KB8UYR
• Pat Barthelow AA6EG
• Cliff Skolnick N1DPH
• Heather Stern KG6ZYC
• Jim Dennis KG6ZXF
• Bill Dale N2RHV
• Rafael Skodlar KC6LBJ
• Tom Minnis WB6HYD

Linux Picnic Wi-Fi Support

• William has the equipment from last year's setup
• Cliff has additional access points to fill in gaps
• no generators allowed at the park
• Pat has 48V power supplies which Cliff can use
• William has started discussion with Finisar - they're OK with offering use of their network
• we'll schedule a network setup rehearsal soon - that will be on the mail list
• Tom has a 1Mbps symmetric commercial radio available if we can use as a second backhaul
• we'll set up a separate rehearsal Saturday at 4PM at Baylands Park (entrance is free after 4PM)

Emergency Wireless Network

• still need to order the last of the equipment - volunteers have been busy

Bill's Section Manager update

• W6MLP cookout Thurs July 12 6:30PM http://www.w6mlp.org/ - we're invited
• County-wide emergency comm drill based on packet radio on July 21 2-4PM
• Bill found another microwave data communications experimenters group - we should get in touch with Joel Wilhite KD6W

Pat's discussion of the Jamesburg Dish

• A private owner acquired land in Carmel Valley which has a former AT&T 32m dish. The Jamesburg project uses the dish for Amateur Radio for "moonbounce", reflecting radio signals off the Moon to use it like a communications satellite
• The project is trying to maintain longer term solutions to keep the dish in use and available to Hams. If the owner sells the land to someone else this could all go away.
• The long-term survival of the dish is not arranged yet.
• One of the participants is the 50MHz & Up microwave experimenters group
• Lots of Hams have potential applications - AMSAT is making a satellite for Mars orbit that this dish would be perfect for.
• http://www.jamesburg-dish.org/

-- IanKluft - 06 Jul 2007