[Wprcnews] Meeting notes from the April 27th Meeting for your review. Happy Mothers Day

[John Szwarc]

I received and read the April 27 Meeting report and noted under section
8c there was a discussion about HAM-NET Mesh Networking.  This
technology is properly called "Broadband-Hamnet".  A previous name for
it is "High Speed Multi-Media MESH (HSMM-MESH)".  

 It appears that some mistakenly think there would be a need to
coordinate such wireless networks.  From my understanding, this is not
the case.  By design, all Broadband-Hamnet Networks operate on channel 1
(center frequency of 2.412 GHz). If someone has set up something on
another channel they are not following the established nomenclature of
Broadband-Hamnet, and therefore not part of it.   

While WiFi channels 1 through 6 are completely within the 2.4 GHz
amateur band on a shared use bases, the use of these frequencies are
open to anyone who visits Wal-Mart and purchases a router, wireless
printer, or any other wireless device.  Further, anyone (ham or non-ham)
can purchase WiFi hardware to establish a network wireless bridge
between two distant sites and still be within the limits of FCC Part 15
rules.  Anyone can do this -- not just hams.  So there may indeed be
multiple networks operating on a given channel in the same area.  They
coexist  with some reduction in throughput and a higher noise floor.
Hams can break through the noise with higher gain antennas and more ERP.
Attempting to manage the WiFi channel usage, in my opinion, would be a
pointless exercise.  There are many other users of this spectrum who are
beyond the reach of WPRC.

If you would like to learn more about Broadband-Hamnet, there is a basic
info page on the group's web site at
http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/just-starting-read-this.html.  


-- 
John Szwarc
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On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 06:08 -0700, tom at k3ws.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,                    ( happy Mothers Day )
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> Please see the attached .pdf file (WPRC, Inc. log number 3703) to view
> the 5 pages of meeting notes from the April 27th meeting in Warren,
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