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

[Harry Bloomberg]

    I concur with John.  There is no need for WPRC to be concerned with 
allocating 2.4 GHz channels for BBHN.  The technology is designed to be 
used on shared channels.  Plus some of the activity will be non-ham 
anyway due to the nature of the technology.

73,
Harry Bloomberg W3YJ
Section Emergency Coordinator
Western PA ARES
hpb at pitt.edu

On Fri, 9 May 2014, John Szwarc wrote:

> 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,
>> PA.  It was nice to see everyone and bring the WPRC, Inc. to Warren,
>> PA for the first time....  A GREAT turnout of 34 people who signed the
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