Hey guys, I own a whole bunch of those channels similar to what Adam is talking about herein. Only mine are UHF and VHF old paging pairs that I bought at the FCC paging auction a few years ago. They are considered CMRS so they can be used for anything commercial almost. We do and did use them as 2-way radio repeater pairs. They are 25KHz wide each. I typically have 6 to 8 channel pairs available in the same band, again typically for that many in the same geographic areas they are UHF 454Mhz.
Does anyone know of any equipment out there that can take those individual, non-contiguous space channels and (multiplex?) them together as one data channel providing the full bandwidth of all of the channels aggregated together? For example; 7 channel pairs equals 14 ea 25KHz channels (454MHz and 459MHz for a pair) for a total of 350Khz total bandwidth as a whole. 350KHz of bandwidth at 110 watts of power could certainly provide some significant data service to someone in the sticks that can't get any service from anything else. And, as was said above, would provide a significant control system for a carrier to it's systems a long way out in the sticks. This may not be the best use of RF resources, but if the channels are not in use for anything significant, it could be an "Only Option" Ohhh, and BTW, I have a pot full of those area wide channels for sale in KS, MO and AR. Phil Phil Philip J. Rankin, CEO Wireless Telecommunications, Corp. A division of; Mobilcom Wireless Services PO Box 24 Pittsburg, KS 66762 620-231-8188 On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Brian Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > I still maintain a 1200 baud packet radio network for amateur radio. For > serial console router management what you are suggesting on 220 MHz would > work great. Properly built 1200 baud works surprisingly well still. > Hardware and such is readily available. > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Sunday, April 08, 2018 4:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Remote access and mobile data for tech > > > > I was talking to Select Spectrum the other day. They can get you a > channel in 217-220mhz. The license is for a whole county. I think the > biggest size is 1mhz, but they'll also do a 100khz channel. They'll price > it by Mhz*population. A tenth of a mhz times the population of a rural > county could be pretty cheap. Oh and you can transmit at 50 Watts ERP. > > > > So along these lines I was wondering how feasible it would be to build a > little low speed OOB management network. You might only get 100kbps, but > 217mhz at 50 Watts should really travel. It might be just the thing to get > you into your hung router. > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> > > To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> > > Sent: 4/6/2018 8:56:51 AM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Remote access and mobile data for tech > > > > Does have a learning curve but great technical support with real folks on > phone.... > > Jaime Solorza > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 9:36 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Cradlepoint is what we are looking toward for sites. Is it as versatile as > mikrotik for fieldwork? I need easy changes without reboot > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 8:35 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have zero issues with Cradlepoint Aer1600... T-MOBILE , Wi-Fi and LAN > connections....I can use two SIM cards if I need.... > > Jaime Solorza > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 6:40 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > > May be looking for two separate items here. And rehashing the site remote > acces questions. > > I prefer a multicarrier option, that way if im in the tech van and its > verizon sim isnt getting quality id like to drop my att straight talk sim > in and get interwebs. > > I prefer mikrotik. I currently use an air router for the install truck and > with ip aliases i can access all our radios directly from a phone and our > long test cable. Except not 169.254.1.1 because ubnt chose to hardcode > that. If the radio connects to our network then we have access to our > network from our phone. Having the cellular option adds public side access. > Plus google earth needs a live connection to plot link paths onsite, i did > it today on a 300k hotspot from my workphone...aweful. > > I would like external wifi and cellular antenna options so i dont have to > hang this out the window in a ziplock baggie, looks kind of ghetto, but it > also needs to be able to be made portable if im testing where i cant get > the van close enough to operate off the test cables and have to operate off > ac site power or out of radio range of the van antenna. > > > > Then, of course external remote site access. We had a site router hang the > other day and had to drive to the site with a subscriber to connect from > the ground and reboot the ups, otherwise we would have had to climb or trip > the breaker and wait for the battery to die > >
