Had a physics class with a prof who had us design a traffic light
controller. All the "hardy boys" did it with u-controllers... was
pricey... I did it with all analog/descrete components and got 1/4 the
price.. Yeah, aced that class and got an offer from the prof to work
with him on a signal detector... Highlight of my college time..
Unfortunately the prof got convicted of embezzling funds from his
monster grant to work on his house LOL...
On 6/12/20 7:46 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Those were the ONLY classes I cared about. Got A’s in all things
antenna and RF.
Got A’s in most of the linear stuff.
Got the B’s in the digital crap that doesn’t matter to anyone....
(those guys are called bit freaks)
Got a C- in integral calculus.
*From:* Mark Radabaugh
*Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2020 8:42 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber
Hey, I was proud of that D in Microwave and Antenna systems :-) D’s
get degrees. I’m never going to use this shit. Take the EIT / PE
exam? Why the hell would I ever work as a consulting engineer.
Of course my first job is a consulting engineer, and I deal with
microwaves and antenna systems every day.
Ah, to know then what I know now. Just don’t make me do all this
shit over again.
Mark
On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
Makes you wonder if a wire and an alligator clip could turn the
aluminum box into an antenna.
Yeah, fields & waves was not my best course in college. And I have a
fear of heights. So of course I end up running a WISP. But turning
a Faraday cage into an antenna is probably not my best idea.
*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com>*On Behalf Of*Mark Radabaugh
*Sent:*Friday, June 12, 2020 9:07 AM
*To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber
I like your solution actually. Should work out well. Hardest part
with trailers is getting through the aluminum box. Putting AP’s
close will help a lot.
Mark
On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow this thread blew up while I was sleeping.
I'm proposing both a wireless and fiber solution. I'm sure they'll
pick WiFi because it'll be cheaper, but I wanted to put all the
cards on the table.
As far as why I'm bothering to propose fiber:
1) If there's fiber to the power pedestal, and each ped (or every
other ped) has it's own little router with it's own SSID and key,
then there's a security benefit vs having everybody in the park be
able to sniff traffic from each other's devices.
2) We could track any illegal/bad/weird activity to a specific RV
site (or at least to the proximity of one).
3) The changing positions and occupancy of RV sites won't affect
anybody's WiFi because their WiFi will be right next to them no
matter what. Neither will the growth of trees hurt them.
4) No capacity issue in the park (and the feed TO the park can of
course always be upgraded).
5) Infinitely upgrade-able.
6) We have all the equipment and personnel and we want to use them.
There's an indefinite amount of work for them expanding and
improving our own network, but if they do it for the campground we
can bill them out.
-Adam
On 6/11/2020 5:48 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
Why are you doing fiber?
We have a 300 unit RV park where everyone is required to stream
over the Internet, no satellite dishes are allowed.
It works absolutely fine and everything is back hauled wirelessly
to the sectors that cover several RV campers.
On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Adam
Moffettmailto:dmmoffett@gmail.comwrote:
Yeah I'm assuming WiFi would be everyone's first choice, and
that's part of why I'm thinking WiFi from the pedestal. I just
thought it would be nice to have the option to plug in a cable.
I did find a comms enclosure that bolts onto the back side of the
RV power ped.http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/.
<http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/>
Waiting for them to send me more details, but I think that might
give me a place for the ONT, and incidentally there appear to be
two keystone jacks in it. My two reasons for suggesting this
approach are that each RV gets their own WiFi instead of sharing
it with everybody around them, and if there was ever a law
enforcement issue we could track the usage to a particular site
rather than just "somewhere in the park".
On 6/11/2020 4:54 PM, Robert Andrews wrote:
As an "RVer" I will say that we are all set up for WiFi
connections and doing a hardwire would be something that we
_never_ plan for. Don't even carry and ethernet cable...
On 06/11/2020 01:30 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
If you run fiber to RV sites, what do you put in at the site?
I'm imagining I'd end with a WiFi enabled ONT in a box, on a
post next to their power and water hookups. I'd want the campers
to be able to plug Ethernet in at the box if they have the
wherewithal to do so. And if they don't then they have their
own private WiFi right outside their RV.
....of course I could get little Hoffman boxes and put this
together, but I'm betting someone must have made a product for
this already.
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