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Revision as of 11:44, 27 February 2024
Mount Vaca East is located at a radio site on the eastern side of the ridge line, slightly below the peak of Mount Vaca (map)(photos).
Part of the Bay Area Backbone.
Nodes
W6AK-MTVACA2-5
- Radio: Mikrotik RouterBOARD 912UAG-5HPnD (Basebox 5)
- Antenna: 120° sector
- Location: 38.392, -122.096
- Altitude: 2,800 ft
- Bearing: -
Backbone
MtVacaE-to-CarpHill
- Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
- Antenna: 34 dBi dish
- Location: 38.392, -122.096
- Altitude: 2,800 ft
- Bearing: 71°
MtVacaE-to-Twitchell (proposed)
- Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
- Antenna: 30 dBi dish
- Location: 38.392, -122.096
- Altitude: 2,800 ft
- Bearing: 127°
- Notes: This connects to a low-site at Twitchell, which in turn connects onwards to Mt Diablo.
Site Details
The site is home to the Sac-AREDN club.
Noise
Mt Vaca has many towers and is an extremely noisy environment.
Future Plans
- Realign dish for best signal now we have a connection.
Completed Work
February 2024 / 2
- Re-flashed the airFiber radio with PtP firmware (rather than PtMP) and successfully established a connection to Carpenter Hill.
February 2023 / 1
- Repointed dish to try for a consistent connection to Carpenter Hill. Signal strength improved but connection still mostly fails.
December 2023
- Install the backbone equipment, including an airFiber 5XHD and 34 dBi dish antenna, pointing at Carpenter Hill.
Contacts
Site Admin
- Tom Preston - KQ6EO - tpkq6eo@gmail.com
Mesh Admin
- Tom Preston - KQ6EO - tpkq6eo@gmail.com