San Bruno Mountain (Building 4)

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Site is located on San Bruno Mountain, next to Building 4. It has an open view of San Francisco to the north, and the East Bay to the east (map)(photos)

Nodes

KN6PLV-SANBRUNO4-SF-N

  • Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket 5AC
  • Antenna: 120 degree sector
  • Frequency: 5.895 GHz
  • Channel: 179
  • Bandwidth: 10 MHz
  • Location: 37.68674, -122.43525 (approx)
  • Altitude: 387m
  • Bearing: 0° toward San Francisco

KN6PLV-SANBRUNO4-HAP

  • Radio: Mikrotik hAP AC2
  • Antenna: Built-in (provides onsite wifi access to mesh)
  • Location: Inside the HAM Shack
  • Altitude: 385m
  • Bearing: N/A

Backbone

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Dish to Fish Ranch

  • Radio: airFiber 5XHD
  • Frequency: 6.025 GHz (FCC OET Experimental License WN2XRO)
  • Bandwidth: 40 MHz
  • Antenna: Ubiquiti RD-5G30-S45 30 dBi
  • Location: 37.68894, -122.43665
  • Altitude: 400m
  • Bearing: 44° toward Oakland
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Dish to San Pedro (pending)

  • Radio: airFiber 5XHD
  • Frequency: -
  • Bandwidth: -
  • Antenna: Ubiquiti RD-5G23-S45 23 dBi
  • Location: 37.68894, -122.43665
  • Altitude: 400m
  • Bearing: 270° toward Marin

Site Details

Notes

Dennis has kindly offered up his site to host antennas pointing towards downtown San Francisco, an area with poor coverage. He has also obtained permission from the local managers for us to host antennas inside the secure fenced area.

Future Plans

  • Dennis has requested 3 public backbone IPs for use with the repeaters at the site.

Completed Work

July 2023

  • Two AREDN nodes, and a backbone link has been installed.. The AREDN sector points due north towards San Francisco. The Backbone line points across The Bay to Fish Ranch.

June 2023

  • With the mounting of the new pole at the site, we can move forward with an AREDN system.

Contacts

Site Admin

  • Dennis Lee - AH6KD -

Mesh Admin

  • Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim@sfwem.net