Carpenter Hill

The Carpenter Hill (or Peak) site is locate at a Sacramento County Site on a hilltop near Folsom (map)(photos).

Part of the Bay Area Backbone.

Nodes

W6AK-CARPPK1-3

• Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M3 XM
• Antenna: 120° Sector
• Location: 38.649285,-121.099479
• Altitude: 262 meters
• Bearing: 255°

W6AK-CARPPK2-5

• Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW
• Antenna: 120° Sector
• Location: 38.649285,-121.099479
• Altitude: 262 meters
• Bearing: 255°

W6AK-CARPPK3-2

• Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M2 XW
• Antenna: 120 Sector
• Location: 38.649285,-121.099479
• Altitude: 262 meters
• Bearing: 255°

W6AK-CARPPK4-3

• Radio: Ubiquiti NanoBridge M3
• Antenna:
• Location: 38.649285,-121.099479
• Altitude: 262 meters
• Bearing: 252°
• Notes: Pointing towards Mt Vaca providing original 3 GHz link.

W6AK-CARPPK-HAP

• Radio: Mikrotik hAP AC2
• Antenna: Built-in (unused)
• Location: Inside the HAM Shack
• Altitude: -
• Bearing: N/A

Backbone

Looking towards Mt Vaca

CarpHill-to-MtVacaE

• Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
• Frequency: 6.00 GHz
• Bandwidth: 30 MHz
• Antenna: airFiber X 5 GHz, 34 dBi, Slant 45
• Location: 38.649285,-121.099479
• Altitude: 262 meters
• Bearing: 252°
• Notes: Connecting to Mt Vaca East

Site Details

The site is home to the Sac-AREDN club.

Future Plans

• None

Completed Work

February 2024

• Switch out Rocket LTU radio for airFiber 5XHD radio. Hoping a strict PtP connection will be more stable.

January 2024

• Attempt to realign the dish to fix failed connection to Mt Vaca East. Failed, so must now do the other end.

November 2023

• Installed new airFiber radio and dish pointed toward Mount Vaca.
• Installed hAP ac2 to provide xlink over airFiber radio.
• Installed EdgeRouter X SFP to provide backbone functionality at site.

Contacts

Site Admin

• Tom Preston - KQ6EO - tpkq6eo@gmail.com

Mesh Admin

• Tom Preston - KQ6EO - tpkq6eo@gmail.com