Sunol Ridge
Sunol Ridge Repeater Group (W6SRR)
Site is located off Palomares Road, Castro Valley at Sunol Peak (map)(photos)
The Sunol Ridge is geographically located between Union City and Pleasanton. The ridge line separates the Fremont area of Alameda County from Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore on the east side of the ridge.
Site Details
Configuration
Sunol Ridge hosts an Edge Router X SFP and an EdgePower 24V 72W, an airFiber 5XHD, a hAP AC2 and various other AREDN nodes.
| Device | IP | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| EdgeRouterX SFP | AREDN LAN | Management on VLAN 1004 |
| EdgePower 24V 72W | AREDN LAN | |
| airFiber 5XHD | AREDN LAN | Management on VLAN 1004 |
| VLAN | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN WAN |
| 2 | AREDN DtD |
| 14 | San Carlos XLINK |
| 1004 | Management |
| Port | Description | VLANs | PoE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | AREDN | 2 | 24v | W6SRR-SR-Livermore |
| 1 | AREDN | 2 | 24v | W6SRR-SR-Fremont & W6SRR-SR-SXQ |
| 2 | AREDN | 2 | Off | |
| 3 | AREDN | 2 | Off | |
| 4 | airFiber 5XHD | 14,1004 | 24v | to San Carlos |
| 5 | to W6SRR-SR-HAP | 2,14,(1004) | - |
| Port | Description | VLANs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data | to EdgeSwitchX | 14,1004 | Management VLAN 1004 |
| Mgmt | (unused) |
| Port | Description | PoE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN | 24v | Provides a 100Mbps AREDN PoE port |
| 2 | to W6SRR-SR-HAP | Off |
| Port | Description | VLANs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN WAN | (1) | wan - PoE-in unused |
| 2 | EdgePower | (U), 2 | lan1 |
| 3 | AREDN | (U), 2 | lan2 |
| 4 | AREDN | (U), 2 | lan3 |
| 5 | to EdgeRouterX | (U), 2, 14 | lan4 |
Power
Power is provided on site. A backup generator is also included. However, we include our own backup power using an EdgePower 24V 72W and two 24Ah LiFePO4 batteries. The batteries are mounted on a 2U shelf mounted towards the bottom of the equipment rack and provide ~1 day of backup power. The rack already contains other batteries for separate equipment so this is compromise between space, weight, and runtime.
Coverage
Plans
- Remount the San Carlos dish with 5"-to-2" bracket and post (part MS-100)
Backbone
Dish to San Carlos
Radio: airFiber 5XHD
Antenna: airFiber 30 dBi Slant 45
Frequency: To be finalized
Bandwidth: 40 MHz
Location: 37.620065,-121.922218
Altitude: 660m
Bearing: 246°
Read Only Access: mesh / aredn-back-bone
Nodes
W6SRR-SR-HAP
Radio: Mikrotik hAP AC2
Frequency: -
Bandwidth: -
Antenna: builtin
Location: 37.620065,-121.922218
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
W6SRR-SR-LIVERMORE
Radio: mANTBox 19s
Antenna: 120° sector
Frequency: 5.855 GHz (channel 171)
Bandwidth: 10 MHz
Location: 37.620065,-121.922218
Altitude: 660m
Bearing: 38°
Downtilt: 2.5°
W6SRR-SR-FREMONT
Radio: mANTBox 19s
Antenna: 120° sector
Frequency: 5.905 GHz (channel 181)
Bandwidth: 10 MHz
Location: 37.620065,-121.922218
Altitude: 660m
Bearing: ~228°
Downtilt: ~2°
W6SRR-SR-SQX
Radio: Mikrotik SXT 5 High Power
Antenna: Built-in
Frequency: 5.875 GHz (channel 175)
Bandwidth: 10 MHz
Location: 37.620065,-121.922218
Altitude: 660m
Bearing: ~218°
Downtilt: 0°
Commercial Neighbors
Etheric Networks, Inc. shared tenancy at Sunol Ridge. They license (WQUA557 WRJT283) spectrum in the 5.96 GHz (60 MHz), 6.09 GHz (30 MHz), 6.21 GHz (60 MHz) and 10.8 GHz range. Unlike many microwave tenants, the licensed band overlaps with the WiFi 6E spectrum which must defer to their use. Care must be taken when running a backbone link through this site, although we are unlikely to be run links in similar directions.
Other Neighbors
The site also contains many other radios, including radios for Alameda County, the emergency services and Alameda County OES. The primary EOC is located in Dublin. (map)
Local Radio Clubs
- Sunol Ridge Repeater Group (W6SRR)
- Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK)
- Hayward Radio Club (K6EAG)
- South Bay Amateur Radio Association (KU6S)
Points of Interest
- Livermore area mesh radio nodes reporting as of Jan 2023. (KML)
- Livermore Airport (HAT)
- Alameda County Dublin EOC (map)
Contacts
- Ian Parker - W6TCP - w6tcpian@gmail.com
- Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim.wilkinson@me.com