[HATS] HATS Meeting Notice

[CBoone@Earthlink.Net]

Ed Manuel wrote:
> 
> Gang,
> 
> Several important announcements so please read.
> 
> 1.  Tony is going to be out of town this week on business.  The regular
> meeting night for the HATS meeting is this coming Wednesday evening.  Do
> you, as a group, want to meet at Bennigan's to get the room for a quiet
> discussion instead of the Chili's?  Any other recommendations?

> To be discussed at the meeting is the next important item.
> 
> 2.  Repeater installation party - Saturday, December 14th from 9am until
> 3pm.  Yep.  Time to make put it on the air.  Or, at least get the outside
> stuff as much accomplished as the weather will permit.  We will be
> discussing logistics Wednesday night.  On this note - -

I will likely be doing a Novell Server upgrade this Saturday..
(wouldnt you know it!)....rats!


> 3.  Phase 2.  After the repeater is back on the air and running, we are
> ready to start working on the second phase.  I would like for our local
> members to consider a proposal.  We have, through the gracious donation of
> one of our members, acquired a wireless Ethernet Bridge (thanks,
> Fred).  This device will allow us to have Ethernet in the repeater cabinet,
> connected to the LAN at my QTH, less than 2 miles away.  This means that we
> can have a computer in the repeater cabinet that we can access from my home
> in the short term, and on the Internet in the long term.

Ahhh a 2.4GHz xmtr will likely choke the Wireless Ethernet Bridge
maybe???? Since the 802.11 stuff operate in and near the ham band,
its possible...also I have seen WAY too much stuff being read from
such units (My ex boss showed me what he picked up one day while out
to lunch and mobile!!)...scary!! Maybe better to do something within
amateur freqs (like 10 GHz?) if possible just for security sake..
but I like the idea...
 
> So, what do to with the computer.  Ron and I have talked and believe that a
> Linux box would be the best all around platform for the repeater

Linux seems to be the way to go....IRLP uses Linux and has little
or no crashes (due to software issues!! Now a PC dying is another
matter! :)

I'll try to make the Wednesday meeting (I keep forgetting and have
been too damn busy to do much else) and maybe help out in some way..

Chris
WB5ITT