= Victoria to Port Angeles Wireless Link Party =

 * When: July 10th 2004
 * Where: PortAngelesWashington and VictoriaBritishColumbia
 * Who: Pacific Northwest Wireless Volunteers and friends
 * Why: Establish a free 802.11a link from VictoriaBritishColumbia to PortAngelesWashington for fun.
 * What happened:  We came, Darrin got hassled, and we took measurements. See [[http://www.bcwireless.net/moin.cgi/VictoriaPortAngelesLinkTest|VictoriaPortAngelesLinkTest]] for prelinary log data.


== Port Angeles ==

=== Possible Locations ===

 * [[http://www.personaltelco.net/~tom/ptpstuff/vpap/|Points]] surveyed by AaronJohnson.
 
 * [[http://www.portangelesinn.com/|Port Angeles Inn]]
  * Latitude: 48.118518286954 (geocode estimate)
  * Longitude -123.43420050028 (geocode estimate)

 * Salt Creek campground ( [[http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move&tlevel=-&tvar=-&tmeth=i&mlat=&mlon=&msym=bigdot&mlabel=&murl=&lat=48.1655769&lon=-123.7072144&wid=0.022&ht=0.009&conf=mapnew.con&map.x=275&map.y=157|Map]] )
  * Latitude: 48.1663284 
  * Longitude: -123.7041855
  * coords are nad27, decimal.
  * Plenty of camping, possible power (cant remember if there were RV hookups or not).  LOS to vancouver island.  Vehicle fee is ~$15.  Camping available at edge of bluff.


 ==== Gear ====

PersonalTelco is offering to sponsor wireless gear to maintain a permanent link. Home brew antennae.

== Vancouver Island ==

The Victoria Telecommunity Network and the BC Wireless Project are working on this as a joint project.  Many thanks to the VTN for their willingness to help us with this project.


=== Possible Locations ===
 * Gonzales Observatory; 
   * Latitude: 48.41317
   * Longitude:	-123.325	
   * Elevation: 65 meters above sea level.
   * Managed by the Capital Regional District, also has some [[http://www.bcwireless.net/tafl/callsign.php?callsign=xkk420&gettype=cached&cachedcopy=20040117140605|Weather monitoring systems used by UVIC]]

 * Mount Tolmie
    * Latitude: 48.45655	
    * Longitude: -123.3259	
    * Elevation: 112 meters
    * Located in Saanich, also City property.
 
 * Dominion Observatory aka: The Center of the Universe
   * Site A (Lower Scope)
      * Latitude: 48.52075	
      * Longitude: -123.4193	
      * Elevation: 183 meters
   * Site B (Administrative offices)
      * Latitude: 48.5192
      * Longitude: -123.4166	
      * Elevation: 193 meters
  * Federal land, also a historic site.  

 * Mount Douglas (approximated)
   * Latitude: 48.49414
   * Longitude:	-123.3478
   * Elevation: 208 meters
   * Problems:  Conservation society doesn't like antennas, lots of commercial antennas already up there.

 * Other site considerations:  The West Coast Amateur Radio Association may have repeater sites we could hitch ROW off of.

 * Gear we have available:
   * One WRAP based Atheros box.
   * 2.4GHz antennae

     
== Issues ==

=== Technical ===
  * Lets try to do 802.11b also, just in case the 802.11a stuff doesn't work out 
     * A should be doable, if we have some nice antennas, and possibly a social "debate" on whether to use closed-source software or not.
  * Power sources are questionable, need generators and UPS probably
  * Need tested, pre-configured software and hardware
     * Configure routers with routes and IPs
     * Configure radio cards with proper channel assignments
     * Test end-to-end connectivity up close
  * Network diagrams
     * Just some well documented diagrams so we know what the heck we're doing
  * Communication between the two sites
     * amateur
        * Free
        * CaseyHalverson has a radio for the Washingtion side
          * MatthewAsham has a radio for the Victoria side.
     * cellular 
        * International calls need to be made, can be expensive
        * Need a list of phone numbers in case of lost radio contact

=== Municipal Ordinances ===
  * Port Angeles http://www.mrsc.org/ords/p54o3089.aspx

=== Logistic ===
  * Unavailibility among SWN people during this holiday (maybe another weekend in July)
  * SWN and PTP people should plan to stay the night in this area
  * Food, water, shelter, activities, socials, schedules, equipment, etc. details

Wireless campout? Anyone want to look for a campsite?

extention cords to tents etc?
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