Update on changes we have done to our Mi7 network. First up our chat services. Instead of having BPQCHAT instances on each node then linking each of those BPQ chats we have moved to a single Chat instance in the east datacenter. So when you connect to any of the 30+ Mi7 nodes and type …
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Joining East and West Took Years, and Teamwork – W8CMN Mi6 Network Backbone Spanning Central Michigan – SEOC Connected
We have had a busy start to the first part of May here at W8CMN. We know John, WB8RCR SK is smiling down on all the hard work accomplished the past week. We have brought 55 miles of 10Ghz microwave online going from our site west of Lansing to the State EOC in Diamondale through …
2023 Q1 W8CMN Network Update
While it may have been a while since we have posted what we have been up to at W8CMN we haven’t been relaxing or hibernating. Let this post be the “First Quarter 2023” W8CMN Network report. It will cover items related to our grant project and unrelated to the grant. Nothing will be in a …
New Mi5 Site Pinconning Online
Happy New Year from all of us here at W8CMN, but we just couldn’t let the year end without a bang so Jeff and Paul went on Saturday, December 31st to install the new Mi5 Pinconning DMR repeater at our new site. The repeater is on 444.6250+ or the same pair as our BYN repeater. …
Christmas came early with new Mi5 and Mi6 sites online – 2022-12-12
It was cold and snowy this past Saturday with Sunday being just plain cold but the teams assembled and accomplished a lot. Saturday we all gathered at the new Midland tower site which is just southwest of the city of Midland. When the crews had finished for the day they installed three x 2’ Dishes, …
2022 November/October Project Update
Apologies for the lack of posting the past few weeks but we haven’t been idle. Going to give a post here on the items that we have completed at a number of existing and new sites on the network. The snow and cold haven’t stopped us, but weather delays have already hampered some plans a …
New Lansing Site Online – Lansing Work Party 2022-10-08
We are announcing that we have brought a new site online in the Lansing area. Lansing Collins is located on top of the new McLaren Greater Lansing campus building. The site currently has 5.9Ghz PtMP Sectors and 2.397ghz PtMP Omni online for client radios to connect to. This site is also serving as a hub …
One Down Fifty-Nine To Go – Mi6WAN ARDC Grant
On Sunday, September 18, 2022, members and directors of Central Michigan Emergency Network visited the first site in a project that has been in the works for over a year and a half and will continue for the next 18 months. That project is to replace all 3.4ghz Point-to-Point links in our network with 10/11ghz …
Mi5 HAK Site Online
We have some news about our northern Mi5 Network. With the help of the guys at Ccecpsco we have moved the equipment for Stutsmanville to the Hackleburg site which is in southern Cheboygan county east of I75 / Indian River. The repeater is currently running at 500′ AGL at the site on the same pair …
Bay City APRS Digi/Igate Installed – Frankenmuth APRS Repaired
We have installed a new APRS Digi/Igate at our Bay City tower location on Sunday October 3rd 2021. BAYCTY is currently running 40 watts from a folded dipole antenna that is 165′ agl located in downtown Bay City. The digi is configured as a fill-in style where it will only repeat packets heard directly that …