Solar Powered System Frank Stratton – VE3YY 3G & 2.4 GHZ WIRELESS
Solar Powered Wireless The Problem No Hydro No High Speed Internet No Good Signals near the lake
Environment Trailer Park Calabogie Area Lake area near Tatty Hill 500 acre farm with a trailer park behind the hill 3G Distance from Tatty Hill to Burnstown – 20 Km 2.4 GHz wireless distance – ½ kilometre
Equipment 2.4 GHz TPLink Router TPLink repeaters (2) Rogers Rocket Hub 850 MHz 12 element 3G Yagi 24 Element 2.4 GHz Yagi 2.4 Ghz Dish 2.4 Vertical Antenna 2.4 GHz 32 slot horizontally polarized antenna
Equipment Continued Charge Controllers (MorningStar) Batteries – Flooded and Gel Solar Panels – Mostly manufactured by Sharp
Lake View
Tower
3G & 2.4 Ghz Antennas
View to Main Repeater
Solar Panels (shared)
Solar Panel
View Burnstown
View to Lake
Yagi to Repeater (VE3YY)
3G 850 Mhz to Burnstown
Main System at Tower
Main Tower Controller
200 Amp Hour 6 volt Batteries
Main Repeater and Antenna
Main Repeater
Main Repeater Antenna
Repeater at VE3YY
32 Slot Repeater Antenna – VE3YY
Connection
Battery Power at VE3YY – 1300 Amp Hours
Lessons Learned Leaves and 2.4 GHz do not mix. Cut down trees between the antennas Height and high gain antennas Mix vertical and horizontal antennas Routers & Repeaters consume 3 to 4 amps Do not use 120 volt converters. Direct connect and use only 12 volt repeaters and routers Use same manufacturer for routers and repeaters TPLink used in this system
Rogers Rocket Hub
TPLINK Wireless Setup
Wireless Security Setup
TPLINK Connection to Rogers Hub
TPLINK – IP Address Setup
TPLINK – Connected Clients
TPLINK – Media Server
TPLINK - Media Server Files
Questions 73 Frank Stratton VE3YY