Solar Powered System

Frank Stratton – VE3YY

3G & 2.4 GHZ WIRELESS

Solar Powered WirelessThe Problem

No HydroNo High Speed InternetNo Good Signals near the lake

EnvironmentTrailer Park

Calabogie AreaLake area near Tatty Hill500 acre farm with a trailer park behind the

hill3G Distance from Tatty Hill to Burnstown –

20 Km2.4 GHz wireless distance – ½ kilometre

Equipment2.4 GHz

TPLink RouterTPLink repeaters (2)

Rogers Rocket Hub850 MHz 12 element 3G Yagi24 Element 2.4 GHz Yagi2.4 Ghz Dish2.4 Vertical Antenna2.4 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 LearnedLeaves and 2.4 GHz do not mix.

Cut down trees between the antennasHeight and high gain antennas

Mix vertical and horizontal antennasRouters & Repeaters consume 3 to 4 amps

Do not use 120 volt converters. Direct connect and use only 12 volt repeaters

and routersUse same manufacturer for routers and

repeatersTPLink 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

73Frank Stratton

VE3YY