1. A project is added on this page.
2. Wuggers and other persons or organisations pledge money towards a project
3. When all the money is pledged, its paid into the financial manager for the project's account.
4. The equipment is bought and installed.
I want to donate:
1. Send an email with the amount and project you would like to donate for to ptawug@gmail.com
2. You will receive the banking details for the financial manager of the specific project.
3. EFT the money to him with your nickname as reference.
If you want to donate something, speak to ProtZkroG (protzkrog@gmail.com) or LouisZa (lpienaar@gmail.com) or gripen (gripen49@gmail.com) or Romeo0s (roy.alex0@gmail.com) or Scrappies (spgrobler@gmail.com) on IRC or drop them a mail, your name will be added next to the piece of hardware you want to donate.
All donations are logged on this site and your name will be added to the list as soon as the kit for the project is bought.
PTAWUG relies solely on donations to upgrade and maintain current highsites as well as putting up brand new ones.
Thanks again to everyone that has donated towards the highsites, from R50 to R4000, every bit helps.
Annlin Upgrade
Upgrade the backbone link between AL and ML
Responsible person: Scrappies
Finances: Scrappies
Item Quantity Price
Ubiquity NanoBridge 2 R1460.00 (Xerxes, R150 Shacknet ,R550)
TOTAL: R1460.00
NEEDED : R760.00Akasia Upgrade
Upgrade the backbone link between AK and PN and add sectors
Responsible person: Ghost
Finances: Ghost
Item Quantity Price
RouterBoard 433AH 3 port 128MB 1 R1248.3
TOTAL: R4336.56
NEEDED : R4336.56
Jinx-Biotite Upgrades
Upgrade the backbon link between JINX and BT.
Responsible person: Donneld, vaalpens, JINX
Finances: vaalpens
Item Quantity Price
Ubiquity NanoBridge (RL) 2 R1460 (Vaalpens R600; rodneyvdw R300; Dodgy R582)
35m CAT5e 1 R70 (Wabster R70.00)
3m pole and brackets 1 R260 (JINX)
TOTAL: R1812
NEEDED : R0.00Centurion West Backbone Upgrades
Upgrading of Backbone Links in Centurion.
Responsible person: as per HS
Finances: as per HS
Item Quantity Price
HW (Romeo0s)
Ubiquity NanoBridge (RL) 2 R1460 (R250 Shacknet, R250 Alien, R500 Hansie, Astro R100)
RB450g 1 R910 (R700 Bloax,R200 Stiffyxyz)
TOTAL: R2363
NEEDED : R363.00RL (Romeo0s)
Ubiquity NanoBridge TR,VH,AV 6 R4380 (R4380 k00s)
RB450g 2 R1820 (R1460 k00s)
TOTAL: R6200
NEEDED : R0.00VE ( Toy)
Ubiquity NanoBridge (w0w.NW,AV) 6 R4380 (R500 Esitoli, R5000 kwagga)
RB450g (VE,AV) 1 R910
Ubiquiti AirMax Rocket M5 5GHz 2x2 MIMO AirMax TDMA BaseStation - VE-BT 2 R1606 (PTAWUG Stock at ProtZ)
TOTAL: R6896
NEEDED : R0.00TR ( Bloax)
Ubiquity NanoBridge (w0w.NW,AV) 2 R1460 (R1400 Alien)
TOTAL: R1460
NEEDED : R60.00W0W-HW ( RomeoOs)
Ubiquity NanoBridge (w0w.NW,AV) 2 R1460 (Varac, R460.00)
TOTAL: R1460
NEEDED : R1000.00PTAWUG Sound equipment project
Equipment purchased for wugmeets, letstalkgeek recordings and admin meeting and training recordings.
Responsible person: BazDaddy
Finances: BazDaddy
Item Quantity Price
Microphones 3 R1310 (R120 gert123, R150 ChrisJ)
Cables 3 R210
TOTAL: R1520
NEEDED : R1250.00Amandasig Highsite project Phase 1
Biggest highsite project attempted on PTAWUG thus far. 25m tower on the Magalies, have to lay 300m power up the mountain and install kit on the tower. Awesome LOS to most of PTA.
Responsible person: Ghost, KobusHR, Scrappies, francoistk, tsyko
Finances: Scrappies
Item Quantity Price
RB-433AH RouterBoard 433AH 3 port 128MB 2 R2,508.00 (R750.00 Tsyko, R750 Pigdog, R500 Carnifex, R200 AE, 1x PTAWUG rebate)
24V Power Supply 3 Pin 2 R318.00 (1x Ghost, 1x PTAWUG rebate)
Mikrotik R52 Wireless MiniPCI Card 2 R474.24 (1x at Juani)
DBii F50 Pro MiniPCI, 802.11a, MMCX 5 R2,622.00
5.4-5.8GHz 27dBi Grid Antenna 4 R1,655.28 (1x by Scrappies, 2x PTAWUG rebate)
MMCX(m) to SMA(m) - 20cm Pigtail 5 R262.20
U.FL to N-Type Female Bulkhead 2 R98.50 (1x AE, 5x PTAWUG rebate)
LMR 400 N-Type Male Connectors 20 (Scrappies)
LMR 400 20 (Scrappies)
Linkbasic Cat5e Solid Cable 100m 1 (Romeo0s/Trunks)
5.1-5.8GHz 17dBi 90' Vertical Sector 2 R1,331.52 (1x Juani)
12m 20mm Pipe 2 R226.00 (R200 Xela)
845 Car Battery 1 (1x Bigfoot) (R300 Boatsoace, R100 Nazi, R100 saa044)
Battery Charger 1 R400.00
TOTAL: R9615.76
NEEDED : R0.00
Upgrade current radios to R52Hn to improve connection quality.
Responsible person: Francois
Finances: Francois
Item Quantity Price
Mikrotik R52Hn 5GHz MiniPCI Card 4 R1730 (R200 bentley13)
MMCX to N-Type Female Bulkhead 4 R195 (PTAWUG rebate)
TOTAL: R1925
NEEDED : R1530
Concerto Park upgrade project
Upgrade current radios to R52Hn to improve connection quality.
Responsible person: Francois
Finances: Francois
Item Quantity Price
Mikrotik R52Hn 5GHz MiniPCI Card 4 R1730 (R400 Saricha)
MMCX to N-Type Female Bulkhead 4 R195 (PTAWUG stock)
5GHz - Grid Antenna - 26 dBi, Wideband (5150-5850) 2 R855 (PTAWUG rebate)
N(m) to N(m) - 2 Meter Cable (LMR400) 2 R350 (PTAWUG stock)
TOTAL: R3130
NEEDED : R1330
Boneschans upgrade project
Upgrade current radios to R52Hn to improve connection quality.
Responsible person: Francois
Finances: Francois
Item Quantity Price
Mikrotik R52Hn 5GHz MiniPCI Card 4 R1730 (R200 bloubulmeyer, R200 Nerby, R200 Player)
MMCX to N-Type Female Bulkhead 4 R195 (PTAWUG rebate)
TOTAL: R1925
NEEDED : R1130