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OWNER: Gizi (aka Mark)
LOCATION: Craigieburn
STATUS: Gathering
SSID:
CONNECTING...
Set your SSID to nodefox.wireless.org.au and contact (/users/?Gizi )
for more information. (not yet)
NODE LOG
10/11/04 - Updated this wiki page, finally!
LINE OF SIGHT
North - apart from a close double story building I can all but see Mt
Ridley, not that there are any nodes up there anyway.
North East - I can see way past the Hume Hwy.
East - Past Epping to the hill at Mill Park Lakes
South East East - Bundoora should be ok, Greensborough dips over the
hill I think.
South East - Plenty to see here, many nodes should have good LoS [3].
The 'close' ones are 10-11km but most are more like 15-20km, this is
really going to make obtaining a usable link interesting.
South South East - I can see the city, the Rialto is 23.9km away!
There is a line of trees that may make life painfull.
South - Directly south is not so good, a small hill at Roxburgh
Park(?) blocks my view.
South South West - There is a small gap between two hills that may
make a link to the Kelior and Kealba area possible
West - I can see a water tower on a hill, I could almost throw a rock
at it.
Thanks to some time spent with NodeDB [4] here are nodes I have LoS
[5] with:
AAD CJA FUS FZJ GPR GSG HDD HLF HLN HMR HSL IIP
These nodes are marginal:
EDB FNQ GTJ GTR HVT
These nodes are out of the question:
ABD ABJ BCJ BED CBD DJJ FKX FPY FSS GDW GED GHH GPH GVM GZV GZx HBG
HVG HZj HZM
Panoramic picture on the way.
EQUIPMENT
I currently own...
* Compaq WL200 PCI Card (with pigtail to suit)
* Un-modified 18dBi Galaxy Grid Antenna
* Entrasys/Romabout PCMICA Card
* An old IBM P166 ready to be Linux-ized
SERVICES
None yet
TO DO
* Modify Galaxy Antenna - should be done ages ago
* Get a mast on my roof - TV reception sucks on rabbit ears, so
should be easy to cough up for a mast, thinking 6m extension at this
stage.
* Get my hands on some LMR400 and some N Connectors
PLANS
* I am looking at getting an Omni, but a 180 degree panel would suit
my location much better - if anyone knows of cheap panel antenna drop
me a line, the downpipe wave guides are looking good.
* Get some of those cool green lines in Craigieburn.
* I really would like to use my position to link two seperate mesh
networks and contribute a backbone link to the group, but the
distances may pose a problem.
* From reading the Wiki NodeFUS [6] looks like a prime node to link
with.
* Get my lazy butt to a meeting
PROBLEMS
I don't have any... cash... need cash... must have cash...
I am surrounded by... a construction zone
I need info on... everything
SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS
Feel free to add you comments. The more the comments the more
motivation.
10/11/04 - Awaiting your ideas...
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/nodes/view?id=FOX
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SSID
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LoS
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeDB
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LoS
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeFUS
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