! Background

Node KKX is operated by the Essendon Model Railway Group.  We are a membership based organisation with a common interest in Model railways both HO and N scale.



! Node History

July 2011

Brian Evans and Rob Britt performed some radio testing using Ubquiti equipment and have successfully connected and associated with HVC-N.melbournewireless.org.au from the KKX site. The [NodeHVC] signal strengths did vary but not surprising as the day was windy and the test conditions difficult.  The site is a high site with potential for connections to other nodes.



I have provided some screenshots of the scanning undertaken by Rob Britt and myself.



(http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.31.26%20PM.png http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.31.26%20PM.png Screenshot A)



(http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.31.55%20PM.png http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.31.55%20PM.png Screenshot B)



(http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.34.08%20PM.png http://melbournewireless.omni.com.au/NodeKKX/Screen%20shot%202011-07-02%20at%203.34.08%20PM.png Screenshot C)



May 2011

The [NodeHVC] Northern and Western radios were upgraded to Ubquiti 5.8GHz equipment.  This was done to ensure connections in the west to [NodeKKV] (Bunbury Street Railway Webcam Project) and northern connections to [NodeFZJ] (Rob) in Coburg.  Both connections are at this time up and running and stable.



March 2011

The site was surveyed by RATBAGGY and Rob for access to the [NodeJLP] at Heidelberg. At that stage the HVC northern and western radios were running on Motorola canopy equipment.



It as not possible to establish a radio link from the KKX node to the Melbourne Wireless network.  We did see 5.8GHz services to the west of the site, however, they were not suitable for a connection.