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+__Node: CIE Hallville__%%% 

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+__What's Brewing in Simons' Kitchen__%%% 

+Wouldn't we all like to know?  While waiting on my WNICs and Pigtails from Ryan 

+I am pondering about the loss dilemma we have with long runs of LMR 400.%%% 

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+__Current Project__%%% 

+My current project it to get an access point working, but a very special one here are the constraints: 

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+- Not more than 1 meter from the antenna%%% 

+- Remotely managble%%% 

+- Be homebrew (no cheating with hacked ap's)%%% 

+- Cheap%%% 

+- Small%%% 

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+How do I achieve this... I have a few Ideas in the pipeline. 

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+__Idea 1: Compaq Contura Aero AP__ 

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+My initial idea was to build an AP out of a Compaq Contura Aero.  However the specs of that subnotebook although good and there is a lot about them on the web with regard to installing *nix was excellent.  However it only has 1 PC slot.  I have scrapped that idea. 

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+__Idea 2: Gut a Broken Notebook Approach AP__ 

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+I am now in the process of working around the idea of using the guts of a notebook with a broken screen and putting it into a weather proof enclosure. 

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+__Stay Tuned__ 

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+If anyone has a notebook with the following specs and is willing to part with it please let me know. 

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+__Specs__ 

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+- Broken Screen%%% 

+- Fdd Drive%%% 

+- P100 cpu%%% 

+- 16 Mb RAM%%% 

+- 500 Mb Hdd%%% 

+- all ports working (SVGA,Serial,PCMCIA slots x2)