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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. 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 here are nodes I have LoS 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 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...
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