SeattleWireless Node Fundraiser

[Ralph Sims]

Yep.  There's both 2.4 and 5.8 on top of the Columbia Tower filling their
respective spectra.  And then Speakeasy with WiMAX on the Space Needle and
Cortland with 2.4 and 5.8 on Queen Anne and all of the 2.4 and 5.8 phone
systems in the offices and some stuff on the Westin Building and ...  (it's
a jungle out there).  We did a survey from Columbia Tower in 2.4 and 5.8 and
there's not an open freq in sight.  900MHz might play, but there's a growing
issue with the railroads and the public utilities (the latter needs the band
for its automated meter-reading and the former for ???).

> Ok.  If nobody else is going to ask I'll do it.    The noise floor on 
> the 900 MHz and 2.4 Ghz bands, probably less so at 5 Ghz, at 
> 150' above metro Seattle is bound to be incredible.   I'm sure Matt 
> and Casey et.al. have ideas on how to deal with this -- an antenna 
> pattern with highly reduced downtilt so it has a gain to 
> Kirkland but a loss locally?