Newbie, but wanting to take on an adventurous project.

[Raymond Bennett]

That's sort of disheartening, I was really excited about this :) I thought
it would be easy to find somebody on the other end.

As for usefulness, maybe it isn't necesarily useful. However I think it
would make it easier for anybody in between to 'plug in' to the SWN network
which might widen the scope of the project?


On 5/1/06, Sheldon T. Hall <shel at tandem.artell.net> wrote:
>
> Raymond Bennett writes ...
> >
> > I am new to setting up a community network, but I was wanting
> > to have a little fun with getting introduced to it.  I live
> > on Sammamish Plateau pretty much at the very top. My bedroom
> > has a view of just south of downtown Seattle, I can see the
> > buildings, etc
> [snip]
> > I estimate the fresnel zone between here and there (16 miles
> > @ 2.4 GHz) to be ~100 feet. From what I can tell there isn't
> > much within that 100 feet diameter between here and there.  I
> > am wondering if somebody is within my direct RFLOS and would
> > be willing to point an antenna my direction, and I could do
> > the same and see if we can create a link.  I am willing to
> > take any constructive criticism to whether or not this is
> > possible.  I think this would be a really fun project if this
> > could work.
>
> Given that we've used home-made antennae and sub-100mW cards to make solid
> connections over 6 or so miles, and usable connections over 9 miles, I'd
> say
> it can be done.  Whether it will be useful is another issue.
>
> I'd offer to be the other end of the link, but I'm several miles NW of
> downtown, and I can't see the Plateau at all.
>
> FWIW, when I first joined the list, 4 or so years ago, and the list was
> much
> more active, I was never able to find an in-town partner for a similar
> experiment.
>
> -Shel
>
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