long distance in Perth
Jan Hurst
janh at brightwatergroup.com
Sun Oct 7 15:54:21 EST 2001
If anyone is in or near the Applecross area and wants to do something
similar please drop me a line.
-jan
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Watts
Sent: Sun 7/10/2001 10:13 AM
To: wireless at samba.org
Cc:
Subject: long distance in Perth
People,
Yesterday we managed a 26.4km link from Doubleview to Lesmurdie
in
Perth. Best S/N we observed was -80dbm and the whole thing was
done
handheld. Elevation at Lesmurdie was 198m, and at Doubleview
around 140.
Next weekend we should have an antenna mounted somewhat more
permanantly,
and we're looking at putting an access point up there if
performance is as
good as things are looking.
We'll let you know how we go, and this could potentially be
really good
news for linking the smallish (and spread out) Perth networks
together.
Vital Stats:
Doubleview
140m elevation
10dbi omni pacsat antenna
apple airport, 30dbm output model with pigtail straight into
antenna
Pole mounted from chimney mount (observe:
www.innaloo.net/~wattsg)
Lesmurdie
198m elevation
24dbi conifer antenna
FCC 30dbm cabletron roamabout card, very short (3m?) RG8
Hand-held antenna
Total Distance: 26.4km
Best S/N: -80dbm (good for 5.5mbps easily)
I'm also pleased that the lobes coming out of that omni seem to
be high
enough that we're getting a decent signal.
Thanks to Matt Lambie and Steve Bennett for assistance.
cheers,
geoff
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