[MLB-WIRELESS] node building

[Rohan Malhotra]

anyone care to elaborate on these purported melbwireless bulkbuys?

On 5/23/07, Michael Borthwick <holden at netspace.net.au> wrote:
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> On 23/05/2007, at 1:19 PM, Rohan Malhotra wrote:
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> > I thought i might ask for recommendations on an omni 2.4ghz antenna
> > on my roof. im presuming stock antennas (the stock antenna on a
> > wrtrouter? )wont really cut it if i want to propogate this signal
> > across my street. I was thinking something in the 9-15dB range for
> > a dipole 360 omni should do the trick?
> If you mean literally "across the street" then a stock rubber duck
> antenna (2.2dBi gain) will be fine. A 9dBi will double your range.
> Anything over 9dBi gets very expensive. Over 300 Superpass omni's
> were bought in by Melbourne Wireless people years ago - there are
> bound to be some kicking around somewhere - along with 4Km's of
> LMR400 from Jules alone.
> >
> > i may as well collect all the things I need before i give it
> > another go, all i gotta get now is this omni and a weatherproof
> > box. weatherproof far as i know should b easily obtained from local
> > hardware and i'm going to try to source a fat secondhand omni
> > antenna from somewhere.
> >
> > i might add that in a few weeks time when im on my school holidays
> > id like to give this another go, right now im trying  to supress
> > the thought of massive lan interconnectivity (and ensuing joy) so
> > that i can get through my studies haha!
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