[MLB-WIRELESS] Long distance links + new node in St Kilda East

[mw at freenet.net.au]

Hi Ben,

That sproat site looks pretty good!  If those folks are keen, I reckon I can
throw in some gear for an AP to help them along.

Cheers!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:melbwireless-
> bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Ben Balbo
> Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2008 3:49 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Long distance links + new node in St Kilda
East
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Took my sweet time, didn't I! Lots of photos up here:
> https://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/164403/1/Portarligton-LOS?h=1b75f1
> 
> * Willis North, South and South West *
> 
> 360s taken from three points on my roof. First photo due north.
> 
> * Willis South Zoom 90 *
> 
> Zoomed quarter pano from North to East. The bit of sea you can see in the
> second last shot is most likely in the Chelsea to Seaford area.
> 
> * Langdon North & Langdon South *
> 
> Friend's house on Landgon Street. LoS to Melbourne CBD. If I can find a
> friendly roof I can bounce from my place to his. In looking at potential
> sites, my friend and I got pulled up by the cops after someone reported a
> couple of dodgy looking guys checking out houses ;-)
> 
> * Sproat *
> 
> No LoS to Langdon, but they have potential LoS to every active node in
> Geelong and can see Melbourne CBD too. While these guys aren't going to
> help my situation immediately, they're keep to join.
> 
> In other news - we've had our rental application approved for the place in
> St Kilda (the place Rob saw) and have written permission to put up an
> antenna. From memory I had LoS to the city, so I've added a node in
> "gathering" status, as I'll be getting on to this one asap:
> http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/nodes/view?KCI
> 
> Cheers!