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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Greetings peoples,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quite a few years back I'd been investigating the use of radio modems to link myself and a mate about 200-250 metres away. At the time it would have been quite pricey so I dropped that idea. However.....after reading the article in The Age yesterday and doing a bit of reading on the melbwireless website I've since discovered it's much cheaper, easier and fun to create a link like this nowadays.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Okay, now I need some starters tips...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My friends house is I'm guessing between 200-250 away, and from his second storey he has a pretty good view of the roof of my house....in fact he has an excellent view over a lot of Wantirna, Wantirna South, Knoxfield, Scoresby and even out towards Ferntree Gully and the Dandenongs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can anyone suggest what would be a good type of card for us to start off with. We'd both only like to spend maybe $350 tops considering we're just starting out.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Also would we need to use an external antenae with us being so close?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Future plans may involve setting up an access point at his place seeings he has such a good view of surrounding suburbs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I've added myself to the interested nodes as node BGF.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">thanks in advance!</FONT>
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