(replying to group only so it goes out correctly)<br><br>I'll be getting mine end of this week, and so long as my antenna I picked up a while ago is sufficient I'll connect in through Mike's link in Geelong region.<br>
I plan to eventually aquire a couple more and setup additional spots around the place and hopefully build a bigger mesh in Geelong region (and on high-profile/visibility sites).<br><br>Lastly, if you want to play with the AirOS that comes with it, here's the demo: <a href="http://demo.ubnt.com/">http://demo.ubnt.com/</a><br>
<br>login: ubntdemo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Simon Knight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.knight@gmail.com">simon.knight@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Or with a low gain omni for an OLSRd or Batmand suburban mesh network :)<br>
Anyone had a play with the bullet2s yet?<br>
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On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Mark Aitken <<a href="mailto:nodegxt@yahoo.com.au">nodegxt@yahoo.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au">mw@freenet.net.au</a> wrote:<br>
>> G'day,<br>
>><br>
>> Yeah, I can't think of many applications that would need a 1Watt<br>
>> transmitter. That's not to say that there are no applications for one, just<br>
>> that I can't think of many ;-)<br>
>><br>
>> 1Watt is about 30dBm, which means that your maximum antenna size is just<br>
>> 6dBi to keep within the 36dB EIRP limit.<br>
>><br>
>> Now, consider a point to point link of about 50Km. Theoretically you lose<br>
>> about 135dB signal through the air, so if you start with 26dB at the<br>
>> transmit end, by the time you go 20Km, you only have -99 to work with. If<br>
>> your antenna is a meagre 6dBi, then the best possible result at the receiver<br>
>> is a measly -93: barely enough to do anything with it.<br>
>><br>
>> BUT, if you used a 170mW transmitter, which is about 22dBm, then you can use<br>
>> a 14dBi antenna. So over a 50Km link, you could potentially get -85dBm of<br>
>> signal to the receiver. That's more likely to produce a reasonably usable<br>
>> result.<br>
>><br>
>> The only reason I can think of that you would want to use a 1W transmitter<br>
>> would be when you want to do a relatively short hop point to point link<br>
>> (like less than 5Km perhaps), and you wanted to use small, aesthetically<br>
>> unobtrusive, antennas.<br>
>><br>
>> Cheers!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Or be a Amateur Radio Operator and use the 30dbi into a 24dbi dish<br>
> giving you 54dbi to play with...gotta love it :)<br>
><br>
><br>
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