<div>Thanks again for the replies guys.</div>
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<div>I know you probably hate this question, but what is the best way to test connectivity without going to the effort of spending big on an antenna?</div>
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<div>I'd prefer to know it has the potential of working prior to spending too much.</div>
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<div>Our television antenna is quite high up, so I guess it would be ideal to mount something directly to that.</div>
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<div>From my limited research it seems the Yagi antenna would be the best candidate for it.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Paul<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Andrew van Slageren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au">andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Also worth a look is the HeyWhatsThat path profiler, excellent to get a quick idea of potential LOS between two locations - <a href="http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler-0904.html" target="_blank">http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler-0904.html</a><br>
<br>Paul if you're able to see KFI from your living room, then maybe you would be able to connect to that as well. It may be a better choice than Leopold, as it's a fair bit closer to you and is one hop closer to JEE (the link to Melb).<br>
<br>Try pointing at both and see which you get a better signal from.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Andrew.<br><br>Peter Buncle wrote:<br>
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<div class="im"><br>Hi Paul,<br><br>Google earth is your friend there,<br><br>Draw a ruler line to the far node, then zoom in on your node and pick a local landmark like the corner of the neighbors roof or similar<br><br>
Kind Regards<br><br>Peter<br><br>Node JEE<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>*From:* <a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a>] *On Behalf Of *Paul Maric<br>
*Sent:* Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:07 AM<br>*To:* Andrew van Slageren<br>*Cc:* <a href="mailto:melbwireless@melbournewireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless@melbournewireless.org.au</a>; <a href="mailto:mike@viewbankrise.net.au" target="_blank">mike@viewbankrise.net.au</a><br>
*Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless<br><br>G'day guys,<br><br>Thanks again for your replies.<br><br>I remember looking into Melbourne wireless about 5 years ago it must have been and there wasn't much around from memory.<br>
<br>The whole reason I jumped back onto it was because KFI was showing up as an AP on my laptop in the lounge room with the melbournewireless subdomain!<br><br>We are relatively high up, so I'd like to try pointing at the Leopold AP to see if I have any success.<br>
<br>What's the best way to position the antenna so its pointing as directly as possible to the AP?<br><br>Cheers,<br>Paul<br><br></div>
<div class="im">On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Andrew van Slageren <<a href="mailto:andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">andrewvsm@yahoo.com.au</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>Hey Paul,<br><br>I'm not sure if you'd be able to hit node KFI, but it looks like you should have very good line of sight to KHI up on the Leopold hill.<br><br>We're running both standard 2.4gig and Ubiquiti 802.11n 5gig AP's up there, so if you have something handy that you can point in that general direction, have a scan and see if you can pick it up.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Andrew.<br><br><br><br></div>
<div class="im"><a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br><br><br> Hi Paul,<br><br></div>
<div class="im"> You need to talk to Andrew of node KFI – look him up on the node<br> register.<br><br> ANDREW!!! Are you listening? ;-)<br><br> Cheers.<br><br> *From:* <a href="mailto:pmaric@gmail.com" target="_blank">pmaric@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:pmaric@gmail.com" target="_blank">pmaric@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<div class="im"><br> *Paul Maric<br> *Sent:* Wednesday, 9 June 2010 5:22 PM<br></div> *To:* <a href="mailto:mike@viewbankrise.net.au" target="_blank">mike@viewbankrise.net.au</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mike@viewbankrise.net.au" target="_blank">mike@viewbankrise.net.au</a>>
<div class="im"><br> *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless<br><br> Hey Mike,<br><br> I'm located in Belmont, Geelong.<br><br> I registered the node and its call sign is KIP.<br><br> Cheers,<br> Paul<br>
<br> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM, <<a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a><br></div> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a>
<div class="im"><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au" target="_blank">mw@freenet.net.au</a>>>> wrote:<br><br> Hi Paul,<br><br> Where are you located? Got a node registered in the<br> melbournewireless register yet?<br>
<br> Cheers, Mike (KBN)<br><br> *From:* <a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a>><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a>>><br>
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<div class="im"><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a>><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless-bounces@v2.wireless.org.au</a>>>] *On Behalf Of<br> *Paul Maric<br><br><br> *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 June 2010 11:03 PM<br>
<br> *To:* <a href="mailto:melbwireless@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless@v2.wireless.org.au</a><br> <mailto:<a href="mailto:melbwireless@v2.wireless.org.au" target="_blank">melbwireless@v2.wireless.org.au</a>><br>
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<br><br> *Subject:* [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless<br><br> G'day guys,<br><br> I'm new to all this and just looking to get some information.<br><br> I've trawled through the resources on the website and was just<br>
keen on some assistance to take it on from here.<br><br> I couldn't find much information regarding the Geelong area. I<br> seem to be surrounded by quite a few members, so it looks as<br> though I'd be in business regarding getting setup.<br>
<br> Is there anyone in particular I can contact to get some more<br> general information?<br><br> Regards,<br><br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br><br> _______________________________________________<br>
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