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    Hi David.<br>
    <br>
    I'v had good experience using <a
      href="http://www.ubnt.com/airlink/">http://www.ubnt.com/airlink/<br>
    </a>for height calculations(try IE and or Firefox, is a bit buggy
    sometimes). <br>
    I'm running a 6Km link @ 2.4GHz with a small hill around the 3km
    mark that I needed to get over, and comparing heights from the
    program to actual physical install was well with a meter for my
    experience.<br>
    <br>
    I did note for the install however that 2.4GHz worked well, yet @
    5.8GHz for the same link and height antenna I could not establish a
    link.(I physically could not go higher). I could see stations at
    5.8GHz that were further away than my intended sites from both
    points!. 2.4GHz (-69dBm), yet 5.8(same gain antenna 25dBm &amp;
    tx-power) could not even site the remote ap(weird!!)...<br>
    <br>
    Good luck David.<br>
    Greg VK3JIY...<br>
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    On 31/10/2011 1:22 PM, David Tomic wrote:
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cite="mid:CAP7g4Rcxh8LfHtT+uXjPRStMwy4mWmN1XTqrUFJzFfhTD1F8CQ@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;
        font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hi
        guys,</span>
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      <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">So I'm new to this game,
        and I'm looking to setup a link between two houses that are just
        shy of 2km LOS from each other.</div>
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      <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I know I can find
        equipment that'll span this sort of distance without any
        problems at all, but my main concern now how high I'll have to
        mount everything in order to get a decent signal?!?</div>
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      <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The terrain is close
        enough to dead flat, but given that both houses are only single
        story, I'm not really sure exactly where I stand on this front?</div>
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      <div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Does anybody have
        any&nbsp;practical&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; ">experience
          / advice / rules of thumb for this sort of scenario?</span></div>
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        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span
          style="background-color: transparent; "><br>
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        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
        <span style="background-color: transparent; ">Is there any
          particular equipment that I should be looking for [or looking
          to avoid] with this setup?</span></div>
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        background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span
          style="background-color: transparent; ">I'd really appreciate
          any help / advice / suggestions you might be able to give me
          ...</span></div>
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        <span style="background-color: transparent; ">Thanks a lot,</span></div>
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          style="background-color: transparent; ">--David</span></div>
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