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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 &
tx-power) could not even site the remote ap(weird!!)...<br>
<br>
Good luck David.<br>
Greg VK3JIY...<br>
<br>
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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
</div>
<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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
</div>
<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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
</div>
<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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Does anybody have
any practical <span style="background-color: transparent; ">experience
/ advice / rules of thumb for this sort of scenario?</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span
style="background-color: transparent; "><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span style="background-color: transparent; "><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
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>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span
style="background-color: transparent; "><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
<span style="background-color: transparent; ">Thanks a lot,</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span
style="background-color: transparent; ">--David</span></div>
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