[MLB-WIRELESS] Antenna Choice

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

If there's nobody around you that you can connect to at this moment, setting
up an AP would be ideal.
I setup an access point 3 years ago when there was nobody else around me and
people started to come out of the woodwork.

It's often a case of, if you build it they will come.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Casey" <dcasey at crystaldark.com>
To: "Melbourne Wireless" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Antenna Choice


> Hi all
>
> One of my contacts has generously offered me a Hills antenna free of
> charge.  I have a choice of either a 12-slot double-sided waveguide or a
> 24dbi parabolic type.  I've just bought a house in Footscray where I
> intend to set up a node (HVR) when I move in at the end of this month.
> After a preliminary survey of the site it appears to have good LOS
> potential to the north, east and west but of course I won't know the
> full story until crunch time.  I'm interested to hear from anyone within
> "cooee" of HVR (or familiar with the area) to help me decide whether to
> attempt setting up a local AP from the outset, or go for a directional
> configuration and worry about all that omni stuff later.
>
> Feel free to correspond directly if you'd rather I not bore the list
> with my newbie questions!  I'll be going to the July meeting but this
> just couldn't wait :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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