[MLB-WIRELESS] Antenna Choice

[David Casey]

Sounds like good sense Ryan.  There are quite a few expressions of 
interest in the inner west but very little action.  Maybe they just need 
a jump-start :-)

Ryan Abbenhuys wrote:

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