Re: SeattleWireless Node Fundraiser
Bill Vodall WA7NWP <[email protected]> Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:56:45 -0800
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> One of the biggest challenges for SeattleWireless, or perhaps any other > community wireless network that's not smack in the middle of Nebraska, > is the lack of line of sight. Its tough getting above those trees, > buildings, and hills. It limits our growth and people who we can reach. > > The tower node is different. From our initial surveys, 150 feet on top > of capitol hill gets us pretty far. Ok. If nobody else is going to ask I'll do it. The noise floor on the 900 MHz and 2.4 Ghz bands, probably less so at 5 Ghz, at 150' above metro Seattle is bound to be incredible. I'm sure Matt and Casey et.al. have ideas on how to deal with this -- an antenna pattern with highly reduced downtilt so it has a gain to Kirkland but a loss locally? Bill _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/dev