Re: Newbie, but wanting to take on an adventurous project.

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Sheldon is being pessimistic.  I think that having your node up would
be very useful.

Raymond Bennett wrote:
> That's sort of disheartening, I was really excited about this :) I
> thought it would be easy to find somebody on the other end.
>
> As for usefulness, maybe it isn't necesarily useful. However I
> think it would make it easier for anybody in between to 'plug in'
> to the SWN network which might widen the scope of the project?
>
>
> On 5/1/06, *Sheldon T. Hall* <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> Raymond Bennett writes ...
>>
>> I am new to setting up a community network, but I was wanting to
>> have a little fun with getting introduced to it.  I live on
>> Sammamish Plateau pretty much at the very top. My bedroom has a
>> view of just south of downtown Seattle, I can see the buildings,
>> etc
> [snip]
>> I estimate the fresnel zone between here and there (16 miles @
>> 2.4 GHz) to be ~100 feet. From what I can tell there isn't much
>> within that 100 feet diameter between here and there.  I am
>> wondering if somebody is within my direct RFLOS and would be
>> willing to point an antenna my direction, and I could do the same
>> and see if we can create a link.  I am willing to take any
>> constructive criticism to whether or not this is possible.  I
>> think this would be a really fun project if this could work.
>
> Given that we've used home-made antennae and sub-100mW cards to
> make solid connections over 6 or so miles, and usable connections
> over 9 miles, I'd say it can be done.  Whether it will be useful is
> another issue.
>
> I'd offer to be the other end of the link, but I'm several miles NW
> of downtown, and I can't see the Plateau at all.
>
> FWIW, when I first joined the list, 4 or so years ago, and the list
> was much more active, I was never able to find an in-town partner
> for a similar experiment.
>
> -Shel
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