Actually if you built a omni form one of the websites that specialize
in outdoor wireless antennas and got an amplifier you should have a
range of about 15 to 20 miles. Without the amplifier but a proper setup
((hight around 20') you will se in the range of 5 miles. The trees are
somewhat of a limiting factor but the leaves themselves pose no
problem. Actually the trees aren't really that big of a problem either,
it's hills and valleys that can cause problems. You could also do the
same with a parabolic mesh antenna if you want the signal in a specific
direction. It will spread out in a V side to side but be totally blind
on the reverse side of it.
A year ago I didn't know jack now since my company was setting these up
in our Brasil operation for clients I am learning quite a bit. The
amazing thing the antennas are not that expensive. A good Parabolic
will run around $45 - $65 not including cable and a good Omni will run
about double. The amplifier is supposed to only be sold to goverment
approved but they are not that hard to get. As long as you are not
trying to blast someone's network or are monitoring it they will never
bother you. Being rural is even a better choice here. remember you
don;t really need the amp unless you need a better signal.
Just remember you need an antenna, mast, box, electronics, and run
power up to it. Most of that comes in affordable kits.
Jeff Durling
On Jul 8, 2004, at 7:33 PM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2004, at 13:01, Bill Pitz wrote:
>
>> Well, maybe some day I'll make it out there for the bbq and we could
>> give it a go. I think it'd be a way cool project. One of the kinds
>> that I often read about on the web and think "Wow, that's pretty damn
>> cool!" :-)
>
> *exactly* <g>
>>
>>> As long as we're spending theoretical money we don't have, I like
>>> the idea
>>> of putting the repeaters up on weather balloons to increase their
>>> range
>>> :-).
>>
>> You know, as crazy of an idea as that may sound, it could actually
>> work. Since it's only short term. Why not just anchor the balloon to
>> the ground and run the power for the repeater up that line? (Or just
>> use an extension cord to hold it down... heh)
>
> could work - but only if you can get enough gain on an omni to be
> useful from the air.... I haven't played with the range possibilities
> of boosted 802.11 omnidirectionals before.
>
> If you could get it to go a quarter mile, one would be enough (barn
> <-> balloon at 200' or so <-> line-of-sight anywhere on the property,
> except for next to the cliffs in the creek, and if every truck is also
> a repeater, that dark spot would probably mend)
>
> a bigass balloon just made this so much easier =)
>
> if you can't get the required range, something else that might work
> would be to have two balloon stations roughly lined up, so both could
> be hit with a uni from the base station - that way it wouldn't matter
> if they could talk to one another....
>
> all right, I'm thinking about this too hard for something I'm not
> going to implement. yet.
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