[Cialug] Mediacom fscking with web access?

[Jonathan C. Bailey]

I've had my eye on a nice 80ft tower in my neighborhood (that doesn't seem to be used), but I haven't approached the owner yet...

-Jon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Morris Dovey" <mrdovey at iedu.com>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 10:50:42 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mediacom fscking with web access?

Jonathan C. Bailey wrote:
> I figured it out once... I think I would need 40-60ft to clear the
> tree lines. That still wouldn't give me a good fresnel, however.

That's a lot of altitude. I've heard of using of a 7-element quad 
antenna (high gain, narrow pattern) pointed at a 2m (VHF) FM repeater, 
connected with a short coax to a 4-element quad (lower gain, broader 
pattern) antenna pointed at a home to allow handy talkie access from 
below LoS. Since the antennas weren't connected to any equipment and 
didn't produce interference with other services, there weren't any FCC 
issues.

It seemed as if it might be possible to do the same for a wireless 
connection. DIY antennas are fairly inexpensive, but 60' of height might 
be a tad spendy if it involved a tower.

-- 
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/


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