Wireless Meeting

[Christopher Jungmann]

Glenn,

Did you build the yagi, or purchase it?  I built one based on the Aironet
design and I'm having trouble tuning it.  It's very difficult without an
analyzer!  Does anyone have access to either an analyzer or even a SWR
meter?  Right now the antenna's pretty useless.

Chris

>From: "Glenn Wikle" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
>Group<[hidden email]>
>To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
><[hidden email]>
>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Wireless Meeting
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:10:44 -0700
>
>I am also a member of La Canada Wireless Association but couldn't
>make the meeting last night because I'm out of town.  I think it's
>great that there's a group interested in putting together
>a new cloud. Especially if some of them are in the Comcast
>district:).  LCWA has a lot of good experience with what
>works and doesn't work WRT long haul WiFi links and I'm
>sure other folks just learning about this can leverage
>that experience.
>
>Curiously, I'm not connected to the LCWA network right now.
>In Sept I moved from Eldorado to La Posta which is between
>Camp Stoney & Apache Ridge.  I no longer have line of sight
>distance to any LCWA access points.  I'm interested in
>recruiting someone on lower Apache Ridge Rd or on the
>east side of Dos Griegos to provide the missing link to
>the LCWA network.  I have at least two neighbors who'd
>join the network if we could make the link.
>
>BTW, I have my own stumbling rig which uses an iPAQ and
>a yagi antenna.  It's a fun little toy since the iPAQ is
>real small and the yagi's directional reception lets you
>track down the source of WiFi signals.
>
>
>On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:44:33 -0700, "Owen Densmore" <[hidden email]>
>said:
> > Bob Knight and John McDermon of the La Canada Wireless Association met
> > with several of us at a SFI meeting setup by Jim Crutchfield.  The goal
> > of the meeting was to see how we could have more folks in Santa Fe take
> > part in the LCWA network, or at the least, start our own networks.
> >
> > I'd like to get a list of FRIAM folks interested in the venture.
> >
> > The idea is roughly this:
> > - Get a list of interested folks
> > - Get a fairly good idea of where we live topologically speaking
> > - See how we could link up to each other giving the topo data
> > - Perform a field study of our radio connectability. (This is called
> > "stumbling")
> > - Work out what equipment we'd need to form a WiFi community
> >
> > The goal is to have inexpensive, shared, high bandwidth connectivity by
> > sharing a T1 line (1.5 MBit bidirectional connection).  A T1 leases for
> > around $600/month.  With 10 folks, that pro-rates to $60/month each,
> > with 20 its $30/month each.  Although that's still not "cheap", its
> > very much faster than most current household broadband, and for folks
> > outside service areas, its much better than a modem!
> >
> > Let me know if you are interested.
> >
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