[MLB-WIRELESS] help with last mile in the country...

[Matt]

At 04:34 PM 3/17/2003 +1100, Jason Hecker wrote:
>Don't go overly complicated.  Get the line as close to the property as
>possible that Telstra is satisfied with, say this (shed?) location.
>Heopfully this location will have mains or some sort of power.
>
>Get a DECT 900Mhz cordless phone.  Place the base unit at this location,
>perhaps jury rig a high gain antenna pointing towards the house, say a
>vertically polarised yagi.  With said DECT phone, buy a remote base unit
>that allows you to simply recharge the handset in the house.  You can have
>two or more DECT phones talking to the one base unit as well (I think...).

I'd go for a helical antenna, don't have to worry about the polarisation of 
the handset antenna or how you hold it.
I've checked out a few DECT phones, they don't mention compatibility 
between vendors or even different models, though a number of models do have 
the ability to add multiple handsets. They have all sorts of nifty stuff, 
able to access the answering machine from the handset, the walkie talkie 
thing etc. The other advantage of this is that you can take the phone 
around the property with you if you can point the antenna in the right 
direction to cover the largest area. I had vague ideas of doing this from 
my house and pointing the antenna at a cafe about 100m away if I was 
expecting calls during my lunch. But got in trouble for approaching the new 
phone with a screwdriver...

Matt


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