[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: [RGSouthern] Re-establishing the NodeGDW<>RGSouthern link

[Dan Flett]

Wow Gaz,

What a good spot for a node!  I know the area, near the corner of
Burwood Hwy and Warrigal Rd - in some spots you can see for miles just
standing on the footpath - very hilly.

How high is the tower?  And I'm assuming a there is power available
close to the tower?

This is one of those interesting situations - I'm seriously considering
donating a whole "node-in-a-box" to the location - but maybe we should
pass the hat around and make it a grassroots-funded node.  This
situation has occurred before - a few months ago GHO was going to be
funded a similar way.  It will almost certainly happen again.  A
location will appear which benefits a lot of people, but no one person
should fund it completely - and it may not be a location that ends up
being funded by the MW committee.  Perhaps we can come up with a set of
guidelines as to how a node like this should be funded?

Before the committee fully funds a node and turns it into a Backbone
node there should probably be some sort of basic node there already -
just to prove that the location "works" and that people are interested
in linking to it.

Cheers,

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au [mailto:owner-
> melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Winder
> Sent: Sunday, 9 January 2005 13:53
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Re: [RGSouthern] Re-establishing the
> NodeGDW<>RGSouthern link
> 
> If it's any help, I've got node HWH....aka project rooster. Project
for
> what
> I don't yet know :)
> 
> http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/maps/view?HWH
> 
> It's a yard with a large tower on top of a large shed. It's one of the
> really big tower thingies, not just a round pole but the 3D multi
segment
> jobbies, I think with some sort of winch to raise the sections. I
don't
> know
> how to get the thing down, and I'm not keen on climbing to the top of
it
> as
> it's so big.
> 
> I'm happy to make this into whatever MW decide would be good for it,
but
> I'll need help. I think a high power AP with an omni antenna on the
top
> would be great, as I expect you could see for miles from the top of
it.
> Then
> you could lock it down for links or something. Up to MW to decide.
> 
> But I would like to see more focus from MW for the next 12 months on
> setting
> up links, and linking more areas together. Without greater
> interconnectivity
> of the areas and pockets of enthusiests, MW will never be as great as
it
> could be and sometimes I think we have missed the boat already.
> 
> Let me know. Cheers.
> 
> Regards,
> g at z.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Ben Cox
> Sent: Sunday, 9 January 2005 12:38 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Re: [RGSouthern] Re-establishing the
> NodeGDW<>RGSouthern link
> 
> 
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:59:24 +1100, Dan Flett <conhoolio at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > It'd be good for us to get a link to the Mt Dandenong area but we
> > shouldn't put all our eggs in that particular basket.  More
cross-town
> > links in other directions is a good idea.
> 
> I agree, Dan. The more links the better.
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