[MLB-WIRELESS] Possible use for the network

[Gary Winder]

mate, I think you've raised the question that has been plaguing MW for
years. What the hell to do with it once you've got it. The answer is
content. We need stuff on it to attract people to it. Of which there really
is none. Well, nothing that you can't get from the net anyway.

 We also need a search function of whatever content there is, and there is
none that I know of. Getting the government involved would be great if they
could offer a free link into all .vic.gov.au sites for example. Or major
file mirrors. It really needs something to revive it. But I gave up on MW
some time ago as there was no real content.

 However I still wait in hope and still hang around on the mailing list
waiting for something great to happen to make me want to get involved again.
Like being a key node in a link or something, but that needs a grand plan
and direction as well as directives from the committee.

 To me, the only current attraction would be a VPN link to a mates place,
yet non of my mates are either close enough or nerdy enough to have a MW
link.

;)

Regards,
g at z.


-----Original Message-----
From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
[mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Berrett
Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2007 6:56 PM
To: 'Melbwireless'
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Possible use for the network

Hi all

Something crossed my mind which may interest MW members.

Many years ago (90s) I used to play with packet radio a bit and was for 
a time a member of the Melbourne Packet Radio Group.They had (and may 
still have) a half duplex 1200 baud radio network on the 2m band.

Anyway I recall that at one stage there was talks between the Bureau of 
Meteorology and the MPRG about using the network to feed data back to 
BOM HQ from a network of weather stations scattered around Melbourne. I 
don't know whether this proceeded but I have noted that on 
http://www.bom.gov.au you can see details of the weather from a small 
network of weather sites around Melbourne.

It might be worth somebody from the Committee approaching the Bureau of 
Meteorology to see whether they could make some use of the MW network to 
transfer data and they might even provide some funding.

cheers Peter
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