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elevation of about 75m above sea level.  No wonder it has a good view.

In the short-term, I'd say this location may provide a way of linking the 
south-east cluster (Node GXT) and others to the rest of the network - 
probably via Node GUR.  I believe the nodeFPY ssid is probably actually Node 
GDW in Taylors Lakes.  It is possibly a bit too far away from IXM to get a 
useful link, but certainly worth a try.  Also, links across large bodies of 
water are usually unstable.

If the owner of Node GXT (Mark Aitken) is reading this, please get in touch 
with Phil at Node HPL and see if you can do a link test to Node IXM. :)  If 
Node IXM is also known as Node HPLb on www.nodedb.com, the elevation map 
looks promising.

Phil, I guess if you want to progress node IXM further you'll need to make 
sure the landlord is ok with stuff being but on the roof - perhaps suggest a 
way which is completely removable and won't leave holes or marks on the 
house.

As far as providing gear is concerned, I'd advise - build it and they will 
come.  Get a couple of useful links happening to that location and then 
others may be interested in jumping on board.  Start by linking in to the 
larger network - I'd suggest linking to Node GUR.  Once you're linked to it, 
the location becomes much more attractive to others.

>A friend of mine is looking to setup a link to my place, but considering 
>his positon, that he's elevated and has a great view of all of melbourne 
>from werribee to about Mt Dandenong, I thought I'd do a bit of a stumble 
>and see what all of you thought. The only issue I see with his setup is 
>that he's renting which means he might not be there for ever, but certainly 
>has been there for a few years now, and has no reason to move.
>
>The Location has been setup in the Node database as IXM or 
>http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/maps/view?IXM
>
>Now with my Laptop a Veritech 200mw PCMCIA card linked directly to one of 
>Vak's Grid antenna's, standing on his roof the results of the stumble are :
>
>http://www.users.on.net/~zoi/wireless/nodeixm.ns1
>
>I've taken some pictures but it was too dark of the evening for them to 
>show anything worth looking at, view was nice though, Certainly I'll be 
>going back and taking some more during the daytime.
>
>Anyhow in the stumblings for those who couldnt be bothered looking at the 
>ns1 file.
>
>MelbourneWireless nodes sited include :
>
>Node FPY   :   nodefpy.wireless.org.au   <-- western suburbs
>Node HKR   :   hkr.wireless.org.au        <-- Dandy foothills
>Node IPL   :   Watti     <-   more local at seaford.
>Node FOB   :   FOB_OMNI     <-- clayton of course
>Node GUR   :   gur.melbournewireless.org.au   <---  what is it rowville now 
>?
>
>Certainly we picked up 32 SSID's in total from 1 location and about 1/2 of 
>them were WEP enabled.
>
>Of the other nodes that were picked up several alphalink nodes including 
>a3004, a3149, a3194, a3195....
>
>Unfortunately, (once again), my own home node did NOT appear, but I do 
>believe that the ditch I'm in is just too low, (I'm buying a waveguide and 
>will be raising my mast higher soon.
>
>Anyhow, to sum all this up, he's certainly interested in a setup, and will 
>fork out for equiptment to link to me, but is it worth looking at 
>investigating possible sponsering of his site (like that of GHO) to further 
>our network ?
>
>With that I leave it the matter open for discussion.......
>
>Phil, (aka Zoi , @ Node HPL)
>
>
>
>



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