[Cu-wireless] status report

[Perry Melange]

Should we place another order for antennas?  I'm willing to pitch in.  
What do we need (and how much is it)?

Perry

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, David Young wrote:

> 
> There are new stations at Zach's and at Peter Miller's next-door
> neighbor's. Zach's begins a new network in the vicinity of Urbana
> High School.
> 
> I can barely pick up Zach's at my house, and only if I stick the antenna
> out the front window in the attic. The roof seems to soak up the signal
> like a sponge.
> 
> At my house, the signal strength hovers around -90dBm. That is way under
> the LinkSys radio's -80dBm receive sensitivity, but it was just strong
> enough that I could ssh to Zach's with a Senao card.
> 
> Ivan's house is a little nearer to Zach's, I think. Hopefully the signal
> strength is higher there. If it is, then several of Ivan's neighbors
> (including me) should be able to get connected.
> 
> We will run out of antennas, soon.
> 
> It is still on my to-do list to survey Perry's house.
>   
> Dave
> 
> 

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