[olug] various radio projects

[Brandon Lederer]

A friend of mine has tower space in Omaha.  Pretty precious i suppose.  Im not 
a ham, but he is.  he's always into new stuff.  He does all sorts of cool 
stuff.



On Friday 27 February 2004 07:57 am, Ryan Stille wrote:
> > neal rauhauser [mailto:neal at lists.rauhauser.net] wrote:
> >
> >   After nearly a year off doing anything at all wireless
> > except for private
> > line bypass stuff I've again got the itch to experiment.
> >
> >   I've acquired a number of Lucent WaveLan 915 Mhz 200mw
> > radio cards and some
> > amplifiers.
> >
> >   I've acquired a couple of Soekris 4521 single board
> > computers and I have a
> > bit of 802.11b stuff laying around the office.
> >
> >   I added a Sierra 550 PCS data card to the collection - ISDN
> > speed internet
> > most anywhere in the metro, working now to integrate it into
> > OBSD which is what
> > I'm running on the Soekris machines.
> >
> >   I'm slowly collecting microwave test & design equipment.
> >
> >
> >   I'm looking for a venue for testing some of the stuff I'm
> > doing now - I'd
> > like to find a flat roofed building on high ground, grain
> > elevator, etc -
> > something with walk in or easy ladder access and power at the
> > top. I'd be
> > willing to help someone put in a system if it came with easy
> > access to space
> > for other experiments.  This doesn't have to be in metro
> > Omaha, in fact it'd be
> > better if it were a ways out of town.
> >
> >   I'm interested in finding other people with amateur radio
> > licenses who are
> > interested in doing some part 97 work with 902-928MHz &
> > 2402-2483MHz equipment.
> > If you're interested in amateur radio with a data oriented
> > spin I wouldn't mind
> > helping you get started.
> >
> >
> >   I've written a bit about what I'm doing right now -
> > http://www.rauhauser.net
> >
> >
> > So, this is more than a little vague, but I'm sure at least one person on
> > here is going to have some sort of a response to this ...
>
> I have a ham license, and have been interested in this in the past, but
> haven't really had the time or money to pursue any of it.
>
> So I can't really add anything or help (partly because I am in Sioux City),
> but I thought I would let you know there is another ham out here who is
> interested in this stuff.
>
> What I would like to do here in Sioux City eventually is have some kind of
> grass roots city-wide LAN, very similar to what was just mentioned in
> another thread on this list for the Omaha area.  But this would be built on
> 802.11x stuff, no ham gear.  However I've thought about trying to get the
> hams involved, maybe with help with antennas and/or tower space.
>
> 73,
> -Ryan
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