Radio Equipment

Here is an intereting blog post on long distance optical links.

Has anyone opened up their EeePC and connected a pigtail to its MiniPCIe wifi card for stumbling? Looking at some internal EeePC pics online it should be quite trivial to do (even if it does void your warranty). It's mentioned online that it uses u.fl connectors on the board, I assume a pigtail for this could be made quite easily with RP-SMA on the other end, does anyone have any thoughts about this?

Some pics online of the 701's 802.11G card (not my pics, just some i found):

Full URL: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=2145

I have a small quantity of chimney antenna mounts. These are all 'as new' condition. Very quick and easy to setup. No drilling required. Best and easiest way of mounting an antenna on older style houses.

I have used one of these at a setup for the last two years supporting a 3m tall mast with a 15dB antenna. It has proved to be strong enough to survive through the storms in winter.

Each kit comes with:
antenna Bracket
wire strap
wire clamp
x2 I-bolts
x2 U-bolts
x6 nuts
x6 washers

$15 each (normally around $33 at Bunnings)

Pickup from Seaton or DryCreek (depending what time/day)
Delivery *may* be available for little to no extra charge depending on your location and amount purchased

So its that time of month again ;) Yes the intense radio/puter/geek meeting weeks =) Adelaide Hills Amatuer Radio Society -
VK5BAR are having their monthly meeting on Thursday the 15th, May. I joined up as a member at the AGM in January. I finally received my certificate for my foundation licence last week, so I'm all good to go =)

I have a 10watt radio on loan from Jacqui and I've manged to listen to the WIA broadcast on Sunday morning. Only just mind, there was so much noise it was barely readable. Thats probably a task for this weekend is to get an antenna sorted for the 80 meter band. That was the clearest of all the available repeaters. The 40 meter band seemed pretty empty. The 10 meter band had the faintest of signals and the only thing I could pick up on 80 meters was the WIA broadcast. I had a 40 meter half wave length dipole strung across the front yard, well maybe more like a inverted vee, still need to build a decent balun too. Maybe HAMs don't get out of bed before 10am like other sane people? Maybe they've all been up late working the radio until the wee hours? ;) I need to get a better space for the radio and get an antenna up more permanently.

Howdy,

Just thought i'd let you guys know that Mats-Systems have MWGAP 54G wireless AP's (yep they do client mode) for $35 pickup or $40 inc courier to local Adelaide Addresses for a limited time. Get in quick as there is limited stock at this price.
As a sign of good faith I am offering Air-stream members pick up from Mawson Lakes during business hours (must pre-arrange with me) for free.

To order, email , and he will email you payment details etc. For the free pickup from Mawson Lakes you must mention my name in your order. If there is enough orders i can also arrange to visit your next meeting and bring them there.

Cheers, look forward to seeing you on the 10 network soon!

-dronus @ southernwifi.net

Selling up some stuff to make a little cheddar as cash is tightish atm and I need the space back.

2x hills 24db para grid antennas. (mild damage) Pictures Sold Remyzero $140
10m of LMR400 coax (no connectors). Sold Remyzero $30
6m Mast. (Trailer required, pickup only)
2RU server case with PSU (550w iirc). Sold Remyzero $120
2x P4 1.9ghtz (mobo/CPU/RAM 3 PCI slots). Sold Remyzero $120
P3 733 (mobo/CPU/RAM 4 PCI Slots) Sold Remyzero $40
1gig CF card and IDE adapter. Sold Remyzero $30
4 port 10/100 PCI Network Card. Sold Remyzero $50

We have all been wowed by the potential speed and performance of 802.11n indoors.

Q: But how does it perform outdoors?

A: No Idea, so lets give it a try?

Being able to operate from a 12VDC power supply and run in bridge mode the AirLive WN-5000R offers great flexibility to test them out in the field and over the coming months I'll be going out-doors and across Adelaide testing them in a variety of situations.

As part of the process of testing the equipment in the field I have fully water proofed the AirLive WN-5000R mounting it on a fold-up stand for easy storage, transportation and installation out in all weathers, not that I expect any rain this January.

Some months ago I purchased a GPS mouse from the map shop. The device is a; G-Mouse GPS, Model GGM309. Its USB, has a 1.5m cable and has a magnetic base. Cost me about $140. You can get them a little cheaper on ebay, but I couldn't wait ;)

So, I've been driving around, with the laptop and gps in the car, mapping out various roads on my commutes and side trips =). Many of those trails have been uploaded to the Open Street Map site. I also joined the Australian OSM talk mail list. It has been very useful as there are a bunch of local folks that have offered lots of advice on specific problems that I experiencing. The main one was the tools was the gpsdrive to gpx conversion tool. With this new gpsdrive2gpx.pl tool, I can convert the gps trails easily. Lots more fun to be had =)

So the setup is pretty simple, the gps plugs into the USB on the laptop, GPSd talks directly to the gps and all the clients connect to GPSd. I fire up gpsdrive, wait for the gps data to sync as the satellites coverage to settle. From there I drive to my destination and save the gps trail. When I land on a network, I convert the file to .gpx format and then upload to OpenStreetMap. Wait for the .gpx filed to be verfied then fire up the online editor and trace out the gps trail and name the streets and roads. Some time later the streets are rendered and shown on the public map.Easy.

Rob just sent us a link to the new web site for the Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club.

"The Elizabeth Amateur Radio Club is an active group of like minded radio and electronics enthusiasts. The Club meets twice a month, once for a business meeting and the second is a technical discussion on a specific subject or simply a social chat. These are the 1st and 3rd wednesday of the month additionally there are two "on-air" nets that occur on the 2nd and 4th wednesday all are welcome." -- www.earc.org.au