Ubiquiti On Apr 6, 2013 2:01 PM, "Bill Woody" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since this is all pretty basic stuff... but, maybe nobody mentioned it to > him. > About ten mile east of Fort Stockton, highway 67 splits and proceeds > north. I am guessing that is the area. If so, this is far simpler than any > uplink. Make a deal with a friendly internet subscriber not so far away, > get two radios with external antennae connections, use a pair of 23db > parabolic dishes, a telescope and flashlights to line everything up. Lo' > an' behold, let there be net! The dishes would need to be on utility poles > and really mounted with conviction. Wind will try to change everything. > There is the lightning to contend with. > The radio will not drain his batteries. The dish could be fabricated out > of an old satellite receiver dish but, that would get him cross-ways with > the FCC. They play a little rough. > There is another option using an alarm circuit I looked into years ago > but, it would involve a recurring fee. > > If he is further east and higher, the function is much better. Testing > with a pair of computers using external PC Card radios will prove > everything up for him. I suggest a laser diode will help in the setup since > the dishes typically have only about seven degrees of beam-width > horizontally and even less vertically. > > Hmmm. Laser diodes. What if... never mind. Someone else's turn > > I hope this helps.. > > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My friend lives about 10 miles East of Ft Stockton, about a mile North of >> I10 ... Off grid, and would like internet. :) ... he charges batteries from >> solar panels. >> >> ><> ... Jack >> Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 >> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - >> Henry J. Tillman >> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >> Albert Einstein >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral >> Grace Hopper, USN >> Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part. - Martin Terma >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Bill Woody <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> What part of West Texas? If I can google map it, I may be able to help >>> with something Earth based if clunky. I have had some thoughts and practice >>> with long distance communications on the cheap. >>> Your original question is a backburner project of mine to look at one >>> day. If anything comes of it working or not, I'd like to know. Please, keep >>> me in mind. I will get the project closer to the front as soon as two other >>> little projects stop biting me... a few months. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a friend in West TX that wants to do a DIY satellite >>>> transmitter/reciever. >>>> Has anyone heard of a project to do such a thing? >>>> >>>> One time I think I heard of a Ham satellite that would do a store and >>>> forward, but that is probably not in service anymore. >>>> >>>> Just curious. >>>> >>>> BTW, it looks like we will be getting satellite for our home internet >>>> soon. Settled on Excede (owns Wild Blue now, and is owned by ViaSat. >>>> HughesNet is the only real competitor in the market). Telco won't do DSL >>>> or anything other than dialup, and cable will do it, but the $20,000.00 >>>> install fee is a bit steep. >>>> >>>> ><> ... Jack >>>> Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 >>>> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" >>>> - Henry J. Tillman >>>> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - >>>> Albert Einstein >>>> "You don't manage people; you manage things. 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