We use Ubiquiti UniFi access points at Watkins and we're quite happy with them. Ubiquiti has a couple of ranges of point-to-point access points and antennas. In general, the radios are power over Ethernet (they do insist you use their shielded Ethernet cable for any outdoor installation), and as radio equipment goes, it's pretty reasonably priced. Bill is entirely correct about the rigidity of the mounting pole or other hardware, wind is not your friend. Here's a link to one of their dishes, given its construction, the wind load should be fairly low. They claim 100 Mbits over a 30 km hop, which is pretty decent performance.
Oh, I've dealt with Streakwave in the past. Good folks. Curt http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=AG-2G20-HP P.S. In the drool-worth category, and for shorter distances, how about a gigabit wireless link? Only $3000 for the pair, if I recall the price list: http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 4:01 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... 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