Mike Outmesguine has been floating the idea of a WiFi field day for some time now (years!).
I think the time is ripe to do it. After spending a day in the desert last Saturday (see my post on Saturday), I'm excited at the prospect. I see this as a possible full weekend. Likely some place in the desert, Southern California Central valley, South of Pahrump or other. I'd like to find 2-3 locations where we would have line of sight 5-20 miles apart (or more). Likely mountain tops or slopes that have decent roads. Camping, or other lodging . The goal would be to make successful temporary WiFi links between locations. Test antennas, run various applications, IM, video streaming etc. This would put to use the skills that we have learned at SOCALWUG, antenna aiming, Fresnel, link budgets etc. The weather in May would be perfect for this. Photos from my WiFi off road experience on Saturday: http://www.unwiredadventures.com/photos/unwired_adventures_mobile/ On an off topic unrelated note: Do you like camping? Off roading? WiFi? I'm trying to find a few people with 4x4s to go on a Mojave Road trip. April 21-23rd. 2 nights (or an alternate date). I did this trip twice last year. It's a great drive, considered 2 or 3 on a scale of 10 for difficulty. A stock SUV/pickup with 4x4 and good clearance would do just fine (that's all I have). Beautiful views, old forts, springs, dunes, petroglyphs are all there. I've always wanted to do the "Car-to-Car Wireless Video Link" that was mentioned in Mike's book. Please let me know off-list if you would like to go. Photos from my last two trips: http://www.unwiredadventures.com/photos/mojave_road/ Thank you Frank Keeney Pasadena Networks, LLC Antennas, Cables and Equipment: http://www.wlanparts.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
