I have two links that penetrate trees, one about 400 meters and the other about 800. The 400 meter link uses a pair of 18 dbi antennas. The 800 meter link uses a 17 dbi and a 24 dbi. All links use Linksys WAP11's. The key issues is the density of your folage. I would try it knowing if you can get a single ping returned with the omni, a directional will give you a healthy fade margin.
Loren Zemenick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Fennell Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] A few little trees - wheres my saw gone ok chaps, im goin to ask a question that youve probably all heard before and are fed up with answering. I currently have a high gain antenna on the top of my employers building. about 15dB hyperlink directional grid. I have just moved to a house about 400 meters away (maybe less). On the side of the house there is this great big 10 foot pole where the previous owner used it for a TV antenna (Cable rocks tbh). So i have come up with the idea of putting an omni directional at the top of this pole and seeing if i can link. Problem is the good ole LOS, i cant see my house because of trees and houses and stuff from my employers roof. Is it not even worth bothering to attempt to link the two or is there a chance that signal may either bounce or penertrate. Also i might have LOS i just havent got a ladder long enough or the the guts to go up and have a look, looks about 20-25 feet. Thanks Richy --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/2003 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
