I've been asked by the powers that be in a nearby small municipality to remote control their generators as I have done on our own, so they can quickly shut it down when lightning approaches. They just lost one of their 500KVA generators to lightning. I'd be volunteering my time and expertise in return for brownie points.
What I did where I live is use UBNT 2.4GHz gear because the distance is short and it's line of site. Where I've been asked to do this job the layout is the generator is up on a small hill on the far side of the peak from the town (not line of site). The link distance would be about a mile. The hilltop has a smooth rounded transition, not a jagged peak. I'm wondering if 900MHz would be choice here since it's nlos. If I did this in 2.4GHz I think I'd need an intermediate hop. There is a convenient place to put an intermediate hop which might consist of a Picostation plus car battery, charge controller and solar panel. The problem with this is the complexity, cost and theft issues. There's no good data for the area to do something like Radio Mobile. I'm just curious what people's experience has been with 900MHz and hills. Thanks! Greg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
