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VK3JMA > WIFI 30.04.05 01:56l 32 Lines 1190 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Read: DL1DVE GUEST DO1SAT DG8DG DJ2RT DK5RAS DG0LGJ DO6NP OE8FKQ
Subj: Packet vs Wifi
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Sent: 050429/2329Z @:VK3DSE.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC #:43772 [Narre Warren] FBB7.00g25
From: VK3JMA@VK3DSE.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : WIFI@WW
Hi,
well after a long break from packet (around a year) I was incouraged to
return to test a friends BBS system he was having trouble with. I have
spent the last year playing around with 2.4 GHz Wifi equipment, over long
distance (several kilometers, my personal best distance is 7.5 KM's at
2Mbit/s).
Downloading a few test messages today I was watching the cps transfer rate
in winpack, 14 Bytes/sec, whew, staggering!!! I turned to the other PC,
currently transfering some files over 2.4 GHz to a PC 1.5km's away,
227000 bytes per second!!!!!! (which is 5.5 Mbit/s with a few
inefficiences and collosions happening)
Installing a wifi card (or AP) into the present BBS PC is a simple task,
set up FBB to allow Telent connections and run an antenna. Not much
different to what we do now, just have to be a bit more careful and picky
with the quality of the install (read low loss coax, good connectors,
short runs, mast mounted transceivers (ap's) etc.
Naturally well sited systems are needed but why not give the marriage
between HAM and Wifi a go, it would breath new life into Amateur Digital
communications.
Regards
Mark
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