Almost there

Recent purchases:

2 * 802.11a and a/b ORiNOCO PCMCIA cards.
1 * New LCD screen for the wardiving laptop (Thanks Dad!)
2 * Cushcraft unity gain (2dBi) omnidirectionals

Soon to be purchased:

Assorted connectors and adaptors to allow me to connect any AP/card to any antenna under test.

Soon to be built:

Reference rig using 2 tripods and one of the above omnis.
This will be utilised for testing homebrew antennas for gain and radiation patterns.
It will have degree-adjustable azimuth, a scope and laser for alignment.

Mobile setup using second Cushcraft antenna. Used for mobile site-surveying of various relays around the traps.

If you are in Darwin or it's surrounds, drop me a line. There is a LOT of interest in WiFi connectivity here, you never know who may live close to you and be prepared to chip in towards setting up a relay.

As always, check DW for news, but if you don't get satisfaction there, contact me and I will see if I can help you out.

In other news....

No joy on a tower yet, I have one lined up but the owner has not gotten back to me yet. I don't want to push the issue; so it may be a while before I am properly on the air.

Have been playing with SNMP monitoring of our Linksys routers, also doing some PHP integration of retrieved SNMP stats into html pages.

Check out: this weird thing

They're trading on us!

Happy Holidays to you all..

Dave