[olug] various radio projects

[Ryan Stille]

> neal rauhauser [mailto:neal at lists.rauhauser.net] wrote:
>
>   After nearly a year off doing anything at all wireless 
> except for private
> line bypass stuff I've again got the itch to experiment.
> 
>   I've acquired a number of Lucent WaveLan 915 Mhz 200mw 
> radio cards and some
> amplifiers.
> 
>   I've acquired a couple of Soekris 4521 single board 
> computers and I have a
> bit of 802.11b stuff laying around the office.
> 
>   I added a Sierra 550 PCS data card to the collection - ISDN 
> speed internet
> most anywhere in the metro, working now to integrate it into 
> OBSD which is what
> I'm running on the Soekris machines.
> 
>   I'm slowly collecting microwave test & design equipment.
> 
> 
>   I'm looking for a venue for testing some of the stuff I'm 
> doing now - I'd
> like to find a flat roofed building on high ground, grain 
> elevator, etc -
> something with walk in or easy ladder access and power at the 
> top. I'd be
> willing to help someone put in a system if it came with easy 
> access to space
> for other experiments.  This doesn't have to be in metro 
> Omaha, in fact it'd be
> better if it were a ways out of town.
> 
>   I'm interested in finding other people with amateur radio 
> licenses who are
> interested in doing some part 97 work with 902-928MHz & 
> 2402-2483MHz equipment.
> If you're interested in amateur radio with a data oriented 
> spin I wouldn't mind
> helping you get started.
> 
> 
>   I've written a bit about what I'm doing right now - http://www.rauhauser.net


> So, this is more than a little vague, but I'm sure at least one person on
> here is going to have some sort of a response to this ...

I have a ham license, and have been interested in this in the past, but haven't really had the time or money to pursue any of it.

So I can't really add anything or help (partly because I am in Sioux City), but I thought I would let you know there is another ham out here who is interested in this stuff.

What I would like to do here in Sioux City eventually is have some kind of grass roots city-wide LAN, very similar to what was just mentioned in another thread on this list for the Omaha area.  But this would be built on 802.11x stuff, no ham gear.  However I've thought about trying to get the hams involved, maybe with help with antennas and/or tower space.

73,
-Ryan