We're in Te Ra, which is about 85m up. I've found a poor quality pdf on the BP site, which I'll doctor when I get the chance.
At a guess that puts you to the right of the timeball as I look. With any luck, I can see that. I'll jump on the roof ( again! ) tonight with a pair of binoculars and check. Cheers, Steve On Thu, August 18, 2005 12:39 pm, Nick Rout said: > > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:57:38 +1200 (NZST) > Steve Holdoway wrote: > >> Hey Craig, >> >> Now I'm up and running wireless ( 200mW + 15dbi external aerial! ) I'd >> like to extend your wireless map over the water, but can't find any >> decent >> pictures to overlay. It made me laugh when testing - there's plenty of >> open access points! >> >> Have you got any of Diamond Harbour? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Steve >> PS. I've got another card that *might* get to Lyttelton with judicious >> use >> of a pringle tin if anyone's interested! > > As you probably know i live in Lyttelton, and have a number of wireless > (802.11b) cards, including two pci cards whach will take external > aerials, as well as numerous small router-suitable junk^h^h^h^h boxes. > > My house is partially wired for networking, and if i lose some weight i > can probably put a box in the highest part of the roof connected to an > external aerial (it pays to keep the aerial wire as short as possible, > which means siting the box close to the aerial. Alternatively the usb > devices can allow a longer cable between computer and aerial (because > the wireless device is at the aerial end of the cable) > > I've always wanted to set up a small wireless net. I'm not sure if it > would make it over the harbour. worth a try i would have thought. I have > no idea of the "crow flies" distance. > > Now where in DH are you? I am in Brenchley Rd at the top right of this > map: > > http://www.rout.co.nz/lytt > > > >> >> >> -- >> Windows: Where do you want to go today? >> MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? >> Linux: Are you coming or what? > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what?
