That was immediately my other thought. A fido style Xbee/raspi BBS network.
I know some kids at the local college who'd help me put it together, if I could prove it was viable from a transmission power perspective. On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:10 PM Andrew Roach <ajroac...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, I was expecting that the whip would give me a significantly reduced > range. > > I'm going to order some and experiment. It'd be really neat to hack a > system like this together. 5 miles is my target (which would be 1/8 of the > max point-to-point range. > > My concern is that I might be able to get 5 miles omni-LOS, but that > without a clear line of sight I'd be down to half a mile or so. > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:54 PM MikeS <dm...@torfree.net> wrote: > >> The challenge in your project would probably be the antenna; it's >> largely the 'directional' aspect of the antenna that gives you the >> point-to-point distance and an omnidirectional whip would give you a >> drastically shorter range. >> >> Antenna height and any obstacles in the path are also major factors >> affecting distance. >> >> There's a pretty active long distance WiFi community out there; here's a >> pair of Linksys WRT54Gs communicating over 300+ km: >> >> http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/487/402 >> >> Worth experimenting! >> >> m >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Andrew Roach <ajroac...@gmail.com> >> *To:* Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, April 27, 2015 12:19 PM >> *Subject:* [M100] Xbee and m100 >> >> I have been reading about the Xbee Xtend 900MHz Pro. >> >> This is a wireless serial modem with a transmission range of up to 40 >> miles LOS (with a high gain directional antenna) >> >> I'm not super familiar with RF, but I know there are a fair number of Ham >> guys on the group. >> >> If I was to build the proper circuits to connect the Xbee to my PC and my >> m100, with an omnidirectional whip antenna, could I conceivably be >> broadcasting a serial connection to a bubble of 5 miles, or so, around my >> home? >> >> Does that sound possible? >> >> If it is possible, then would it also be conceivable that I could concoct >> some kind of router at the receiving end, and have other people sharing >> this connection using m100s and HP-200LXs connected to these xbee modules? >> >> My mind is all aflutter. >> >>
