We also considered an XBee uucp network as well, which could have been implemented natively on a number of machines of vintage, although I'm not aware of any such thing for the Model T. On Apr 27, 2015 12:11 PM, "Andrew Roach" <ajroac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. >>> >>>
