| Magnus on Mon, 9 Jun 2003 23:28:09 -0400 |
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I'm aware we *shouldn't* have to pay for it, that's why I was asking. Did you see where I said radio towers? I meant to use that to send a signal over more topography, as I stated before I'm oblivious to how this works. I just can't see how much using one of these would cost, and if a real antenna (or space on one) costs so damn much I'm sure we could use something big, metal and not originally made to be an antenna ;). I think part of the confusion is that you're saying "antenna" but mean "tower", where the two are different things (one is mounted on the other). I've tried contacting people who run those towers, and they are in it for the money so I am not holding out a lot of hope for them. People who manage tall buildings have been much more approachable, especially when I tell them what I'm up to. I've only asked at like four buildings and all four enthusiastically said "yes" to letting me co-lo a repeater on their roof. There is a prominent building on the city skyline that I have connections to but haven't approached yet because I want to have something going to show them before I try to get them in on it (and maybe try to hit them up pay for their repeater if I can, hence the hesitation to go there too early). Most of the antennas, though, would likely be mounted on poles on top of people's homes. So if you want to participate, you buy the prescribed hardware, climb up on your roof and mount it on the highest mast that the Part 15 rules allow (20 feet from the highest point of the building to the tip of the antenna). - -- Chris "Magnus" Hedemark UNIX / Linux / BSD / Mac OS X / Windows consulting available. No job too small! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.3.2 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAj7lUAsACgkQYPuF4Zq9lval1QCePkWEMbrMxpU8rm+c+PPcz4i4 0cEAn19xMhxFyOHUN37OzbTL6buTXYEQ =96EY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug
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