Hi, i have a 2.4 metre solid dish here and was going to use it for TVRO but
havn't got round to it as the majority of it is foreign with subtitles and
that doesn't impress me all that much. Just wondering how i might be able to
utilise this dish in the HAM scenario. I am a "Standard" licence in
Australia which entitles me to transmit on most bands excluding 3776 - 3800,
50 - 52 MHz, 420 - 430 MHz, 2300 - 2302 MHz, 3.5 gig, 10gig, and above. Also
can't use WARC bands. So it's a bit limited in the higher part of spectrum
but just wondering if someone could offer some suggestions on what i could
use it for (Except birdbath, fishpond etc lol)

Thanks

Gary
VK3LCD

On Jun 30, 10:38*pm, "Gary Smith" wrote:
Hi, i have a 2.4 metre solid dish here and was going to use it for TVRO but
havn't got round to it as the majority of it is foreign with subtitles and
that doesn't impress me all that much. Just wondering how i might be able to
utilise this dish in the HAM scenario. I am a "Standard" licence in
Australia which entitles me to transmit on most bands excluding 3776 - 3800,
50 - 52 MHz, 420 - 430 MHz, 2300 - 2302 MHz, 3.5 gig, 10gig, and above. Also
can't use WARC bands. So it's a bit limited in the higher part of spectrum
but just wondering if someone could offer some suggestions on what i could
use it for (Except birdbath, fishpond etc lol)

Thanks

Gary
VK3LCD

it would probably be good on the 2300mhz and higher bands. not sure
about how good on 70cm it might be off hand. 10ghz is very popular
here in the states, it even has its own contest. you should probably
try to contact some local microwave guys there and see which bands
have the most activity.

In message , Gary Smith
writes
Hi, i have a 2.4 metre solid dish here and was going to use it for TVRO but
havn't got round to it as the majority of it is foreign with subtitles and
that doesn't impress me all that much. Just wondering how i might be able to
utilise this dish in the HAM scenario. I am a "Standard" licence in
Australia which entitles me to transmit on most bands excluding 3776 - 3800,
50 - 52 MHz, 420 - 430 MHz, 2300 - 2302 MHz, 3.5 gig, 10gig, and above. Also
can't use WARC bands. So it's a bit limited in the higher part of spectrum
but just wondering if someone could offer some suggestions on what i could
use it for (Except birdbath, fishpond etc lol)

Thanks

Gary
VK3LCD

Have you got lots of friends? If so, what about a barbie? [Very popular
in VK, I believe.] Or a wok?
--
Ian

On 6/30/2010 3:38 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
Hi, i have a 2.4 metre solid dish here and was going to use it for TVRO but
havn't got round to it as the majority of it is foreign with subtitles and
that doesn't impress me all that much. Just wondering how i might be able to
utilise this dish in the HAM scenario. I am a "Standard" licence in
Australia which entitles me to transmit on most bands excluding 3776 - 3800,
50 - 52 MHz, 420 - 430 MHz, 2300 - 2302 MHz, 3.5 gig, 10gig, and above. Also
can't use WARC bands. So it's a bit limited in the higher part of spectrum
but just wondering if someone could offer some suggestions on what i could
use it for (Except birdbath, fishpond etc lol)

Thanks

Gary
VK3LCD



chuck a USB WiFi Dongle at the focal point and see how far/many WiFi
routers you can hit?

Regards,
JS

A microphone at the focus and an amplifier listens real good!

On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:21:45 -0700, John Smith
wrote:

On 6/30/2010 3:38 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
Hi, i have a 2.4 metre solid dish here and was going to use it for TVRO but
havn't got round to it as the majority of it is foreign with subtitles and
that doesn't impress me all that much. Just wondering how i might be able to
utilise this dish in the HAM scenario. I am a "Standard" licence in
Australia which entitles me to transmit on most bands excluding 3776 - 3800,
50 - 52 MHz, 420 - 430 MHz, 2300 - 2302 MHz, 3.5 gig, 10gig, and above. Also
can't use WARC bands. So it's a bit limited in the higher part of spectrum
but just wondering if someone could offer some suggestions on what i could
use it for (Except birdbath, fishpond etc lol)

Thanks

Gary
VK3LCD



chuck a USB WiFi Dongle at the focal point and see how far/many WiFi
routers you can hit?

Regards,
JS
John Ferrell W8CCW

----snip2save-----------
Recieving them is one thing but transmitting a good signal
back to them is another, so I am finding out the hard way :-(


chuck a USB WiFi Dongle at the focal point and see how
far/many WiFi routers you can hit?

Regards,
JS





--
Quote "Get SSL VPN services now, KEEP Government OUT of your
business... "

On 6/3/2011 8:04 AM, moronsbegone wrote:
----snip2save-----------
Recieving them is one thing but transmitting a good signal
back to them is another, so I am finding out the hard way :-(


chuck a USB WiFi Dongle at the focal point and see how
far/many WiFi routers you can hit?

Regards,
JS



I used to have a 1 watt USB dongle, came from china ...

I am thinking you might still be able to locate one on ebay?

Anyway, let me know what you find. I am going to be setting up a long
range link in the near future, for a friend.

Regards,
JS

John Smith wrote in
:

On 6/3/2011 8:04 AM, moronsbegone wrote:
----snip2save-----------
Recieving them is one thing but transmitting a good signal
back to them is another, so I am finding out the hard way
:-(


chuck a USB WiFi Dongle at the focal point and see how
far/many WiFi routers you can hit?

Regards,
JS



I used to have a 1 watt USB dongle, came from china ...

I am thinking you might still be able to locate one on
ebay?

Anyway, let me know what you find. I am going to be
setting up a long range link in the near future, for a
friend.

Regards,
JS



I appreciate the reply, it seems my Alfa ½ watt [bs-rating=
1/10 watt] is making the grade with 4 access points reliably
so it's just the little boy ego in me that seems spoiled when
110 access points are showing up and only a handful can hear
me. Then again it's real crowded here and channel bleeding or
some other 'Over crowded' phenomenon is dissing my male ego. I
sort of feel like a dumb truck driver running 1500 watts to
talk to the driver behind me9 In respect to the industry and
moral conscience I do not want to splatter my neighbors with a
gazillion watts and make their 5 bar connections slow because
of me and rf splatter. You guys know so much more then I it
isn't funny, don't want to sound like a moron but this "Dish"
theory is a hidden treasure right under everyone's nose and it
amazes me that just putting a retired Dish Network disk 13"
behind the Alfa USB WiFi with the 3 DB gain Vertical ground
antenna on it gives me a 5 bar signal from what used to be a
1. The reason I am picking on this one AP is that I have the
owners blessing to use it, so why not focus on the legal one.
Sure I am willing to hack a stranger's one if I have to, but
here is a case where I don't, so I won't. But up till now his
signal was week, now it's good, but experimenting with the
other unsecured AP's there are some that are 3 bars and can
not get a handshake for more then 10 seconds at 1 MBPS
Then PWAffffffft!!! I am bumped off then on then off then on…
Weird I say.
But it has all the symptoms of an Elephant base station, all
ears no mouth, and I am Irish I don't take custom to things
that way, generally the other way around LoL.
But I don't want to be a CB Rambo moron and ruin it for
everyone else; I am on line at a steady 54 MBPS right now so
why bother. Just Ego I guess or interest in the science maybe.
By the way the Dish is Indoors!!! I used to be a HAM, tech
license but let it laps years ago. Can't stand the FCC's
attitude.

On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:04:13 -0500, moronsbegone
wrote:

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Recieving them is one thing but transmitting a good signal
back to them is another, so I am finding out the hard way :-(

Could the relationship between time and distance problem be impacting
performance? Every other influencing parameter appears to be a
constant. Lengthening the timeout on your end might provide a
solution.

Registered User wrote in
:

On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:04:13 -0500, moronsbegone
wrote:

----snip2save-----------
Recieving them is one thing but transmitting a good signal
back to them is another, so I am finding out the hard way
:-(

Could the relationship between time and distance problem be
impacting performance? Every other influencing parameter
appears to be a constant. Lengthening the timeout on your
end might provide a solution.

I appreciate the reply, it seems my Alfa ½ watt [bs-rating=
1/10 watt] is making the grade with 4 access points reliably
so it's just the little boy ego in me that seems spoiled when
110 access points are showing up and only a handful can hear
me. Then again it's real crowded here and channel bleeding or
some other 'Over crowded' phenomenon is dissing my male ego. I
sort of feel like a dumb truck driver running 1500 watts to
talk to the driver behind me! In respect to the industry and
moral conscience I do not want to splatter my neighbors with a
gazillion watts and make their 5 bar connections slow because
of me and rf or binary packet splatter/collisions. You guys
know so much more then I it isn't funny, don't want to sound
like a moron but this "Dish" theory is a hidden treasure right
under everyone's nose and it amazes me that just putting a
retired Dish Network disk 13" behind the Alfa USB WiFi with
the 3 DB gain Vertical ground antenna on it gives me a 5 bar
signal from what used to be a 1. The reason I am picking on
this one AP is that I have the owners blessing to use it, so
why not focus on the legal one. Sure I am willing to hack a
stranger's one if I have to, but here is a case where I don't,
so I won't. But up till now his signal was week, now it's
good, but experimenting with the other unsecured AP's there
are some that are 3 bars and can not get a handshake for more
then 10 seconds at 1 MBPS
Then PWAffffffft!!! I am bumped off then on then off then on…
Weird I say.
But it has all the symptoms of an Elephant base station, all
ears no mouth, and I am Irish I don't take custom to things
that way, generally the other way around LoL.
But I don't want to be a CB Rambo moron and ruin it for
everyone else; I am on line at a steady 54 MBPS right now so
why bother. Just Ego I guess or interest in the science maybe.
By the way the Dish is Indoors!!! I used to be a HAM, tech
license but let it laps years ago. I can't stand the FCC's
attitude. Somewhere in the registry setting I can set the
"TimeToLive" string to 128 ms is that what you mean?
I know IP stuff [it's my dreaded job] but the microwave stuff
you guys smoke me.