RE: [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Well, fresh back from Amsterdam, and our antennae have arrived!

now, I just need another Orinoco Card, and it's rock and roll time..

pictures added to the Yahoo group..


-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 July 2002 21:21
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..


Not really true. Ex-Yugoslavia wasn't part of either block. They were
leaders of "movement of non-allied countries", separated from
eastern block
and Stalin in 1948 and being under pressure and isolation from them for
a
while, but resisted... However, for some reason, military equipment in
the
army was more of eastern standard. Probably being easier to sell to
east
than to west. Someone told me that ex-yu was third exporter of arms in
the
world, so most was going to export, but that topic is probably for some
other group...
Nik
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 July 2002 20:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..


LOL.

I have this mental picture of, 20 years ago, your father and Tim's
watching
each other's through this kit... Now their son's are discussing how it
can
be used to help a mutual friend.

Kind of nice, really.

Mark

-----Original Message----- 
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sat 06/07/2002 17:31 
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..


Eastern version ;-).
Nik
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 July 2002 14:32
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..


They’re divided into mils (6400 mils in as circle) I don’t know which
ones
you used but the Nato standard is divisions at 5 mil intervals.

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 06 July 2002 14:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..

Binocular with bearing could be a problem (it needs compass or gyro),
but
distance shouldn't be a problem.
Almost any military binocular has ticks (I don't know what the proper
expression is) on it and it's used for determining distance.
You pick an object of known size (like door hight, or building size) and
see
how many "ticks" it fits. Each tick is 1meter over distance of
1,000 meters
and then you need a bit of mathematics... 
E.g.
if object is 1 meter wide and it fits 2 ticks, then the distance is 500
meters.
That's what they tought us...
Nik
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 June 2002 11:39
To: UKHA Mailing List
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] [Possibly] WiFi WLAN update..

For the serious distance kings amongst us ;)

We have confirmed that we have LOS between my house (NS784625 as it
happens)
and my mate Scott's (NS658678) That's 13,920 metres away, on a bearing
of
294 degrees.

I got this information (afte much mucking around with A supremely cool
tool
I got from here..

http://www.bootsacrossscotland.org.uk/Site/Resources.html

takes two OSGB Grid References, and calculates distance and bearing...
well useful.

This chart I also found on my travels...

http://www.orinocowireless.com/upload/documents/Ranges.htm

which gives the sort of ranges you can expect with good atmospherics
using
various Antenna powers.

These guys...

http://www.fab-corp.com/index.htm

sell parabolic grid 19dbi antennas for only $49.99 USD, and Orinoco
pigtails
for $21-23 USD dependant on length.

I found myself *really* wanting a bit of sci-fi kit for this project.

A set of binoculars with a HUD, which displays the exact bearing you
are
looking, like Luke Skywalker uses in Star Wars. A range finder would be
nice
too.

:D

Ian.



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