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There is now a node on top of the William Mercer building located at 300 Commissioners Road West. The node consists of two Ubiquiti units. A "Bullet M2 Titanium" with a 12db omni antenna as well as a "Nanostation M2" pointing north. The 2 units are linked via their Ethernet connector. A 3rd unit is planned and we ran an extra network cable up the mast. A Cisco switch has been purchased to allow the linking of multiple devices.
According to Google earth, the position is 42 57' 23.97'' N, 81 16' 41.57'' W
The ground level elevation is 870 feet. The building is 10 stories tall. We have a mast on top of the mechanical room which is on top of the building (which should add another 100ft to the total elevation).
This is the 1st of many planned "anchor" sites. We will try to cover the long hauls by linking the various anchor sites with directional antennas and flooding the surrounding areas with Rf using omni antennas.
If anyone in London is thinking about meshing, now is the time to get involved.
FYI: we hope to have more nodes in the near future!
For the next few weeks, I have placed some photos on my web server: http://hamster.foxhollow.ca/2014-08-09-Hammesh-Mercer-Building.zip The zip is about 500megs. It contains random photos from the top of the building including some panorama views of the skyline. If you see a building in the distance that you have roof-access, contact me!
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