Recon Group Documentation Page

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Important Information

• Initial Wardrive/Site Survey info has been posted to http://jonshouse.dyndns.org/wardrive/wardrive.htm

• Maps of channel usage in the neighborhood can be found in the [http://www.personaltelco.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Mississippi-Historical-District gallery].

SITE SURVEY TOOLS

• Digital Camera's (Jon, Matt, Aaron, Russell, TomHiggins (DV with still feature as well))

• GPS (Russell, Jon...but no mapping software, TomHiggins (etrex no map)

• Various Site Survey Tools: Kismet, Airsnort, Netstumbler, ect. (everybody)
• Notepads (everybody)
• Photoshop and picture stitch skills (Matthew, Jon)
• Pocket Transit... fancy compass... don't know what this is exactly but Russell Has it.

THINGS WE MAY NEED AT THE NEXT MEETING

• Measuring tapes
• Rope
• Binoculars
• Everything listed under site tools above

FIRST THREE BUILDING LOCATIONS

• 4008 N. Mississippi Ave (Brick two Story)
• 932 Freemont St. (Residential Building)
• Middle, unknown location (contact Michael Weinberg) SEE ALSO: CONCERN SECTION

• The radio group was checking out the street and getting on top of the [http://www.rebuildingcenter.org/ RebuildingCenter] would be a very good location. --DonPark

THINGS TO DOCUMENT AT EACH LOCATION

• Height of building
• Panoramic shots from North, South, East, West.
• Rooftop mounting locations (chimney, nice physical vantage, non-penetrating roof mounting, etc.)
• Approximate Distance to other locations (mostly derived data from GPS)
• Downtilt Mapping From Ideal antenna locations
• Equipment Vulnerability (weather, theft)
• Power Locations inside the building with approximate cable run length to access point locations.
• Space within buildings for equipment houseing. (description, physical location, power situation)
• Procedure for gaining access to the facility for equipment maintenance.

CONCERNS

• If the nursery is to be the middle location we should plan around the fact that across Mississippi to the east there is a line of site blockage (approximately 30 degrees by guestimate) by the Richards Homewares Warehouse, which is a mostly metal building, including a metal roof. We will have more information on this later.
• We are concerned about electrical codes and should seek community support in the form of an electrical contractor.