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Image:APTN_film crew.jpg|APTN film crew
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Image:Dwayne_Lassy_David.jpg|Dwayne, Lassy and David
Image:Dwayne_Lassy_David.jpg|Dwayne, Lassy and David
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==3 May - Sikele installation==
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Image:Sikele_mounting1.jpg|Beginning the installation of the mounting bracket
Image:Sikele_mounting2.jpg|Drilling mounting points
Image:Sikele_mounting3.jpg|Bolting on bracket
Image:Sikele_mast_preperation1.jpg|Fastening omni bracket to top of mast
Image:Sikele_mast_preperation2.jpg|Attaching the Linksys outdoor housing
Image:Sikele_mast_up.jpg|Attaching mast to bracket
Image:Sikele_power_over_ethernet.jpg|Connecting the power of ethernet
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===Ideal highsite===
We identified an ideal highsite, the owner worked in Johannesburg and was not at all interested in us mounting an antenna on his roof.  The house itself sat exactly on the ridge and could see the clinic as well as the hospice.
We identified an ideal highsite, the owner worked in Johannesburg and was not at all interested in us mounting an antenna on his roof.  The house itself sat exactly on the ridge and could see the clinic as well as the hospice.


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Image:View_ideal_highsite3.jpg|Looking across the road towards the hospice
Image:View_ideal_highsite3.jpg|Looking across the road towards the hospice
Image:Ideal_highsite.jpg|A view of the house, we would have mounted the antenna on the leftmost part of the building
Image:Ideal_highsite.jpg|A view of the house, we would have mounted the antenna on the leftmost part of the building
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===Teachers' training centre===
The teachers' training centre would have been ideal but due to problems with equipment we never used this site.  Know that we use OLSR this could probably be easily connected.
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Image:Teachers_training_centre.jpg|Lassy outside Hazyview teachers centre, holding omni for signal testing
Image:View_teachers_training_centre.jpg|Looking back towards the clinic, Legogote mountain to the left is very close to the clinic
Image:Supervisor_teachers_training_centre1.jpg|The teachers centre supervisor
Image:Supervisor_teachers_training_centre2.jpg|Supervisor on the steps of the Hazyview teachers centre
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===ACTS clinic flats===
Last stop the clinic flats where we eventually installed a node.
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Image:ACTS_flats.jpg|Looking up at the clinic flats from the clinic
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 28 October 2007

Project Overview  •   Team and Contact  •   Technology  •   Progress  •   Stories  •   Dissemination  •   Picture Gallery  •   Project Chapter


01 - 02 July 2007: LinkNet from Macha, Zambia visit to Peebles Valley

13 October 2006: Visit

26 May 2006: Visit

  • Acts Clinic roof before antenna installtion

    Acts Clinic roof before antenna installtion

  • David, Dwayne and Annemijn

    David, Dwayne and Annemijn

  • Installing an antenna at the Acts clinic

    Installing an antenna at the Acts clinic

  • Nana installaling an antenna at the Acts hospice Legogote

    Nana installaling an antenna at the Acts hospice Legogote

  • Peebles Valley

    Peebles Valley

  • Peebles Valley

    Peebles Valley

  • Granite outcrop

    Granite outcrop

  • Rusty can pointing the wrong way, but still working!!!

    Rusty can pointing the wrong way, but still working!!!

05-06 July 2005: Visit and APTN film crew visit

  • Dwayne and Lassy installing a mesh node

    Dwayne and Lassy installing a mesh node

  • Mesh node waterproof box open, showing wireless router

    Mesh node waterproof box open, showing wireless router

  • Lassy installing cantenna

    Lassy installing cantenna

  • Surfing the web at Agnus' house

    Surfing the web at Agnus' house

  • David with the APTN film crew

    David with the APTN film crew

  • APTN film crew

    APTN film crew

  • Dwayne, Lassy and David

    Dwayne, Lassy and David

3 May - Sikele installation

  • Beginning the installation of the mounting bracket

    Beginning the installation of the mounting bracket

  • Drilling mounting points

    Drilling mounting points

  • Bolting on bracket

    Bolting on bracket

  • Fastening omni bracket to top of mast

    Fastening omni bracket to top of mast

  • Attaching the Linksys outdoor housing

    Attaching the Linksys outdoor housing

  • Attaching mast to bracket

    Attaching mast to bracket

  • Connecting the power of ethernet

    Connecting the power of ethernet

29 April 2005 - walkabout

These are various pictures taken on a drive-about to inspect various highsites and get signal readings from the clinic.

  • Probably Lassy's first day, here holding a Yaggi

    Probably Lassy's first day, here holding a Yaggi

Ideal highsite

We identified an ideal highsite, the owner worked in Johannesburg and was not at all interested in us mounting an antenna on his roof. The house itself sat exactly on the ridge and could see the clinic as well as the hospice.

  • Looking back towards the clinic

    Looking back towards the clinic

  • Looking towards Sikele High

    Looking towards Sikele High

  • Looking across the road towards the hospice

    Looking across the road towards the hospice

  • A view of the house, we would have mounted the antenna on the leftmost part of the building

    A view of the house, we would have mounted the antenna on the leftmost part of the building

Teachers' training centre

The teachers' training centre would have been ideal but due to problems with equipment we never used this site. Know that we use OLSR this could probably be easily connected.

  • Lassy outside Hazyview teachers centre, holding omni for signal testing

    Lassy outside Hazyview teachers centre, holding omni for signal testing

  • Looking back towards the clinic, Legogote mountain to the left is very close to the clinic

    Looking back towards the clinic, Legogote mountain to the left is very close to the clinic

  • The teachers centre supervisor

    The teachers centre supervisor

  • Supervisor on the steps of the Hazyview teachers centre

    Supervisor on the steps of the Hazyview teachers centre

ACTS clinic flats

Last stop the clinic flats where we eventually installed a node.

  • Looking up at the clinic flats from the clinic

    Looking up at the clinic flats from the clinic

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