Choose the location

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Ok, once we assemble the station, we need to deploy it somewhere. There are at least 3 possible locations:

• ETI faculty roof. This location has the advantage of being reasonably easy accessible by every participant. This is important, especially in the future if the project is successful and the team grows. The downside is that it requires permissions from unspecified ETI official.

• Balcony/roof of Tomek's apartment. Tomek has a large balcony, so we can start deploying the station there. The benefit is that the access is much easier than a roof. The disadvantage is that it's easily accessible only when Tomek is around. In some time in the future, this could be relocated to the roof, which would have better horizon exposure than a balcony. This would require an approval from the community (wspólnota mieszkaniowa), but I can probably take care of this. Building a fireplace required making a huge hole in the roof and I managed to do it.

• An undisclosed location in Bory Tucholskie. Tomek has a small piece of land. We can deploy anything there. There's plenty of space. The disadvantage is that any hardware modification requires a 70 mins drive from Gdansk. The benefit is that it's literally in the middle of nowhere, so there should be less interference, no wifi, no planes flyovers etc.

Originally posted in #3 by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-09-15T13:39:35.587Z

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because we cannot personally get on the roof

Prof. Moszyński said we could get permission to go on the roof. So one less problem.

I think we need to get more info (Slawek's to-do list) to decide about placement of all devices - so far I have no opinion on this matter.

Originally posted by Ewelina Omernik at 2019-10-12T23:17:03.336Z

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There's a limit on USB cable length. IIRC it was 5m. If the cable is too long, the signal may be too weak.

Personally, I'd go with RPi on the roof.

One other aspect for research is PoE (Power over Ethernet). If we manage to find a RPi that supports it, there would be one less cable to worry about.

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-10-05T12:30:02.961Z

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changed the description

Originally posted by Sławek Figiel at 2019-10-12T12:44:39.167Z

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Ok, there's one more complication. If we decide to use LNA, it requires a power supply as well.

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-10-12T12:37:12.563Z

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changed milestone to %2

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-11-09T08:45:37.419Z

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added ~1 ~2 labels

Originally posted by Sławek Figiel at 2019-10-03T20:27:16.941Z

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closed

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-12-15T15:59:06.063Z

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Since the new antenna is located on my balcony, there's no need to provide connectivity to ETI faculty's roof.

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-12-15T15:59:05.364Z

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changed the description

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-10-12T12:38:23.512Z

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It seems that the setup is currently being run on Tomek's balcony. Unless we come with compelling reasons to move it to ETI roof, we should keep it as it is for now. Relocation is a something to consider past 1.0 milestone.

Originally posted by Tomek Mrugalski at 2019-11-09T08:45:31.952Z