Marlborough Wi-Fi

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Wither Hills a possibility

Good news for all MarlWiFi members! There has been a new door opened with regards to getting a site on the Wither Hills as the Marlborough District Council has recently allocated an area of land specifically for non-profit ISM and low-power FM radio operations.

Unfortunately I cannot publish a map at this stage, however the area is around the base of Cobb Ridge and has potential to provide access as far as Tuamarina and Renwick.

I will attempt to find out more over the coming days, check back soon for the latest news.

Marlborough Centre going strong

The installation performed in late 2003 is still going strong with zero maintenance! The old freebie Compaq PC running Pebble has proven to be pretty much bullet proof - yay for Linux!

Current users have reported very little problems, if any at all. We still have problems with range which will hopefully get sorted in the future. If anyone is able to help get a site on the Wither Hills that would be fantastic and please let us know!

Wither Hills update

I have submitted a formal application to occupy the ISM site on the Wither Hills. I have also visited it, and while not as elevated as previously thought, found that it still provides excellent opportunity to expand the network much greater than it stands now.

There are also power lines next to one area which would solve the issue of powering the equipment. This will be investigated in the near future to see if it looks viable.

I am not sure how all of long this might take, so we need all the support we can get to make this possible.