900 Mhz AP/card anywhere?

I know a little about 900 Mhz systems but for the life of me I am struggling
to find 900 Mhz wifi gear for sale. Can someone please tell me:

1. Is it legal to use in the UK?
2. What sort of price can a basic AP and a basic PCMCIA card / PCI card be
had for.
3. Where can I get them!

I need to link another friend that is NLOS but only about 1 mile away.
2.4Ghz can sometimes get through surprisingly enough, using 100mW AP +12dbi
onmi and 18 dbi parab +100mW card, but it is a weak line at best - no trees
but some brick buildings.

Unfortunately, other than the local church, there is nothing easy to spot
from both locations where a bridge could be installed - and I have a
feeeling that the local vicar might take exception to his Spire sprouting a
pair of patch antennas, even if they were "sandstone coloured" to blend in.

Hmm, Northants's first WiFi enabled church - might be worth a try "Google &
Pray the laptop way"

I'll be quiet now and take my medication like a good boy.

Mark

On 13/2/04 2:19 pm, in article
a35Xb.11674$q%(E-Mail Removed), "Mark"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I know a little about 900 Mhz systems but for the life of me I am struggling
> to find 900 Mhz wifi gear for sale. Can someone please tell me:

That¹s because its a contradiction in terms - WiFi is the generic term for
2.4 and 5.8GHz radio systems

> 1. Is it legal to use in the UK?

As its the same basic band at GSM (Cellnet and Vodafone) I leave you to
guess !

> 2. What sort of price can a basic AP and a basic PCMCIA card / PCI card be
> had for.

> 3. Where can I get them!
>
Stick with the legal ones and live with the consequences. Use something
other than wifi if necessary

> I need to link another friend that is NLOS but only about 1 mile away.
> 2.4Ghz can sometimes get through surprisingly enough, using 100mW AP +12dbi
> onmi and 18 dbi parab +100mW card, but it is a weak line at best - no trees
> but some brick buildings.

Try aligning the antenna more accurately with a level meter ?
>

> Unfortunately, other than the local church, there is nothing easy to spot
> from both locations where a bridge could be installed - and I have a
> feeeling that the local vicar might take exception to his Spire sprouting a
> pair of patch antennas, even if they were "sandstone coloured" to blend in.

Put them behind the wooden louvres in the bell tower - exactly what happened
here in http://www.westhaddon.net, and its a rural service for the town, not
just a couple of people.
>
> Hmm, Northants's first WiFi enabled church - might be worth a try "Google &
> Pray the laptop way"
>
Too late by a long way - almost a year I recall. Sorry !

"Graham in Melton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BC529BDF.1F44D%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 13/2/04 2:19 pm, in article
> a35Xb.11674$q%(E-Mail Removed), "Mark"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I know a little about 900 Mhz systems but for the life of me I am
struggling
> > to find 900 Mhz wifi gear for sale. Can someone please tell me:
>
> That¹s because its a contradiction in terms - WiFi is the generic term for
> 2.4 and 5.8GHz radio systems
>
> > 1. Is it legal to use in the UK?
>
> As its the same basic band at GSM (Cellnet and Vodafone) I leave you to
> guess !
>
> > 2. What sort of price can a basic AP and a basic PCMCIA card / PCI card
be
> > had for.
>
> > 3. Where can I get them!
> >
> Stick with the legal ones and live with the consequences. Use something
> other than wifi if necessary
>
> > I need to link another friend that is NLOS but only about 1 mile away.
> > 2.4Ghz can sometimes get through surprisingly enough, using 100mW AP
+12dbi
> > onmi and 18 dbi parab +100mW card, but it is a weak line at best - no
trees
> > but some brick buildings.
>
> Try aligning the antenna more accurately with a level meter ?
> >
>
> > Unfortunately, other than the local church, there is nothing easy to
spot
> > from both locations where a bridge could be installed - and I have a
> > feeeling that the local vicar might take exception to his Spire
sprouting a
> > pair of patch antennas, even if they were "sandstone coloured" to blend
in.
>
> Put them behind the wooden louvres in the bell tower - exactly what
happened
> here in http://www.westhaddon.net, and its a rural service for the town,
not
> just a couple of people.
> >
> > Hmm, Northants's first WiFi enabled church - might be worth a try
"Google &
> > Pray the laptop way"
> >
> Too late by a long way - almost a year I recall. Sorry !


Ah, I didn't know that (wifi only being 2.4 / 5.8 and not 900mhz), learn
something every day.

As for the Church, I'm stunned - but perhaps not too surprised, it had to
happen sooner or later. As for the level meter, I still only have a (modded)
WFS1 for external antenna but I guess I could use the laptop again.

Thinking about the church, I might just see what the feeling would be, nowt
to lose. Thanks.

Mark