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Hi SA clubs.

Plans for the Nov 9th event are well under way.
So far we have attending:

Strictly Ham
Yaesu Vertex
Radio Specialists
TET Emtron
Aztronics
Phil Grimshaw

NERC have volunteered to cook a BBQ. Thanks

All other clubs are invited to have a free table (not for selling) to promote their club etc.
(If you have already replied no need to again.) Please let me know soon if your club
wishes to take up this offer. The club promo tables will be in the second hall where
food will be available.

Regards
David Clegg
Secretary Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio society
0403 897 738
08 82788108

Air-Stream Wireless have been regularly presenting at a number of community IT and other Amateur Radio events over the past few years with great success. Along with our regular monthly meetings we are often asked two common questions.

“What sort of equipment do I need to get connected?”
“What do I need to setup my own router for others to connect to me?”

Nothing seems to do the job better that the real thing and although we have tried our best to provide examples at these events. It always seems difficult to pull together the best examples, as they often go into service at some stage.

So we are asking business and our members to help by donating samples. Clearly it doesn’t matter if they work or not as these will only be used for display purposes.

As an added incentive for businesses who donate we give that an opportunity to promote their company alongside these samples with added mention on our website and when ever a picture of the sample is used in articles or promotions.

More great news for members in 2006…

Members will be pleased to know that our application for affiliated membership to the Wireless Institute of Australia has been accepted and our certificate of affiliation is expected to arrive soon. See information on their website at http://www.wia.org.au/

SA Group Enterprises Incorporated provides quality employment opportunities for people with disabilities and achieves through two main programs:

Open Employment Services
This program provides specialised job seeker support to assist people with disabilities to prepare for, find, and maintain employment in the broader community.

Business Services
This program is targeted to provide employment for people with disabilities who may require long-term support. This is achieved through the establishment of small businesses. In order to enhance employee status, self-esteem and career choices, business are chosen in skilled industries, such as manufacturing, graphic design and IT services.

Since 1986 SA Group Enterprises has established three very different service outlets:

Wan IP: http://10.112.1.10

I have been a member of Air Stream Wireless since 2002, and involved in the establishment of a number of key sites in the network and was voted onto the committee in 2004 holding the position of Secretary till October 2008. I have recently retired from committee due to extra commitments at work and home with the birth our second child (daughter). However, I intend to continued my participation as an active member and strong advocate for Air-Stream Wireless.

My background is in electronics and industrial engineering, and was involved in the electronics manufacturing industry for over 15 years.

Currently, I am the CEO of SA Group Enterprises an organisation that provides employment for people with a disability. I am also involved in a new technical interest group in Adelaide called Dorkbots

My involvement in Community Wireless Network came about, as a result of experiences and challenges establishing a wireless network between different office locations in order to reduce IT costs within our organisation. From this experience I realised that Community Wireless Networks offers many benefits for the broader community and other non-profit organisations like my own and I am now working to promote these advantages to other organisations and individuals, to help continue to grow the network.

It also happens to be quite good fun and you meet many people with similar interests.

Projects I have been involved include:

• Highgate Park
• Carrick Hill
• Bedford Park
• MOB
• O'Halloran Hill
• Mawson Centre
• Melrose Park
• North Terrace
• Northfield
• Skye1,2 & 3
• Pasadena
• Elizabeth Water Tower
• Ridleyton

I also provide a static IP for internet hosting of multi-homed services such as e-mail and jabber though the Melrose Park Node, so these services are available for other members both over the Internet and the wireless network.

My home network Setup

Above is the shed, where I run a router connected to Highgate Park using a 25dbi grid dish antenna the router provides multihomed services with a firewall between the Air-Stream network and my local network. It also runs a VPN between my local network and my work network, providing easy access to work files, email and other services located at the Melrose Park.

On my local network I currently run three main service, a voip phone, a media server for the TV & Stereo system all are connected by a wireless network.

Another web server 10.112.1.10 is located in the shed with the router for sharing files and information with other AS members on the network.

Air-Stream Wireless Incorporated thanks the many organizations for their support of the community wireless network including:

Air-Stream members have provided funding for the Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructure through membership fees, hardware donations, roof space, and the time taken to develop software and build wireless routing devices.

However, there are several ways other organisations, individuals and business enterprises can participate.