Interlude: The Sat Connection#
by Sebastian Gabriel
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New in version 1999-12-09.
Changed in version 2021.10.26.
Fig. 50 This article originally appeared on the homepage of the ARGE Informatik am GRG21-F21 [^url-grg-21] [^url-argeinformatik] in 1999.#
As some may know, a radio link is the most important internet connection for our school. An omnidirectional antenna is attached on our roof and a directional antenna is attached to the roof of a four-storey apartment building, which is about 700 m away at Kinzerplatz.
For weeks there have been repeated failures of this line (see also news ticker reports), but neither we nor the provider could detect any routing problems or other software errors via remote maintenance.
When inspecting the installation we were amazed: A tenant had mounted a satellite dish on our antenna mast and damaged the antenna cable in the process.
Fig. 51 The Corpus delicti#
Fig. 52 Location of the crime scene viewed from the roof of our school#
Fig. 53 The antenna pole in all its glory with satellite dish#
Fig. 54 Clerical prospects vis á vis#
What do you do in the dark at 0°C on a sloping roof 4-story house with such a satellite dish? Guess: Dismantle.
With combined forces we (Alexander Schöberl from CiS, Sebastian Gabriel from GRISSU.ORG, Maximilian Knor and Valentin Wegerth from ARGE Informatik am GRG21-F21 [^url-grg-21] [^url-argeinformatik]) finally managed apprehend the dish. I’ve always wanted to be able to receive CNN … :-)
Fig. 55 Schöberl@work#
Fig. 56 Schöberl@Work II#
Fig. 57 TRIUMPH!!!#
Fig. 58 Hurray, and up she rises …#
Fig. 59 After Work#
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