This morning Jon, Craig and I set off to Goodlie Hill to check on the equipment and restart the generator. Despite much wind and rain in the night the electronic equipment had kept dry and the generator started more or less first time. From there we went to Maisongill and, while Jon was up on the farmhouse roof holding a pole with a Nano on the end, Craig was doing a wireless scan to see if any of the Goodlie Hill Nanos was 'visible'. In fact all were and, after connecting with the one offering the strongest signal, good download and upload speeds were achieved. Much relief all round.
Jon set to to complete the installation there while Craig went off to a meeting in Rheged and buy an extra long drill bit at Wickes (the walls are thick round here!). I went off to prepare a Nano to do some testing and an installation in the afternoon. Jon and Craig caught up with me and by the end of the afternoon we had established that the Goodlie Hill node was meeting all requirements.
All that remains is to lay the mains cable to the tree when weather permits and get subscribers connected on a permanent basis.
A good week's work by all concerned.
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