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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the update. I've been playing around with the Pi for a few days, and have noticed the heating problems. Based on my observations, I'm pretty sure it's not going to stay alive for long in an exposed area, specially in India where temperatures can get pretty severe. I have a limitation in the sheer distance to an antenna on my roof since I'm on a very low floor of a condo, and the roof is 14 floors up from me. So running a coax all the way down is going to be tricky. I'll try to locate the Pi indoors, but somewhere very close to the antenna, probably inside the stairwell. That way all I (hopefully) need to worry about is getting network connectivity. At worst, I'll run a cat-6 cable all the way down to my router.
My bigger concern is getting a decent antenna shipped in here, hence my query to raikut. I wanted to know if the FR24 gear he got needed some special paperwork to get it past customs in India. Getting any kind of radio gear locally is nearly impossible here, so we have to figure out ways to get stuff in by mail order pretty much.
From my rooftop, even with the little DVB-T UHF magfoot antenna, I can get decent reception, so hopefully with a better antenna things will improve.
If any of the FR24 guys who have shipped stuff into India read this, please do let me know - any info will be helpful!
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the update. I've been playing around with the Pi for a few days, and have noticed the heating problems. Based on my observations, I'm pretty sure it's not going to stay alive for long in an exposed area, specially in India where temperatures can get pretty severe. I have a limitation in the sheer distance to an antenna on my roof since I'm on a very low floor of a condo, and the roof is 14 floors up from me. So running a coax all the way down is going to be tricky. I'll try to locate the Pi indoors, but somewhere very close to the antenna, probably inside the stairwell. That way all I (hopefully) need to worry about is getting network connectivity. At worst, I'll run a cat-6 cable all the way down to my router.
My bigger concern is getting a decent antenna shipped in here, hence my query to raikut. I wanted to know if the FR24 gear he got needed some special paperwork to get it past customs in India. Getting any kind of radio gear locally is nearly impossible here, so we have to figure out ways to get stuff in by mail order pretty much.
From my rooftop, even with the little DVB-T UHF magfoot antenna, I can get decent reception, so hopefully with a better antenna things will improve.
If any of the FR24 guys who have shipped stuff into India read this, please do let me know - any info will be helpful!
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