Description given on Youtube:
Heya team – just returned from the Central Desert in the ‘dead centre’ of Australia – My Father Gary and I have just finished (over 5 weeks) installing 6 solar powered ‘microwave relays’ with the aim of getting broadband internet to two very remote Aboriginal Communities as a ‘proof of concept’ of the work that I’ve done producing embedded systems to allow ultra-reliable internet into these kinds of remote areas. This should give you an idea of the challenge 🙂 Looks to have been a great success – fully redundant communications with an aggregate bandwidth of 300mbps++ over a distance of 200kms. I used Victron Gear, coupled with my Arduino Based Embedded Control Software, for the solar. Temps out here get in excess of 45 degrees Celcius regularly during the summer and below 0 in the winter – we’ll see how they go! (By the way, I took this footage using a DJI phantom drone – I’m not the best pilot, but you get the picture – we hauled all the gear required to make this tower in by hand over 3 days)