Test on top of a pole

[Doug - WØDMH]

Success, at least I can see other nodes.  Now to come up with a permanent mount.

[Doug - WØDMH]

Did a "replay all" to Brad, but it got bounced by Google groups...

Brad's reply:

Those ETX numbers are not good.  ETX is a statistical measure of link quality, 1 being perfect. Most of the extended nodes in your screen capture are in the 20's, which is unusable given the small number of hops.  I believe that the problem is the link quality on the W9RIK-QTH-1 to N0CFM-CARBBN-GRNMTN link.

My reply to that:

So, you seem to be indicating that my link to N0CFM-CARBBN-GRNMTN is OK (when the radio is up, literally on top of my flagpole, which it's not currently...), but beyond that it's not.  

It's sounding like the Green Mountain node is a common denominator for a few people (from other posts), yet its link is not so great to others?  I don't see "W9RIK-QTH-1" in the screen shot I posted.  Am I just "blind" or are you referencing something else for that evaluation?  What is considered a "usable" ETX?

Is a map of the physical locations of these nodes available?