I attended that WISPcon at American center in 2004 for a few hours during layover to Miami and then Santa Cruz , Bolivia...met Wu, Mike and the MT Latvia guys...I think Cooter was there...
Jaime Solorza On Aug 13, 2017 4:14 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote: Marlon is doing well ...35000 square mile coverage, has a lift rig, and in negotiations with some Co-ops to offer service through them...has a side business that kids used to pay for college making and selling sausage. Has about 20 thousand emails unanswered!! Still has contact with Bob Modeshal, Nusrat from Shireen , Mike Bronson son from WLANparts I think, Larsen and few others.. really busy...bootstrapped his way up using pre-802 gear since 1995. Made shields for him Omnis from muffler to block interference fromWestern Multiplex Tsunami . He said I got him out of copier business and into wireless...the 1990s are a fog to me.. cough cough.. he might swing by to visit Kunze after Vegas outing. Had I known he was coming down, I would have shown him some good places to eat....he was here years ago doing some work for a WISP because I was too busy in Austin and Laredo...that WISP still going strong... Jaime Solorza On Aug 13, 2017 3:51 PM, "Jeff Broadwick - Lists" <jeffl...@att.net> wrote: > Michael (Bullit) lied again and again about Part 15 being non-profit and > some other things. We needed a real trade group. Rick, Marlon, Scriv, > Matt, Tom, Bob, (and I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple) started working on > Wispa. It's amazing how far we've come! > > I have mixed feelings about Mike Anderson...yes, he lied, but he did get > all of us together at first through the Wispcons. He made the first > contacts with the FCC. Can't minimize those things. > > Jeff Broadwick > ConVergence Technologies, Inc. > 312-205-2519 <(312)%20205-2519> Office > 574-220-7826 <(574)%20220-7826> Cell > jbroadw...@converge-tech.com > > On Aug 13, 2017, at 3:37 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Didn’t WISPA originally start with a group of part-15 members that were > not happy with part-15? > > One of the WISPA guys at a booth in a trade show in Las Vegas told me the > story but I forgot it. > This had to be about maybe 2004? > I remember he was pissed because Michael never gave him that copper > part-15 medallion. > > I remember a ton of emails complaining that part-15 was not actually a non > profit etc etc. > > *From:* Colin Stanners > *Sent:* Sunday, August 13, 2017 1:26 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT..Marlon Schaefer .. pioneer WISP > > I remember that name from the part-15.org / Micheal Anderson days.... how > long has it been, around 10 years already? Is Marlon still in the WISP > business? > > On Aug 13, 2017 6:51 AM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > We had dinner with Marlon and Melissa Schaefer at La Posta in Mesilla, NM > yesterday evening. They brought their daughter to get settle in at NMSU. > It was nice to touch base with him and get news on old friends from early > wireless days. They have a cool 35 ft mobile home they driving to PHX to > visit friends and then Vegas for some R&R. Yes they loved the real Mexican > food , some Tecate and took some Hatch chile. Mi casa es su casa... > > Jaime Solorza > > > >
