No, I don't have such a map. I agree it would be a good thing. If you are interested you might contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and get the net listings showing the stations in each net. 73 Mark KQ0I Des Moines, Ia
--- kd4e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have a regularly updated coverage -- and gaps > -- > map online? > > I believe that if enough Hams knew where the gaps > were, and how they might assist in filling the gaps, > we could restore this wireless network (sort of a > Ham Internet). > > It is not a question of if but when the Internet > is attacked, via a natural event (earthquake) or > man-made (terrorist). Having a nationwide wireless > network (with some redundancies and rerouting we > could provide a critical service in disaster > response. > > Satellites are imagined to be reliable but are > vulnerable to energy spikes from the sun and to > human attack (the Chinese have been developing > satellite-killer technologies for two decades). > > I seem to recall 2M as the core of Packet, are 6M > and 10M used much? There are tons of rigs being > dumped on the market as public service agencies > move to the newest Motorola (and other mfg) pie-in- > the-sky technologies. We will have to backstop > those fragile infrastructures eventually so why > not do it partially using their old gear? :-) > > -- > > Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097