I've put a website up for our relief effort: Www.haiti-connect.org Evert.
On 1/21/10, Michael Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:23 AM, Sam Churchill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When the subduction zone earthquake comes, here's what we do; hook up >> Joe Christenson's MotoSat dish to a Department of Transportation >> portable sign trailer. It uses solar panels and a battery bank. Get >> them cheap on E-Bay. > > Just to be clear, do we hit up eBay before or after the earthquake? > >> On the trailer we'd store 1-2 telescoping ham antennas, a couple of >> 10x10 canopys, 5-6 Merakis, and folding tables and chairs. A mobile >> Field Day rig. The whole thing would power half a dozen laptops in two >> locations for 3 days, and the solar panel could extend that. Joe could >> drive up his MotoSat Dish or Greg Swanson could couple his Inmarsat >> mobile internet cafe terminal. The Merakis would extend coverage >> through mesh. Probably get 5 miles with another telescoping ham >> antenna. > > Once all this is setup, what is it for? Outside communication? Local > coordination? > > All these disaster response ideas sound neat, but it's not entirely > clear to me what is useful and what is an exercise in geeking out for > geeking out's sake. > > Michael > > -- > The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ > Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate > Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ > > Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette > List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
