This just in from IEEE: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/engineers-race-to-restore-communications-after-haiti-quake
On Thu, 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. > > 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. > > AMSIG PORTABLE CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN LED display $8,000 on EBay: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/SOLAR-PROGRAMABLE-SIGN-MESSAGE-BOARD-ON-TRAILER_W0QQitemZ170431442636QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item27ae816ecc > > (http://www.amsig.com/frame_home.htm) > > Battery Life.. 10 Days nominal > Land power.. On-board trickle charger automatically capable of > recharging battery pack within 24 - 48 hours using 110 VAC. Remote > control via cell phone > > -- > 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] > -- [email protected] www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee OR 97115 -- 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]
