[Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM]]

2005-09-13 Thread Derek Whitten
-Forwarded Message- From: IEG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM] Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:04:42 -0700 The answer is a multiplexed terminal node controller (TNC) This was the very thought behind &q

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-12 Thread Mark Phillips
Mike M wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 02:45:47PM -0700, Michael D Schelin wrote: BUT, let me tell you about how bad the southern CA. radio site owners are becoming. We had a 4 day outage at a very large site where one of my radios is located. None of them care anymore about backup power. Th

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-12 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 02:45:47PM -0700, Michael D Schelin wrote: > BUT, > let me tell you about how bad the southern CA. radio site owners are > becoming. We had a 4 day outage at a very large site where one of my > radios is located. None of them care anymore about backup power. This > happen

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-12 Thread Mike M
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:02:56AM -0700, Derek Whitten wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 08:44, Mike M wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 04:43:26PM -0700, Chris Travers wrote: > > > > > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > > > The suggestion that I have is for various areas to have dedicated civil > >

RE: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Don Fanning
s with a system like this. -Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of C. Hatton Humphrey Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 6:23 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: As

RE: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Don Fanning
iscussion Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM Time and time again, emergency action drills take place in cities to target where their weaknesses are in "crisis" handling.  Usually they involve

RE: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Don Fanning
iscussionSubject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM Don, I agree with you on many fronts. I come from a radio background and here in southern cal unless we fall into the sea nothing will take out all of the communications here including ham because we are not in low lying

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
> I think the biggest thing that hurts ham radio's ability to react to a > crisis is the lack of equipment and operators. Most of the traffic we pass > is "Health and Welfare" with "Logistics" being the second to it. You might be interested to take a listen to the latest ARRL News - they give a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Steve Totaro
second.   -Don   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D SchelinSent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:20 PMTo: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial DiscussionSubject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM The two be

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Michael D Schelin
re-route in a split second.   -Don   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael D Schelin Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:20 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Aster

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2005-09-11 Thread Don Fanning
namically configured.  Asterisk could play a huge role then as it's made for IP based traffic and could re-route in a split second.   -Don   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael D SchelinSent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:20 PMTo: Asterisk Users Mailing

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Chris Travers
Michael D Schelin wrote: The two best forms of communications in a real disaster and one always has been is #1 Ham radio. and #2 satellite telephone. Ham radio is global and has proven time and time again to be the most reliable when the infrastructer has been damaged. The U.S government is t

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Derek Whitten
On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 08:44, Mike M wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 04:43:26PM -0700, Chris Travers wrote: > > > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > The suggestion that I have is for various areas to have dedicated civil > > emergency com units with strategic reserves of fuel (3-4 weeks worth), > >

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-11 Thread Mike M
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 04:43:26PM -0700, Chris Travers wrote: > > Mark Phillips wrote: > > The suggestion that I have is for various areas to have dedicated civil > emergency com units with strategic reserves of fuel (3-4 weeks worth), > battery backups, etc. These units would have links (fib

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-10 Thread Michael D Schelin
The two best forms of communications in a real disaster and one always has been is #1 Ham radio. and #2 satellite telephone. Ham radio is global and has proven time and time again to be the most reliable when the infrastructer has been damaged.  The U.S government is the biggest user of satelli

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-10 Thread Chris Travers
Mark Phillips wrote: Hold on here folks, I'm guessing that the original poster of this thread isn't a member of his local RAyNet team. Whilst I don't profess to be an expert at this I have been doing emergency radio for quite some time and have seen service at the Lockerbie bombing, Dockl

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2005-09-10 Thread Mike M
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:18:09PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oops ! > Sorry ! It seems that I have forgotten to replace my french characters as > "?" by the correct sequence "é" as exemple. > I have just modify this page and you can probably read it now (but it is in > french only for now,

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2005-09-10 Thread f6hqz-m
ow, it is only the beginning, and I play to see if any HAM's interest. Best Regards, 73's from F6HQZ, Francois BERGERET, France. -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Mike M Envoyé : samedi 10 septembre 2005 22:22 À : asterisk-use

Re: RE : [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-10 Thread Mike M
On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 09:08:53AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Asterisk is "on the air" : > http://www.hamwlan.net > http://192.168.1.1/HamWlan.htm (see the second drawing) > > 73 ! > F6HQZ, > Francois BERGERET, > France. Excellent. So you have SIP/IAX clients connecting to a r

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-10 Thread Mark Phillips
rs Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM On 08/09/05, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bloddy 2E's; always wrong. Mark G7LTT/KC2ENI I know some G7s who are occasionally wrong, too :-) Peter G4MJS / 9M6BA

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2005-09-10 Thread f6hqz-m
mbre 2005 21:29 À : Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Objet : Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: > The disaster in the Gulf coast and the less than optimal initial > response suggests to me that c

RE: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Jonathan k. Creasy
iling List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM On 08/09/05, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bloddy 2E's; always wrong. > > Mark G7LTT/KC2ENI I know some G7s who are occasionally wrong, too :-) Peter G4MJS /

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 09:31:06AM -0400, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Generators require fuel which is always in short supply and batteries > die out quickly. Fuel and batteries and power efficient systems need planning and management. Don't overlook solar panels as an energy source. They need t

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Mike M
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:46:57PM +0100, Peter Bowyer wrote: > On 09/09/05, Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:28:34PM +, Mike Hemstock wrote: > > > On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: > > > > > > > > Imagine what a network of systems composed of Ast

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Mark Phillips
Hold on here folks, I'm guessing that the original poster of this thread isn't a member of his local RAyNet team. Whilst I don't profess to be an expert at this I have been doing emergency radio for quite some time and have seen service at the Lockerbie bombing, Docklands bomb, Ground Zero (

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Mark Phillips
The operative word here being "occasionally". Of course, bad spelling doesn't count. And as for those half baked M3's ... Peter Bowyer wrote: On 08/09/05, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bloddy 2E's; always wrong. Mark G7LTT/KC2ENI I know some G7s who are occasionally wrong,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 09/09/05, Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:28:34PM +, Mike Hemstock wrote: > > On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: > > > > > > Imagine what a network of systems composed of Asterisk, ham radio, wifi, > > > generators, batteries, and a reserve of fu

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Bowyer
On 08/09/05, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bloddy 2E's; always wrong. > > Mark G7LTT/KC2ENI I know some G7s who are occasionally wrong, too :-) Peter G4MJS / 9M6BAA -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1296 768003 VoIP: sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-09 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 07:28:34PM +, Mike Hemstock wrote: > On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: > > > > Imagine what a network of systems composed of Asterisk, ham radio, wifi, > > generators, batteries, and a reserve of fuel could have done for the > > Gulf coast. I have all of

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-08 Thread Mark Phillips
Bloddy 2E's; always wrong. You are thinking of the Alaska channel. You don't have to pay a particular vehicle tax if your car radio is equipped with 5167.5KHz USB. Mark G7LTT/KC2ENI Mike Hemstock wrote: On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: The disaster in the Gulf coast and th

Re: [Asterisk-Users] civil emergency comms: Asterisk + HAM

2005-09-08 Thread Mike Hemstock
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 15:27, Mike M wrote: > The disaster in the Gulf coast and the less than optimal initial > response suggests to me that citizens must shoulder more responsibility > for emergency management. Communications loss must have played a large > role in the failures that occurr