On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:15:38AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Tom Russo wrote: > > > A portable digipeater-in-a-box, however, can be deployed at a mission as > > needed --- it needn't be man-portable, can be in a rugged waterproof > > container, and with a mast, big battery, and beefy mobile rig could be > > very effective. Our SAR Support team has one and can deploy it as needed > > (which in our case isn't often). > > *) Steel ammo-can. > *) Large gell-cell. > *) Mobile antenna mounted to the lid, perhaps a 1/2 wave antenna so > that it doesn't require a ground plane. > *) 2-meter handheld radio. > *) Kantronics KPC-3+ TNC, set up to digipeat. > *) Perhaps a chain to lock it to a tree in case a stray hiker finds > it during the mission. > > One problem with this setup is that you have to allocate a resource > to put it into place and another to retrieve it after the mission. > Perhaps someone to replace the battery during a longer mission.
But is a proven system that is definitely going to work if you have those resources. If you don't have the time to spend on proving and refining a new technique (which I don't), proven systems with a downside that they take some extra win. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
