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
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