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
>
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