In other ham-related news, Max and I helped out with our first ARES event on Saturday, organised by the ever helpful Josh (K2FTC) as race marshals for the NAMI walk downtown. I recommend this sort of thing to any hams, new or latent, and coincidentally there are several upcoming events that could use volunteers for this type of thing.
It was fun, and we learned quite a bit. Other than that we should pack sunscreen, we also learned that it was tough for everyone on the circuit to hit a single local repeater at the same time. We ended up using the backup simplex frequency, but that might not work for a larger route, as the walk was only 5K across the Brooklyn Bridge and back. Hack Manhattan could definitely help technically by building a mobile repeater tailored for the 'concrete canyons', which would also be useful in case of emergencies downtown. A further suggestion was that we could also work on building autonomous drones that would flash messages to runners/walkers on the route, and perhaps give directions where that would be useful. Dave, K2DCR On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:22 PM, David Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chad, > > Yes, I'll be there too. Our next test session is in the works hopefully > for end of June but is not confirmed yet. > > Dave > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Max Nager <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I plan on being there. >> >> Max >> KD2GJM >> >> On May 12, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Chad McHenry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, HackManhattan HAMs, I'm interested in getting my Technicians >> License, and rather like the HM model (haven't actually been to the space >> though) so thought I'd introduce myself. >> >> I recently started working with RC quadcopters, inspired to tackle >> various autonomous tasks, leading to use of onboard video and FPV, and >> immediately into conflict with FCC regulations... So yeah, why NOT get a >> HAM license?! Well that and it has always been on my TODO list (my CW is >> weak, but exists - and yes... I know it is no longer required :( ). >> >> I'm looking forward to meeting others with varied interests, and thought >> I would visit the space during open hours tomorrow (Tues. 5/13) - were any >> radio operators planning on being in? >> >> ...Chad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Radio mailing list [email protected] >> https://list.hackmanhattan.com/listinfo/radio >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Radio mailing list [email protected] >> https://list.hackmanhattan.com/listinfo/radio >> > >
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