Drones sound fun, but you might have less interference from The Man with simple, strategically place handheld repeaters. Locked them with padlocks (engraved with "HM ♥ HAMs") to this bridge you mention, for camouflage...
-- *Chadwick McHenry* [email protected] | 617-549-8994 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:37 PM, David Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Radio mailing list [email protected] > https://list.hackmanhattan.com/listinfo/radio >
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