[FADCA] SEDAN Meeting in TLH May 4 Cancelled

[bud Thompson]

Deltona
Saturday April 27 0550EDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ferrell" <kd4moj@kd4moj.org>
To: <fadca@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] SEDAN Meeting in TLH May 4 Cancelled
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>
>   I understood this was a SEDAN meeting... with FADCA doing a presentation
> as well.  So is SEDAN still meeting and FADCA not presenting?
>

Doug:

The SEDAN meeting was cancelled.  There will be no presentation by FADCA at
this time.

I feel we should re-double our efforts to expand and maintain the Layered
Network throughout the state of Florida.  Our main goal should be to provide
digital capability for emergency communications support at the local level
(LAN level) and to tie adjacent LANs together with the backbones.  The
natural extension is full coverage throughout the state.

We must not loose the momentum that we have built as a result of the
anticipation of making a presentation in Tallahassee.

Here in E. Central Florida we will be concentrating on (1) antenna party at
the DeLand site (2) moving the DeLand FPAC to the site, and (3) moving the
Orlando FPAC to a new site.  I will be working on the Power Point
presentation so it will be available on the internet.

Meanwhile, I have recently made a cursory review of the ARES Emergency
Communications Plan - North Florida Section - (dated 1 Jan 2001)  I will
review it in greater detail in a few days.  Meanwhile, I highly recommend,
virtually request, that you proceed with your plans for an FPAC LAN there in
Tallahassee within earshot of the State EOC, and also establish an HF ARQ
MBO in conjunction with your local packet BBS.  I have no doubt an HF ARQ
MBO will be a key to getting digital information to Tallahassee from more
than 200 miles away.

Of course the Layered Network must be extended westward, eastward, and
southeastward from Tallahassee so we can get more LANs active and the
backbones between them working.  Within a few weeks the Layered network will
run from Jacksonville to Hollywood along the east coast, across to the west
coast and up the coast to Tampa.  All we need to get most of the state
covered is the network running E/W from Tallahassee and from Hamilton or
Baker County SSE toward Gainesville, through Ocala to tie in with the E.
Central Florida LANS in Lake County.  (Not a simple as it sounds, but really
just a few steps ahead of us now.)

We must not loose the momentum we have gained.

73,
bud N0IA
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