[FADCA] More Sedan

[n4xeo]

Hello All

My comments are going to be listed in the body of the message. I will also 
reply to the first message from Chuck. Before I get started, Chuck do you 
have a copy of YOUR messages that you sent to Gary so we know what you said???




At 05:10 PM 3/29/2002 -0500, bud Thompson wrote:
>Deltona
>Friday March 29 1630EST
>
>Cutting right to the chase:  Read Chuck's email thoroughly.  Then read it
>again.
>
>We have an opportunity to make a presentation at the State level on how the
>layered packet network can be used to good advantage for emergency
>communications.  I think we should do it.  This would be on Saturday May 4
>in Tallahassee.


This would be a great thing for us to do, but it is almost a 8 hour ride 
for me to get there...so I don't think I will be able to make it!



>We can no longer sit back and bitch that someone (T. Nolan/SEDAN)  has a
>lock on the State EOC!  If we make a presentation and fail, so be it, then
>we will know we just couldn't cut the mustard.
>
>If no one else can/will I will volunteer to FADCA to volunteer to John
>Fleming / Tom Nolan to make a presentation at the SEDAN meeting in Tampa in
>early May.  Who ever makes the presentation should not be there w/o any
>physical support... He will need a cheering session and maybe a body guard!


Are you talking about Tallahasee when you said Tampa Bud???


>That said, you need to know my Mad Plan for Florida is not "FADCA" network,
>but a FADCA-sponsored layered packet network, which includes LANs/backbones,
>and HF ARQ links.
>
>Interesting that John Flemming indicated "FADA" didn't have much coverage
>north, but did not say that SEDAN had absolutely no coverage south in the
>State!
>
>bud N0IA
 >FADCA has potential and probably will be a workable system sometime but as
 >of now, it does not have the coverage of SEDAN, requires a much more
 >sophisticated infrastructure and a higher level of technical competence
 >and ability to operate than does SEDAN and has not really matured yet into
 >a system that has the reliability, coverage and ease of use as SEDAN.
 >
 >If you'll look at FADCA's home page (http://www.fcrosby.com/fadca/) you'll
 >see very little coverage north of mid-state as opposed to the existing
 >SEDAN network which has multi-state coverage now and is being expanded
 >daily....of course, parts of the website are 5 years out of date so I
 >don't know how accurate the data is...

Here is my comment about this part of the other message.

I would like to ask everyone and anyone who can connect to the sedan 
network to try and connect to the STATE EOC and send a test message. Now I 
ask that no one try and break the system by doing multi connects or 
anything like that. What I am asking is to turn your buffer on and save the 
path to the state and try and connect by working the system as if you were 
in your local EOC and giving a demo of the sedan system. I don't think that 
anyone would have a problem with this. After all this is what the system is 
to be used for and don't we need to make sure we can do it? If it works 
then that will be a very good thing, but   O'Well.

I know that Bud can connect to Sedan so I know that he can give it a try.
Chuck is there a Sedan node close enough to you that you can give it a try? 
This would be VERY good information for you to have when you talk with Gary 
so he can see how it works.

I just wish I could connect to sedan from Fort Pierce to see how far I can 
work this GREAT network.!!!
It will be interesting to see what the time stamps look like on making this 
test. Also if there are any comments about being on the network like Bud 
has gotten in the past. This would all be very important data to have.

Well is anyone up to a system test to the state eoc???









73, Bill N4XEO
  President and District 3 Director FADCA

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