[FADCA] FADCA Melbourne meeting

[Freeman Crosby]

Hi all,

I should be able to produce a hundred or so copies ( B&W) on my personal 
Xerox machine, I did the last few handouts we had that way. Maybe we can 
get some other volunteers to produce a few once the flyer is designed.

I'll have my RV with two separate 2 meter packet systems which could be 
used to digi out from the auditorium if we can't make it direct. One is 50 
watts, the other 20 and they run on two Golf Cart batteries which should 
last each day and re-charge at night OK.

I'll be able to help at the table, will have two laptops available with the 
FADCA web site on the HD and a copy of the master database but we will 
really need power to keep them going throughout the show, also for any 
radio demos, guess that is a real point to find out.

73/Free
W1NPR

At 05:22 AM 09/01/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Deltona
>Sunday Sept 1 0440EST
>
>I can help man the FADCA table from time to time, and I expect Charlie,
>N3PPC would be glad to sit in off and on as well.
>
>FADCA Handouts -  Reproduction could be costly - certainly we should not
>summarily offer more than a one page front/back.  I can prepare such a
>handout and run it by the BOD - then we can have some copies made.  I'm
>assuming we will be pushing the Florida Layered Packet Network more than
>FADCA per se.
>
>Network Demos -  Will we have AC power? If memory serves that has been
>readily available at the tables in the past.
>
>Charlie and I can have a laptop on the table running some Power Point shows.
>I have the one from the Deltona EOC demo that I can modify, and I think Doug
>has been working on something.  We can have some network maps (actual maps
>of the State, not those made by Net Manager)...Charlie is working on some
>maps we would be able to use.  We will try to bring that up to date before
>the hamfest.  The same maps we use on the computer could be used as printed
>displays or handouts.
>
>As for on-the-air demos - Between Charlie and me we can have a 2M portable
>packet station set up on that same computer.  We'll have the WinPac terminal
>program running on it.  We should have the 2M antenna up above head level -
>mounted  at eight or ten feet or so.  Donno if we can reach the W4MLB FPAC
>site from inside the building, but I'd guess so.  Of course if we can't get
>south at least to W. Palm there wouldn't be much of a network demo.  I doubt
>we'll have a daylight path between #COA and DeLand on 220 by then.
>
>The RACES meeting following is of interest.  I'll see if I can arrange to
>have five minutes of time there to introduce bud's Mad Plan.  If I can get
>that time it wouldn't hurt for some other FADCA folks to be there to show we
>have some numbers.  This would be the place to unload the one page handout.
>
>bud N0IA