[FADCA] Anyone need help??

[Chuck Hast]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:40:20 -0400, Bill Sinbine <n4xeo at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> We need to take a look at what the needs might be of our members or our
> fellow hams.
> I spent the weekend after our hamfest here in Fort Pierce over in Arcadia
> setting up comms. They had and still have a big problem. For the most part
> their radio comms consist of using nextel phones. When it went down they
> had NOTHING. We set up our EDAX (I think that is it!) trailer so they would
> be able to use tact 2 and tact 4. This is something that we all need to
> take a look at in our own backyard. It would be nice if we all had a good
> idea of what our county uses for equipment.

Hillsborough also uses EDACS. Indeed we need to look at things like
standardization
so we can quickly move spare gear into a area and get it back on line,
we need to
look hard at what to do to make a site "hardened".



> Enough of that, let's get back to the point.
> 
> Please check on any of the FADCA members or any other ham to make sure they
> are ok. If you know of a ham in need, please put it on this list and we
> will try and get support for them.
> 
> If you know of any nodes or switches down lets get them back on line as
> soon as possible.
> It was a big eye opener again to see what a hurricane can and will do.  We
> really need to "get in bed" with our EOC's and make our network work. I'm
> in the process of moving the Fort Pierce FPAC switch to the EOC and we all
> need to try and work in that direction!!

This is good, Gary and I were discussing something along the same lines here.
We do not want to give up the site down town as it is way up in the air but we
have to really make it 24x7 come what may.

As I pointed out earlier, I think that most of the EOC's are about 30
miles appart,
at least as I recall along the west coast that is the way it is. If we
could get them
all set up with switches and linked we would have a pretty good
network just based
on those sites. Add to it the TelPac ports and you have a nice mix of
access which
can carry a good load.




> 
> I'm burned out so it is time to hit the sack..
> 
> 73, Bill N4XEO
>   President and District 3 Director FADCA
> 
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-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."