[FADCA] Presentations at Deltona and Moosehaven - Digital Messaging in Support of EMCOMMs

[Bill Guthrie]

I was there. It was a great demonstration. Repeater talk today suggests that
Bud peaked some interest in packet.

Great job, to Bud, Russ, & Charlie.

Bill, KC4OUA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bud thompson" <budt@cfl.rr.com>
To: <fadca@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:40 AM
Subject: [FADCA] Presentations at Deltona and Moosehaven - Digital Messaging
in Support of EMCOMMs


> Deltona, FL
> Wednesday March 24 0730E
>
> We had a good presentation and demo at the Indian Mound Amateur Radio Club
> on Monday.  With only an hour of time we kept the presentation very
informal
> and did both vhf and HF demonstrations - using 20M on HF at 1030E.  Twenty
> people were in attendance.
>
> We had a very successfully presentation and demonstration to 40 ARES
people
> from two (maybe three ) counties at Moosehaven near Jacksonville last
night.
> No one slept or nodded off and there was a lot of audience interaction and
> apparent interest in Digital Messaging in Support of EMCOMMs.
>
> Early in the afternoon four of us erected an all-band HF antenna and a 2M
> antenna - just like Field Day - except no rain!
>
> While testing the antennas, the 2M packet radio in the Yellow Thingy quit
> all together! Arrrrghh... Substituting another radio into the Yellow
Thingy
> meant not being able to do across-the-room Paclink-to-Paclink
> demonstrations.  Taking the time to trouble shoot the problem and make the
> exchange resulted in my not finalizing the prepared e-mail messages we'd
> planned on actually sending out!  The result was a very short text for the
> HF demo and even a shorter text message for the vhf demo!  While testing
in
> the afternoon we had great 40,30, and 20 meter coverage and could have
done
> much more for the demo had there been time.  Using PacTOR 3 a short text
> message doesn't take enough time to be noticed! Har.  We linked with K4CJX
> in Nashville on 40M for the HF tests (running 40w) and used one of the
> several TelPac nodes in the area on VHF.
>
> Russ, N4KOX had his laptop there and was able to reach a wireless access
> point to pick up his commercial E-Mail, so we could show that he received
> his CC: of the HF message (even before he could interrupt my lecturing to
> let us know).  We then linked to the TelPac node for the vhf test which
was
> also short!  During the Q&A someone asked if I could send a short message
to
> his EOC with a couple of e-mail addresses on it.  I set that up and when
> again connected to the TelPac node to send it, there were three messages
for
> me!  Russ had quietly replied with two messages back through his Wireless
> connection and we also had an auto reply to the HF message sent ten
minutes
> before from someone on the e-mail list.
>
> All-in-all we had one of the best receptions we've had in the past two
years
> of giving these demonstrations.
>
> 73,
> bud Thompson N0IA
>
>
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