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

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Great, thanks, Bill.

I did get a query from KB2EZN after the presentation. He is interested in
setting up a Telpac Node I believe. We did not have long to talk as we were
taking down the antenna.  I will follow up with him.

Bill do you know Jim MacKinnon?

Russ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Guthrie" <willy3jax@covad.net>
To: <fadca@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Presentations at Deltona and Moosehaven - Digital
Messaging in Support of EMCOMMs


> 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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