[FADCA] Telpac Nodes in Florida - Update

[Chuck Hast]

On 12/12/05, bud Thompson <budt at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Take a look at the Google Map http://www.winlink.org/positions/ and zoom in
> on the Telpac nodes in Florida.  Some are for test purposes, but most of the
> green dots show useable Telpac nodes on line.
>
> Where a LINUX FPAC site also has internet access the Telpac Node is
> co-located speeding up the bridging process.  (Note K4GBB-10, KP4DJT-10, and
> N4PLZ-10.)
>
> To a degree, this relieves the need for a lot of Telpac nodes spread around
> the LAN.  However, it does not mean the co-located Telpac node need be the
> only one!  It just means we could concentrate on Telpac nodes in more
> hardened sites, such as EOCs, etc. and less in hams QTHs which are generally
> not hardened.  There needs to be coverage in case the FPAC site either
> looses its internet connection or the radio side becomes unusable.

What we need to do is get the network to where it can fail over to alternative
telpac devices either on network or as user devices once it is told where they
are located.

>
> So, don't stop building Telpac Nodes just because you see a lot of spots -
> we need more!
>

Yes it is called redundancy, you can never have enough of such facilties,
there will always be a need for n+1...

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."