[FADCA] Suggested Plan

[David Billsbrough]

fadca-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:49:29 -0500
> From: John <wb4moz at comcast.net>
> To: Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: Bud Thompson <N0IA at ARRL.Net>
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Suggested Plan

>      HSMM, as you pointed out, is being tried in our and other areas but 
> I don't think there is much effort to establish a network or to go 
> statewide . It would take a lot of nodes to cover an area like EL96. 
> Some of our packet trunks are 30 to 50 miles  - imagine trying to cover 
> this with HSMM with a range of 2 to 10 miles (sometimes longer if one 
> has high locations). Just finding locations will be a challenge and then 
> getting permission to get on them makes it difficult. HSMM is a 
> technology that doesn't require frequency coordination so the need for 
> an organization like FADCA to spearhead it is minimal, at least in my 
> opinion. Quite frankly, unless a real need arises (for example, an ARES 
> group wants to use it) its debateable as to how far it will go.  Kinda 
> like a solution looking for a problem!!

>      I look at these technologies (HSMM, FLdigi, etc) to be mostly local 
> in nature so the need for FADCA is debatable.

> 73  John    wb4moz

Hello John and Bryan,

You might check out this link:

  http://technet.147120.com/ham-mesh.html

No much details yet but local hams are working this idea.

73,

David
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