Re: Solar Powered Wi-Fi

I just found this story on a solar bike blogger in Germany:
(http://www.dailywireless.org/2007/08/31/solar-bike-blogger/)
- Sam
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On 8/31/07, tom-XOQLl3F0metWk0Htik3J/[email protected] <tom-XOQLl3F0metWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:
>
> They would have to file it under NSFW.  Not safe for wi-fi.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caleb Phillips <[email protected]>
>
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:38:55
> To:[email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ptp-general] Solar Powered Wi-Fi
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 16:31 +0000, tom-XOQLl3F0metWk0Htik3J/[email protected] wrote:
> > Umm I think the mt hood idea is better...  I don't want to see any of
> you naked
>
> Heh, maybe so, but I still think It'd make for a great article
> in the willyweek. Imagine the headline: "Local Geeks Bare it All for
> Free WiFi" and then a (tasteful) picture of the wireless, ahem, gear.
> That's even slashdot-worthy.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Caleb Phillips <[email protected]>
> > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:14:42
> > To:[email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [ptp-general] Solar Powered Wi-Fi
> >
> >
> > >  Crap.  And as you pointed out for everyone else, that's a lot of
> panels.
> >
> > All this solar-powered-radio talk reminded me of something I saw while
> > backpacking in the Wallowas recently. I ran into a guy with a huge tube
> > on his backpack. I figured it was a long fly-rod, but on asking, he
> > (sheepishly) admitted that it was the antenna for his portable,
> > solar-powered ham radio kit. His plan was to hike around the Wallowas
> > for about 10 days and maintain contact with his ham buddies
> > morse-code-style.
> >
> > Russell will remember that I had a similar idea (slightly modified) for
> > a Personal Telco field day :). The idea was to have one hop on the
> > impromptu network be solar-(or battery)-powered somewhere in the Mt.
> > Hood wilderness. Of course, this idea wasn't nearly as good as the
> > Rooster rock nude-node, which I still think should be done ;).
>
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