Re: Solar Powered Wi-Fi

>>>>> "Caleb" == Caleb Phillips <[email protected]> writes:

Caleb> All this solar-powered-radio talk reminded me of something I
Caleb> saw while backpacking in the Wallowas recently. I ran into a
Caleb> guy with a huge tube on his backpack. I figured it was a long
Caleb> fly-rod, but on asking, he (sheepishly) admitted that it was
Caleb> the antenna for his portable, solar-powered ham radio kit. His
Caleb> plan was to hike around the Wallowas for about 10 days and
Caleb> maintain contact with his ham buddies morse-code-style.

Caleb> Russell will remember that I had a similar idea (slightly
Caleb> modified) for a Personal Telco field day :). The idea was to
Caleb> have one hop on the impromptu network be solar-(or
Caleb> battery)-powered somewhere in the Mt.  Hood wilderness. Of
Caleb> course, this idea wasn't nearly as good as the Rooster rock
Caleb> nude-node, which I still think should be done ;).

I've done it already!

  <http://www.personaltelco.net/~russell/P8040068.JPG>

Well, for very liberal interpretations of "done" which include "was
walking by and saw".

This installation was within a wilderness area.  You can mail me with
guesses of where it's located.


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