We (Andy, Eric, Galan and I) went to Magnolia Park, in Magnolia. We set up a link with Ken and Bryan over at Alki ( Details ). It was foggy, cold, and we were surrounded by birds that wanted to pick our bones dry.
 We had a net4521 running Pyramid acting as a point to point olsr adhoc link and access point. It also had a handytone ATA providing dialtone for our park phone. Everything was ball bungied to a 6 foot bogen lightstand. The soekris was powered off of a lithium pack, and the ATA and laptops at the table were hooked to an inverter and battery jumpstart pack. I’m pretty sure we could have powered the ATA off the lithium too.
Getting the phones to work took a little longer than expected because neither of the ATAs that we were using had seen much use and nobody knew how they were configured or how to do IP to IP calls. It turns out the codec to use is G.729 as all the other ones led to horrible stuttering and weirdness. If we’re going to do any video conferencing on the real Field Day, we should probably figure out what codecs to use and any oddities in the software. No Internet means no google. |
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It appears that no dog walking Magnolia dwellers care if you set up a bunch of equipment on a picnic table and start ringing up old phones. This is really good to know.If it’s going to be this cold (or colder) on the 28th, we should really figure out *warm* food and beverages. Also, keeping dry may be a big deal. We need to prep for bad weather. By the end of the day, I really regretted not bringing gloves. Or one of these. If anyone has an outdoor propane heater, let me know.
Video and art projects need to get figured out and tested ASAP. If you’ve got one, you’ve got 2 weeks til Field Day. What are your requirements? This is redundant, but we need to make sure any software we need is locally available and does not require Internet. Scans brought up a few APs, but we should not count on having access. |
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