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<p>Not sure why you would bother with CAT5 POE when you could use
more suitable cable and simply use RF for local connection to the
router.<br>
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<p>This company, local to me has worked out the tethering for UAV's.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.hoverflytech.com/">https://www.hoverflytech.com/</a><br>
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Also, there is this Google project Loon which uses long endurance
balloons equipped with a computer which determines the best altitude
to catch wind conditions conducive to loitering at a spot in the
sky. This seems like a better long duration approach than a powered
UAV. <br>
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Tacos
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pete -<br>
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How much voltage and current does a drone require to maintain a
'steady state' altitude of 300 ft ?<br>
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I'm thinking of strapping a Linksys WRT54G router's circuit
board under a drone and feeding power up to it via a 200' or
300' CAT5 cable.
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Could the drone draw its power off of the unused wires in a Cat5
cable and provide a stable/stationary router platform/node up
about 300' in the air ?<br>
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<pre> <a href="mailto:3t3@comcast.net">3t3@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre> President - AMRAD<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre> wa5nti<o:p></o:p></pre>
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Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
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