<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/SWTL_Powered_Drone_Antennas.html">http://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/SWTL_Powered_Drone_Antennas.html</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Joe Leikhim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhyolite@leikhim.com" target="_blank">rhyolite@leikhim.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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 href="https://www.hoverflytech.com/" target="_blank">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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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry McCarty - WA5NTI<span class=""><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> kf4hcw<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: aircraft networking<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pete -<span class=""><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> Terry McCarty<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre> <a href="mailto:3t3@comcast.net" target="_blank">3t3@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre> President - AMRAD<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre> wa5nti<u></u><u></u></pre>
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Joe Leikhim
Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
<a href="mailto:JLeikhim@Leikhim.com" target="_blank">JLeikhim@Leikhim.com</a>
<a href="tel:407-982-0446" value="+14079820446" target="_blank">407-982-0446</a>
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