aircraft networking

[Mark Whittington]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:47 PM, Howard F. Cunningham <howardc at macrollc.com
> wrote:

> Hi
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> Just a reminder…
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> There is a prohibition against flying any type of unmanned aircraft, or
> “drone,” without specific approval includes the District of Columbia and
> cities and towns within a 30-mile radius of Ronald-Reagan Washington
> National Airport.
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Not anymore.  The Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA sounds so
non-threatening, doesn't it?) now consists of a 15-mile radius zone
centered on KDCA where all unmanned operations are prohibited without
specific authorization, and a second zone that extends from there to the
30-mile radius point, where

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> *From:* Tacos [mailto:tacos-bounces+howardc=macrollc.com at amrad.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Terry McCarty - WA5NTI
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:33 PM
> *To:* kf4hcw
> *Cc:* tacos at amrad.org
> *Subject:* Re: aircraft networking
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> Pete -
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> How much voltage and current does a drone require to maintain a 'steady
> state' altitude of 300 ft ?
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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 ?
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>      Terry McCarty
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> kf4hcw wrote:
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> On 07/24/2016 12:19 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:
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> At a HSMM meeting a couple of months ago I batted around the idea of a
> router in a drone.  So far the idea hasn't got off the ground, but I'm
> hopeful.
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> The problem is endurance.
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> _M
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> kf4hcw
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> Pete McNeil
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