aircraft networking

[Mark Whittington]

Stupid Gmail.

The 30-mile radius zone allows operations of unmanned aircraft under 55
pounds weight, under 400 feet, in clear weather and line-of-sight, away
from other aircraft, as long as they are registered and marked.

See here: https://www.faa.gov/uas/where_to_fly/no_drone_zone/

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 8:43 AM, Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:47 PM, Howard F. Cunningham <
> howardc at macrollc.com> wrote:
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>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>
>>
>> WD5DBC
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>>
>> Howard Cunningham, MCP
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>> howardc at macrollc.com - personal
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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
>>
>>
>>
>> Pete -
>>
>> How much voltage and current does a drone require to maintain a 'steady
>> state' altitude of 300 ft ?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>>     3t3 at comcast.net
>>
>>    President - AMRAD
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>>         wa5nti
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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.
>>
>> _M
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>> --
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>> kf4hcw
>>
>> Pete McNeil
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