By
JohnChampa,*K80CL
HSMM
Communicat
i
ng
Voice,Video,
and
Data
withAma
t
eur
Ra
di
o
The
Hinternet
on
UHF
Digital
Video
Coming
to
the
440-MHz
Band
TopviewoftheOFDMmodem.
Bottomview
of
theOrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing(OFDM)modem.
(Photoscourtesy
of
John,KD
60Z
H)
rangethanthe2.4-GHzhambandnor
mallyallows.Howdowedothatandstill
getthehigh-speeddataratesweneed?
Duringoneoftheperiodicteleconfer
encesheldbytheARRLHSMM
WorkingGroupitwasdecidedtoform
several
RMAN
(RadioMetroAreaNetwork)projectteamswithinthe
HSMMbytheFABCorporation(http://
www.fab-corp.com/).
SomelinkedHSMMradiorepeaters
nowcoveranentirecommunity.How
ever,whatisclearlyneededforamateur
radio'snationalhigh-speeddigitalnet
work("TheHinternet")tocontinueto
growareothermethodsofgettingbetter
HSMM
Testing
Untilnowallofourdiscussionsregard
ingHSMMradiowithinamateurradio
havebeenabouttheuseofinexpensive
COTS(commercial-off-the-shelfgear)
usedforRLANs(radio-basedlocalarea
networks).ThisgearisoneoftheIEEE
802.11standardradioswiththeaddition
ofanoutsideantennaandperhapsaBDA
(bi-directionalamplifier,usuallyinthe
1.8-wattrangemadeespeciallyfor
I
nourpreviouscolumnwewroteabout
theuseoftypicalHSMM(high-speed
multimedia)gear(IEEE802.11modu
lationoperatedunderPart97regulations
andpowerlimits)inhelpingtodealwith
lastyear'stsunamiandothernaturaldis
asters.Welistedtheelementsofasurvival
kitrecommendedbyOklahomaBaptist
hams.Anoldhighschoolclassmate,
ThomasBarnes,reviewedthelistandrec
ommendedsomeadditions.Tomisamil
itaryhistorianandaVietnamveteranwho
waswiththeFirstInfantryDivision
"TheBigRedOne
"-
sowethoughtwe
shouldpassalongtheseadditions:
I.Ducttape.Itmakesagreatwayto
seallongpantsoverbootstokeepout
mosquitoes,nottomentionitsvaluefor
thetemporaryrepairofnearlyeverything
else.Onerollcanbeshared,sonotevery
oneneedstotakearoll.
2.Scissors.Takeagoodpairmadeof
stainlesssteel,whichwillnotrustinawet
tropicalclimate.
3.Personalsewingkit.
4.Repairkitforeyeglasses.
5.Maglite®brandflashlight.Thisis
thetypethatwillcontinuetoworkeven
ifitisrunoverbyatractor/trailer.
6.Alotofbatteriesfortheflashlight.
If
notused,theycanbebartered.
7.Anemergencysupplyoftoilettissue.
*ChairmanoftheARRLTechnologyTask
Force
all
HighSpeedMultimedia(HSMM)
RadioNetworking;MoonWo
lf
Spring,2491
ltsellRoad,Howell,M148843-6458
e-mail:<k80cl@arrl.net>
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