[aprssig] Golden Packet Event 15 July 2017 (out west too?)

[Stephen H. Smith]

On 1/24/2017 12:50 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>
> CONVERSLY BACK EAST we have never found any east-coast OT scout operations.  
> Maybe the les reliable sun and the tree covered mountains make long distance 
> optical comms too difficult.  But if the HAMS on the Golden Packet carried 
> along a bright car headlamp, I bet we could send flashing light to scouts out 
> to 50 mile east coast ranges.
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
>

Forget about car headlamps and clumsy exteernal batteries!   One of these 
high-power LED flashlights would do the job.  This heavy-duty 
aluminum-and-rubber-barreled device runs on 3 "C" batteries, and has a 
push-pull zoom head with an actual curved lens in it. (i.e. not just moving the 
reflector as many zoomable flashlights do.)  It can zoom the 700 lumen LED beam 
from a very broad (approx 90-degrees) diffuse spread down to a spot beam of 
less than 10 degrees.

Pack of two of these Duracell flashlights (including 6 C-size Duracells!) is 
$16 at Costco.

[Not sure if the inserted image below will make it through the TAPR remailer]


_____________________________________________________________


Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype:        WA8LMF
EchoLink:  Node #  14400  [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:          http://wa8lmf.net

  _______ Windows 10 Outrages! _______
    <http://WA8LMF.net/Windows10_Info>

Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
    <http://wa8lmf.net/map>

Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF
    <http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig_lists.tapr.org/attachments/20170124/2d057265/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: jllgkfedddejefei.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1042582 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig_lists.tapr.org/attachments/20170124/2d057265/attachment.png>