Power Requirements for Temporary Emergency Cell Towers

[Bret Cahill]

Maybe the coverage isn't as large, maybe service is intermittent, but it should be possible to air drop low power emergency cell towers in remote locations. Hang it up in the top of a tree so it will take awhile for vandels and looters to get to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_site


Bret Cahill

 

[Bret Cahill]

> Maybe the coverage isn't as large, maybe service is intermittent,

Warn everyone in advance of the hurricane that emergency service will last, say, 5 minutes after every hour on the hour.

> but it should be possible to air drop low power emergency cell towers in remote locations. Hang it up in the top of a tree so it will take awhile for vandels and looters to get to it.

Guessing wildly the military has or should have this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_site


Bret Cahill

 

[Bret Cahill]

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

 

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 9:31:14 AM UTC-7, Bret Cahill wrote:

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

This?
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw35vg/how-to-make-a-diy-mini-cell-phone-tower-using-parts-you-can-order-online?utm_source=mbfb

Michael

 

[Bret Cahill]

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html


This?
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw35vg/how-to-make-a-diy-mini-cell-phone-tower-using-parts-you-can-order-online?utm_source=mbfb

Exactly!


Bret Cahill

 

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 9:31AM, Bret Cahill wrote:

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

 

[Bret Cahill]

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc

 

On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 11:46:24 AM UTC-7, Bret Cahill wrote:

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc

Looks like Google beat you to it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-loon-to-deliver-cell-coverage-to-puerto-rico/

Apparently they needed to get a special FCC license to do it.

Michael

 

[Bret Cahill]

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc


Looks like Google beat you to it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-loon-to-deliver-cell-coverage-to-puerto-rico/

Google ought to fly some balloons over the Lost Coast when they get around to it.

150 km N. of Google headquarters and data / voice is really spotty. Someone in Santa Rosa said they don't allow cell towers.


Bret Cahill

 

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 12:57:53 PM UTC-7, Bret Cahill wrote:

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc


Looks like Google beat you to it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-loon-to-deliver-cell-coverage-to-puerto-rico/

Google ought to fly some balloons over the Lost Coast when they get around to it.

150 km N. of Google headquarters and data / voice is really spotty. Someone in Santa Rosa said they don't allow cell towers.


Bret Cahill

Santa Rosa cell towers are probably all burnt to the ground by now.

Or were you referring to the tree hugger NIMBY mentality?

Michael

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:43:20 -0700 (PDT), mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:

On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 12:57:53 PM UTC-7, Bret Cahill wrote:
I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc


Looks like Google beat you to it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-loon-to-deliver-cell-coverage-to-puerto-rico/

Google ought to fly some balloons over the Lost Coast when they get around to it.

150 km N. of Google headquarters and data / voice is really spotty. Someone in Santa Rosa said they don't allow cell towers.


Bret Cahill


Santa Rosa cell towers are probably all burnt to the ground by now.

Or were you referring to the tree hugger NIMBY mentality?

Michael

Around here we have "palm trees" ;-)

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[Bret Cahill]

I was looking for something smaller & cheaper with low power & low power requirements:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Portable-Cell-Tower.html

There are boosters for cell towers that have weak signaling. You can plug in an AC 120v adapter into the car's cigarette lighter, tyen plug the cell tower booster into the plug socket. That's about the cheapest I know of.

No fuel, trees on the road . . . you need to air drop PV powered towers.

bc


Looks like Google beat you to it.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-loon-to-deliver-cell-coverage-to-puerto-rico/

Google ought to fly some balloons over the Lost Coast when they get around to it.

150 km N. of Google headquarters and data / voice is really spotty. Someone in Santa Rosa said they don't allow cell towers.


Bret Cahill


Santa Rosa cell towers are probably all burnt to the ground by now.

Add another balloon.

> Or were you referring to the tree hugger NIMBY mentality?

A lot of off griders live in the woods on some combination of solar, wind and hydro. You'd think by now one technology would dominate, at least on one farm, but quite a few have all three in addition to diesel backup. Last winter a Pelton wheel & casing were on the road. 1m dia with a 60 m head would power grow lights for a good size plantation. Did it just wash out from all the rain? Did some meth head rip out the system for the copper? Was someone going to pick it up later?

At the post office I didn't even bother to ask.


Bret Cahill