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That's interesting. 70 meters is a pretty dang tall aerial for something with that small a footprint to hold aloft, though. That plan also limits their range of
by vertexFarm 8y ago
That's interesting. 70 meters is a pretty dang tall aerial for something with that small a footprint to hold aloft, though. That plan also limits their range of movement severely to keep the network intact, but I guess they could use satellite as a backup.
Maybe a kite of some kind, but how do you reliably launch and retrieve it? I dunno, I think in practice the satellite may be cheaper.
- e12e 8y agoDisposable paper hot-air balloon for lift, retractable antenna? Or perhaps better yet: disposable paper kite?
- ryanmarsh 8y agoYour comment, while I assume you earnestly meant, is enigmatic of the gap between what the lay person may think works at sea and the very harsh and unforgiving reality of the Sea. Source: my father was an engineer at a marine engineering company
- mhb 8y agoI like the wording of your comment, but I think you mean emblematic instead of enigmatic.
- ryanmarsh 8y agoYes, you're right. That's embarrassing.
- e12e 8y agoHehe. I left out that I was thinking of a system that used all the environmental monitoring to deploy such a disposable contraption only in calm/good weather - but then it would not be a substitute for satellite data - mote an opportunistic system for bulk backup.
- namibj 8y agoOr a blimp with a thin wire in resonance and two fibers? If you don't need much power, the thing should weigh in at under 50g, which would allow a blimp the size of a large kitchen trashcan (50l). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_transmission_line https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_transmission_line