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In the aftermath of  Hurricane Maria, the devastation in Puerto Rico crippled communication in and out of the island. Whether it is emergency traffic or health and welfare, accurate communication is key. Warren County Technical School students and members of the 721st mechanized Contest Battalion Amateur radio Club, [https://www.qrz.com/db/kd2pua Abbie, KD2PUA] and [https://www.qrz.com/db/kd2jpm Tucker, KD2JPM], realized nothing beats the speed and accuracy of "text messages". Their project: "An Emergency Solar powered Digi-peater" is a portable, self-sustaining, packet radio digi-peater that can be rapidly deployed to provide basic data communications when traditional communication systems are inoperable.
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In the aftermath of  Hurricane Maria, the devastation in Puerto Rico crippled communication in and out of the island. Whether it is emergency traffic or health and welfare, accurate communication is key. [http://wctech.org/wcts/Careers/Electronics%20Technology/ Warren County Technical School] students and members of the 721st Mechanized Contest Battalion Amateur radio Club, [https://www.qrz.com/db/kd2pua Abbie, KD2PUA] and [https://www.qrz.com/db/kd2jpm Tucker, KD2JPM], realized nothing beats the speed and accuracy of "text messages". Their project: "An Emergency Solar powered Digi-peater" is a portable, self-sustaining, packet radio digi-peater that can be rapidly deployed to provide basic data communications when traditional communication systems are inoperable.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:25, 12 July 2018

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the devastation in Puerto Rico crippled communication in and out of the island. Whether it is emergency traffic or health and welfare, accurate communication is key. Warren County Technical School students and members of the 721st Mechanized Contest Battalion Amateur radio Club, Abbie, KD2PUA and Tucker, KD2JPM, realized nothing beats the speed and accuracy of "text messages". Their project: "An Emergency Solar powered Digi-peater" is a portable, self-sustaining, packet radio digi-peater that can be rapidly deployed to provide basic data communications when traditional communication systems are inoperable.

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