Hi Marshall,
Couldn't you do that with a HF data link? Maybe on 40m.
Chuck W5PR
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:39 PM Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com> wrote:
> Hello to all EME and / or VHF operators....I just posted my announcement
> of our DXpedition to Zone2. Please check that out if you can.
>
> We do have one problem that we have not been able to solve at this
> point. There is NO Internet where we are going. There is no WiFi, no
> telephones, no DSL, no cell phone towers, nothing as far as I can
> determine. I really don't want to do this expedition without Internet
> as the coordination is really helpful. Twice in the past, when I had to
> go where there was NO Internet available, I took a BGAN terminal. Cost
> to rent one is about $800US. HOWEVER, you also have to purchase a "Data
> Plan". They really hit you hard on this. When we went to DL88 on 6M,
> after it was all over, the BGAN rental company said that I had exceeded
> my data plan and charged me another $600US on the credit card. Just
> lovely! When we went to the Falklands, I took another BGAN terminal and
> I discussed this problem very carefully with the tech supervisor there.
> I did not want that to happen again. Well, after the first day, I had
> blown my Data Plan and had to shut the terminal off. I could not afford
> another $600 per day! If it had not been for the help of VP8LP-Bob and
> VP8AIB-Janet, his wife, we would have not had any Internet for the rest
> of the trip. Bob and Janet were able to arrange DSL Internet for us at
> the QTH of Neil-VP8AWU, our host. Essentially, this saved our
> expedition. I am extremely grateful for the help that these folks gave
> us so that we could have Internet while we were there.
>
> Basically, we need to limit the traffic through the BGAN terminal to
> TEXT ONLY, with whatever headers are required.
>
> I have an idea on how to solve this problem, but it will require someone
> who can program a small client program which we will use in
> Zone2 AND a server piece that will do the communications. This is
> beyond my programming ability. I don't care if the programming is
> pretty, it just has to work. My idea may be garbage, but basically, I
> want to restrict the traffic through the BGAN terminal to just the
> TEXT that we and the clients out in the world send(plus headers, of
> course). NO HTTP, NO WEB PAGES, NO WINDOWS UPDATES, NOTHING but the
> text we are sending are receiving. IF there is someone that might help
> us on this, it would really be great. Clearly, this little bit of
> software could be used again and again for other expeditions, where
> there was little or no Internet coverage. IF you think you might be
> able to help, please get in touch with me at k5qe@k5qe.com. Please use
> the Subject = Zone2 Client so I can sort the emails on this subject from
> all the other stuff. Thank you very much.
>
> We really do need some help here, so please, please help us if you can.
>
> 73 Marshall K5QE
> Phone is 409-787-3830 if you want to talk
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