"Mountain Mike^^" <rukidding@aol.com> wrote in message
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> "Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Of course this is not a project for an amatuer, though it can be done if
>> this person is willing to spend time and money. I am speaking from a
>> telco perspective where there is grant money and low cost lows that can
>> be used to install, and maintain such a system.
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> Well, we are (were) all amatuers once, right? And before that couldn't tie
> our own shoes:)

Good point. We usually find one or two people in the villages who are able
to help us, especially when a device needs to be power cycled, or an antenna
remounted, and we are in another village, and getting there would take a
couple of days.
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> Need some help somewhere in the boonies? I work cheep, and like to fly.
> Got expenses, will travel.


Check out rural alaska, and some of its issues. Some villages do not have
good running water or sewer, hence it tends to be quite interesting.
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> MM^^
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