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www.tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT
Sent via wifi 6 miles off Smith Creek, south of Flagler Beach... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:02 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: www.tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT Sent via wifi 6 miles off Smith Creek, south of Flagler Beach... It's working. Where to next? |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:02 -0400, "Flying Pig" wrote: www.tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT Sent via wifi 6 miles off Smith Creek, south of Flagler Beach... It's working. Where to next? We're under way to Lake Worth, thence to wait a couple of days for a weather window to cross to Walkers Cay, thence to the Abacos for prolly a month or more, thence southward. Bahamas a yearr plus then thorny path and the chain... South of Daytona Beach~Brown's Bay, 6 miles out. Love that islandtimepc wifi!! Dozens of signals all the way down... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:02 -0400, "Flying Pig" wrote: www.tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT Sent via wifi 6 miles off Smith Creek, south of Flagler Beach... It's working. Where to next? We're under way to Lake Worth, thence to wait a couple of days for a weather window to cross to Walkers Cay, thence to the Abacos for prolly a month or more, thence southward. Bahamas a yearr plus then thorny path and the chain... South of Daytona Beach~Brown's Bay, 6 miles out. Love that islandtimepc wifi!! Dozens of signals all the way down... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) Don't let any municipality give you any chit for anchoring too long. New Florida law was passed in May that prohibits municipalities from enforcing anchoring laws to non liveaboard boats. The definition of liveaboard was clarified to mean only people living on boats that don't move. Check it out he http://www.boatus.com/gov/ Scroll down to "July 28, 2009" where it begins: "For several years, certain local cities and counties in Florida have been restricting the length of time that boats are allowed to anchor. Legislative changes were made recently to Florida law which should increase the boater’s ability to anchor within Florida. Some changes take effect July 1, 2009 and others on October 1, 2009." Here is a .pdf you should download and print to keep with your other important papers: http://www.boatus.com/gov/GA005FLAnchoring.pdf You're welcome. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Sep 24, 2:30*am, "Flying Pig" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:02 -0400, "Flying Pig" wrote: www.tinyurl.com/FlyingPigSPOT Sent via wifi 6 miles off Smith Creek, south of Flagler Beach... It's working. * Where to next? We're under way to Lake Worth, thence to wait a couple of days for a weather window to cross to Walkers Cay, thence to the Abacos for prolly a month or more, thence southward. * Bahamas a yearr plus then thorny path and the chain... South of Daytona Beach~Brown's Bay, 6 miles out. *Love that islandtimepc wifi!! * Dozens of signals all the way down... L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries atwww.justpickone.org/skip/gallery! Follow us athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/orhttp://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) Gee Skip, That Island Time WIFI setup works real well. Do you own patr of the company. It is a good system, but way overpriced. I can get the same results for 80.00 rather than the almost 300.00 you paid. with the NANO Station Dave |
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... Gee Skip, That Island Time WIFI setup works real well. Do you own patr of the company. It is a good system, but way overpriced. I can get the same results for 80.00 rather than the almost 300.00 you paid. with the NANO Station Dave Hiya... I don't have a nano station (at least I don't think I do - but I can tell you for sure, and if you've been around for a few years, you'll probably recall that I went through the trials of the damned trying to make some Senao junk work before being turned on to what I had before the bullet). I've got a ubiquiti bullet... If you're a geek, and can source a $60 antenna, $6 power supply, make up your own custom cat5 cable, and whatever you'd have to pay for the bullet, AAAAND... know what to do with it all, you might save a couple of bux over the package price of $229 (I guess you didn't bother to go to the web site to check it out before shooting off your mouth, right?) Bob Stewart charges (but will endlessly support you if you're not a geek). I have no interest whatsoever other than being a ridiculously difficult service problem (going back to before I was even his customer, which tells you what kind of guy he is, as he spent hours trying to help me get the senao crap to work) to a previously full-time cuiser who went ashore to care for family, and started this business to help other cruisers. There's never been a dedicated (meaning, time is worthless to him, but geeky stuff turns him on) computer (or network, which gets into a bit more complication than just putting parts in a box) of any sort which couldn't be built as cheaply or less than you could buy it retail, if you had the talent (never mind how dearly it came), know how to find and spec the elements, desire and time (never mind that you value it at nothing) to buy and configure what you get. This system is no different. If you think he's making a killing, you should probably go into competition with him - especially as you're so smart and willing to walk folks through it when they're not as smart as you. I can tell you for sure, in my very limited exposure, that there's a huge market among cruisers for a plug-and-play system; I've personally met or had direct communication from more than I can count who are thrilled with the outcome without having been the least bit technically savvy. I've also helped rather more than I care to recall try to get whatever else they bought to at least work, let alone even think about trying to equal the performance of what I have - and what I have Bob will send you for $229, my router which lets everyone else in range use it, too, excepted (but any household wifi router will do that for you, so if you're smart enough to go to Best Buy or walmart and pick it off the shelf and stick the cat5 into it, you can manage that part without being a geek). No, I have no interest othert than my complete satisfaction with what I have, and especially in his customer service, before I was even his customer. Perhaps in my next photo upload(s) to my gallery, I'll include some screen shots of what I've been seeing offshore - such as the 83 stations off Daytona, one of which I was connected to when the phone rang (Vonage, requiring internet, but my same number I've had for the last 30 years will ring all over the world). The last several postings, this too, have been made under way. Even Bob's impressed. What do you use when you're in foreign territory (my cell phone won't work all around the world, and aside from the $25 a month I pay Vonage, it's free) for your internet and phone??? L8R Skip, under way off florida, about 3 miles off Jupiter Island -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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PS - I've been on the same station for more than an hour at about 5.5
knots - picked it up as a moderate signal, saw it go to very strong, and it's still better than moderate. I'm guessing I'll get another hour out of it... L8R Skip, ETA Lake Worth 11:00AM -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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Skip: Can you provide detailed info on what you bought and where I
can get it? J |
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Hi, Wilbur, and thanks for the link.
Even though this is likely the last time in any foreseeable future that we'll be anchored in FL waters, I've followed this closely. Printing it out to give to any overzealous officials is a good idea, too. Now in and settled, Lydia's vacuuming the cockpit while I get ready to fetch a chart chip to replace the defective one for the Bahamas, we're likely to leave on Sunday morning, the gribs looking like it will be perfect for our passage to Walkers Cay. If I have the time and don't die of the heat, after I dive the boat to check out the zincs and the bottom (and scrub the very little on the bottom of the dink), I'll try to get up a log posting about St. Augustine and this trip... L8R Skip and crew -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) |
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