[Land-speed] IN Car Communications

Dave Dahlgren dahlgren536 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 19 12:17:37 MST 2012


Possibly a first blush test would be to set up the laptop or whatever is 
going to transmit in the car start the engine and see if still connected..
Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: <drmayf at mayfco.com>; <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] IN Car Communications


> How about using the WIFI that Jon (I think) has in the salt plan for next 
> year and communicate that way. I have a fairly good (20 db) WIFI antenna 
> on my RV that has about a 3 mile range with little or no interference. It 
> is really useful at RV parks with limited/no connectivity. I wonder how it 
> would work if positioned mid course. Could transmit data, video and voice?
>
> How to set it up??????
>
> Skip
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> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] IN Car Communications
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>>I have not been in the land speed activity very long, but a recurring
>> theme does seem evident. And that is electrical stuff seems to
>> malfunction or misbehave when out on the salt.
>>
>> So, perhaps a side lobe to the communication question can be explored:
>> "What the heck is going on?"
>>
>> I am sure theories and hypotheses abound, but is there evidence of
>> actuality? I.e., data?      I know I have some thoughts but no real
>> theories or even a hypothesis that can be fully explored.  I can make
>> some assumptions, however. Like he salt  is damp and salty damp stuff is
>> electrically conductive.  That electrics, whether radio, Dc or ac,
>> generate electromagnetic fields.    That a moving electric or magnetic
>> field with a conductor generates  amps in the conductor in this case,
>> the salt pan.  Weak, for sure, but then radio signals are not very
>> bright either. So, could the lack of good communication be attributed to
>> the fields generated by a moving electromagnetic field over a conductive
>> sheet of damp salt? And would the current generated mimic the shape of
>> the communication signal to the point where interference occurs?  How to
>> easily test?  Or how to shield?
>>
>> smart guys, here is your chance to step right up and make a lasting
>> contribution to the field of moving radio communications on a wet salt
>> pan. If it matters, lol...
>>
>> mayf
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