Comments on: Yukon Quest 2017 – Day 4

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 02:41:34 +0000

..Or 18 inches of ½-inch galvanized pipe with a hose bibb on the end [damn antique plumbing]…

I’ve had fiber buried across the street for years and it still hasn’t polluted the bayou.

OT: The thunderstorms finally passed. The word is that Louisiana around the Big Easy got nailed by tornadoes.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:25:21 +0000

A thousand miles of fiber across the Arctic – what could go wrong? not nearly as much as a thousand miles of pipeline . . . . :twisted:

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 01:09:45 +0000

The problems are related to the topography and the location on the sled. Pushing a video signal would require a bit more of a directional signal than is currently available. Now, if one of the cell companies wanted to install towers along the route and in the First Nation villages, it would be doable. A thousand miles of fiber across the Arctic – what could go wrong?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:31:37 +0000

I’ve enjoyed the live tracker, in spite of the issues – thank you for the link!

nice that it’s free, no registration required, but now all it needs is a live video that you can call up by clicking on each team’s marker – leaddogcam! 😉