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Communications: Radio - CellPhone- Wifi - Internet: Duchity - Haiti

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HAITI RADIO:

MAGIK9 CONTACT: Fritzner Michel

Community Radio Station:

POWER?

• + Power budget estimates
• + Studio Equipment estimates
• + Transmitter locations? Remote control?
• + Transmitter estimates
• ? FM broadcast licensing issues.
  • Who is a good contact?
  • What are other small communities doing?
• ? Duchity / Outlying villages
• ? Local cultural expectations / News / Storytelling / Local Music /Educational
• ? What stations can now be received in Duchity?
• ? Hours of operation: 24 hours? Shortened?

Possible Equipment:

SainSonic Transmitter
  The Sain Sonic CZH-7c mini FM broadcast transmitter from Amazon.com is an outstanding buy. CZH Co. of China manufactures both low and high powered FM/AM broadcast transmitters...A well known company in China, the CZH products are constructed from high quality components, and made with an eye toward quality and good engineering practice. Circuitry is well designed and executed, and performance is outstanding.
 

LINKS:

http://diymedia.net/

WiFi Infrastructure possibilities:

Community Wifi Information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_community_network
• http://www.inveneo.org/projects/haiti-connected-schools/
• Vermont Community WiFi Project
• Long-range Wi-Fi
• Long Range Wifi Antennas
• Serval Project - Community WiFi Communications using cellphones
  • http://www.servalproject.org/home
  • https://www.ab9il.net/crypto/serval-project.html
  • Serval WIKI
  • Serval Mesh
  • Serval Mesh Extender
  • Serval GITHUB

Communications Infrastructure: Duchity and Haiti overall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Haiti
http://www.conatel.gouv.ht/ The Government Telecommunications department:

? What do most people in Duchity area have

• No TV
• Radios: Small percentage of people have radio, small radios break often.
• Majority of people have cellphones: Simple Models ~$15
• Internet access available on cellphones ~$0.50 per day
• ? Typical brand / Model of cellphones in Duchity (Need samples)
• ? Roaming in Haiti with USA Cellphones? Local SIM Card availability? GSM/CDMA?
• "City People" have Iphones

? What can be done to improve local communications of all kinds?

• ? WiFi
• ? Community FM Radio
• ? Local FRS/GMRS Handheld 2-way radios
• ?Other

? How can local school(s) get Internet Access

• ? Satellite Internet cost?? Multiple users??
• Cellphone-based InterNet costs? "HotSpot" . Local Wifi for multiple users.

? What are the available CellPhone providers in Haiti

• http://www.digicelhaiti.com/en/

WiFi Equipment:

http://www.ampedwireless.com/
http://astore.amazon.com/abne0f-20/detail/B0084ZYI88
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Amped+Wireless+SB1000+&N=-1&isNodeId=1
High Power Wi-Fi Store

CONTACTS:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cas-van-kleef-3b49105 wakawaka Impact


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