[RFI] Metricom?

[BobK8IA at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/28/2004 5:53:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
jimjarvis at comcast.net writes:


> I googled Metricom, and found no reference to involvement with
> the power industry.  Are these boxes part of the Ricochet
> network infrastructure?  What frequency are they operating on?
> Where are boxes deployed, besides San Diego and Denver? 
> 
> N2EA
> jimjarvis at ieee.org 
> 
> 


I retired form the power industry in 1995, Detroit Edison to be exact. I was 
supervising engineer of their radio/microwave/voice/data engineering operation 
there as my final function. In about 1992-3, enginnering and marketing folks 
from Metricom approached me to get my opinion in how successful I think they 
would be in contacting other areas of our company to place their boxes on our 
street light standards. They were definitely employees of Metricom and they 
were on the infancy of placing their devices. I dont recall where the boxes ended 
up, what systems etc, but not on ours.

73,Bob K8IA
Mesa, Arizona USA
near the Superstition Mtns
http://members.aol.com/bobk8ia/index.htm