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Old 11-21-2017, 01:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
Put solar repeaters on the trees in the way?
Reminds me of my idea of building a cellular network that used other people's phones as repeaters to reduce the number of required cell towers. Repeat through as many handsets as necessary to reach the nearest tower.

The tallest tree I can see is in the cemetery across the street. Looks to be about 200ft tall. A large dish and solar panel would be very conspicuous up there.
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