Changes

Now that the OpComms team has successfully accomplished a 10km test, the group intends to scale up.  The next set of testing locations has not yet been determined, but many sites were brought up in the initial search for a long-range test site pair.  These are listed below:

Now that the [[OpComms]] team has successfully accomplished a 10km test, the group intends to scale up.  The next set of testing locations has not yet been determined, but many sites were brought up in the initial search for a long-range test site pair.  These are listed below:

:'''Goat Mountain/Mendocino National Forest (10km)'''

:'''Goat Mountain/Mendocino National Forest (10km)'''

In the next year, the group hopes to test at 100km and 300km, which will require substantial research into good long-range test sites.  The cost of testing increases with distance to and between locations, so it will be important to identify and evaluate promising sites carefully.  The [[current amateur record]] holders completed their successful test across the Great Salt Lake Desert [http://www.modulatedlight.org/optical_comms/optical_qso_173mile.html].

In the next year, the group hopes to test at 100km and 300km, which will require substantial research into good long-range test sites.  The cost of testing increases with distance to and between locations, so it will be important to identify and evaluate promising sites carefully.  The [[current amateur record]] holders completed their successful test across the Great Salt Lake Desert [http://www.modulatedlight.org/optical_comms/optical_qso_173mile.html].