Plural relay sensor method of delivery

A method of establishing a system for gathering surveillance data in a hostile environment, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing an operably movable tractor for ground hauling a trailer having a longitudinal axis, said trailer having a floor pan for supporting a relay sensor dispensing mechanism and a platform disposed thereabove, said platform having a hole for dispensing relay sensors therethrough, said relay sensor dispensing mechanism comprising an elevator for dispensing a stockpile of relay sensors, said elevator comprising a pair of co-acting elevator belts defining an elevator chute therebetween;
• said belts extending between an actuatable elevator driven pulley and an elevator return pulley vertically spaced therefrom;
• b. at a location outside of the hostile environment, disposing a first stack of relay sensors in said elevator chute, each said relay sensor having a top surface with a magnet disposed thereon and a bottom surface opposed thereto;
• c. maneuvering said tractor to a first location within the hostile environment;
• d. activating said elevator to vertically dispense a relay sensor to an elevation whereby a magnet juxtaposed with a top surface of said relay sensor is disposed at an elevation at or above said platform;
• e. retrieving said relay sensor with a drone by magnetic attraction to said magnet of said relay sensor, said drone and said tractor being independently maneuverable;
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• f. depositing said relay sensor at a desired location within said hostile environment.

A method of delivering relay sensors into a hostile environment, said method comprising the steps of:

• loading plural stacks of relay sensors into a relay sensor dispensing mechanism conveyor, said conveyor comprising a pair of co-acting belts defining a conveyor chute therebetween;
• said belts extending between an actuatable driven pulley and a return pulley horizontally spaced therefrom and further comprising the step of disposing at least one stack of relay sensors in an elevator to thereby form a stockpile of plural stacks relay sensors in said convey, said elevator comprising a pair of co-acting belts defining an elevator chute therebetween;
• said belts extending between an actuatable driven pulley and a return pulley vertically spaced therefrom;
• loading said relay sensor dispensing mechanism and said stockpile of relay sensors onto a trailer operably associated with a maneuverable tractor, said trailer having a platform with a hole through which;
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• maneuvering said tractor and trailer into a hostile environment;
• actuating said elevator to bring a first relay sensor into a pickup position for retrieval by a drone;
• retrieving at least one said relay sensor from said pickup position with a drone;
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• depositing said retrieved relay sensor at a location within the hostile environment.