@AE4WX @ai6yr @amyedge @BakerRL75 @czarbucks @Jennifer @technodad Good morning 'all. Starting the morning with one of those days..... . Left my badge in the car and had to do the walk of shame back to the car to get it. Went to my first meeting on the day and forgot I hadn't put the keys back in my jacket. And it looks like we might get snow on Wednesday night....

Trying to get my stuff together this week and get things organized. Two #AmateurRadio meetings this week. Hopefully another #AREDN RF node going up on Saturday; have to prep all fo the equipment for installation.

A great big shoutout to Ben @ai6yr for all that he does here on Mastodon and elsewhere (I didn't want to mention the "W" word).

Folks, let's make this a great day. Be safe, and let's be careful out there.

Semper Gumby!

My #AREDN RF nodes was offline (Ubiquiti Rocket M5). I isolated the problem to somewhere outside the shack (router and PoE were ok) and when I went up on the roof to investigate I found this!

I think the high winds had pulled the cable into a piece of exposed flashing and it had cut the Ethernet cable! So I've ordered a new cable (these are outdoor rated) and will mitigate the flashing issue.

#hamradio

Well I now have a #bpq node running on #AREDN. I wonder if it will get used

#hamradio

@scott @k3fnb I started setting up a linbpq node on my #AREDN node a while back but haven't finished it yet. The config is a bit confusing. I should finish off that project over the holidays

@BakerRL75 @firefly @Jennifer @czarbucks @AE4WX @amyedge @ai6yr

Good morning y'all! Cold and breezy in the lower Susquehanna valley, which will continue pretty much all week and into the weekend. It's making those outdoor outings I did on weekends too much of a challenge, as I find that as I get older, my body does not tolerate the cold as well as it did in my younger days.

Got through all of my projects that were due by the end of the year and sent them on for approval. The latest one came back with editing change requests, but it's not a lot of work compared to the "lift" I had to do with the original project.

Randi, I am sorry to hear that you are having more health challenges. Take it easy. Hoping you get better quickly and painlessly. Kitty compresses for the win!

Amy mentioned it doesn't feel like Christmas time; I'm feeling the same way. It's starting to feel like a chore. instead of enjoying time with friends and family. Maybe the Grinch spirit is taking over, supported by all of the mayhem and chaos in the world.

Worked a lot on my #amateurradio #AREDN projects over the last week, and managed to solve some of the linking problems. Hoping to have enough nodes in place over the next two years that are not dependent on the internet or cellular networks to pass public safety data during outages and infrastructure disruptions.

I hope and pray that everyone has a great day and a great week. Stay safe, and let's be careful out there today!

Semper Gumby!

I was using this map to look for #hamradio operators near me in good locations to put up an #AREDN node, and then reaching out to them to see if they wanted to mess around with it. I triangulated with #APRS activity to see who might be active in similar stuff, looked at QRZ pages (and lookups). So far I've emailed the person. Even though this is the density of operators near me:

Just checked the #FFWN check-in progress with this setup and downloaded 23 #Winlink messages blazingly fast over #AREDN about 0.8 miles from my QTH.

#hamradio

@BakerRL75 @czarbucks @firefly @AE4WX @amyedge @ai6yr @Jennifer Good morning y'all. It's Sunday.... the day before dreaded Monday. And I am NOT looking forward to work tomorrow.

Yesterday's #AREDN presentation to York County (PA) amateur radio operators went fairly well. I saw some eyes glaze over, but I managed to keep people engaged. I even managed to work through a facility power outage that caused me to reset all of my audiovisuals. I have at least one club that's interested in putting up a radio node in one of the better locations in the county.

Today I'm troubleshooting my main #AREDN Go Kit. It had some issues yesterday, so I'm updating the software. Later will be a trip to Sam's Club for food.

Let's be careful out there today.

@orv I've successfully set up RMS Relay on a PC connected to my home #AREDN node (W0RMT-HOME) to serve as a #Winlink Post Office. But I'd like to see if I can configure BPQ32 on a raspberry pi to act as a relay to the CMS instead. I've found some disconnected pieces of info on the web, but I was wondering if you knew of a resource or a person who has done this? It would be much better running the pi 24/7/365 and more reliable, too. I've got BPQ32 freshly installed on a pi connected to the node.

@lckrohjr

@BakerRL75 @czarbucks @firefly @AE4WX @amyedge @ai6yr @Jennifer

Good morning y'all. Woke up this morning about 0730 to cold temperatures outside. I think my outside tasks will wait a bit longer, at least until I'm fully caffienated and dressed more for the outdoors.

Got a dusting of the white stuff, but nothing stuck to the roads. The winds have picked up in the lower Susquehanna Valley, and it is not going to be a day for outside work.

My presentation for Saturday on #AREDN is prepped and ready. I just have to fit all of my gear and "teaching aids" into the car today, as I need to be on site at 0700 to set up for a 0900 start, and the location is 30-45 minutes away. Looks like I'll be up at 0500 on a Saturday. I must love this hobby of #AmateurRadio to get up that early. 😁

Remembering the reason for the day, and my father, uncles, and cousins who served or are currently serving.

Stay warm, stay safe, and let's be careful out there!

Semper Gumby!

@bud_t
Look at the link below. It's a messenger using KISS protocol, made for LoRaAPRS, but should work with any device with TCP interface.
I have used it only with #LoRaAPRS (1200bps) and HF radio (with Direwolf sound modem 300bps) but you can try other modulations. It could be a nice extension for #AREDN with a mobile or handy devices. #hamradio
https://app.lora-aprs.pl

I have an old unused #Windows laptop lying around. I think I'll try to set it up as a #Winlink post office on my #AREDN node at home, then advertise it on the mesh. Could be fun!

#hamradio

@lckrohjr well I now have two nodes running: the hAP ac3 (W0RMT-HOME) and a RocketM5 (W0RMT-1). I'm tunneling the hAP to a local supernode for mesh connection. No RF connections yet but I'm looking for places to deploy the other M5s and also planning a portable setup with the Powerbeam that I got. I think I will get an hAP ac lite for that project.

#AREDN
#hamradio

I picked up this pile of Ubiquiti 5G gear from another #hamradio operator today. Together with a Mikrotik hAP ac3, I'll use this stuff to play around with #AREDN.

@lckrohjr @orv

@bud_t Sooooo....I'm doing a talk on AREDN on 11/15/25 at the York County, PA, EMA building. I'll be talking about why we need a network, equipment, network development, and maintenance. I'm going to ask if they can record it.

I'm in the process of setting up an #AREDN network in south central Pennsylvania. I have RF nodes on Blue Mountain, three miles north of the City of Harrisburg.

My home AREDN nodes offer a lot of services. TAK (3 versions), EmComMap, TeamTalk5 for teleconference, BPQ32 connections (Packet Radio BBS), cameras, VoIP/PBX telephone services, and software repositories.

@orv is the subject matter expert on AREDN. I am using (i.e. stealing) a lot of his material for the first hour. The second half of my talk is going to be geared towards how to set up, where to set up, and why we should set up a network.

California has several good setups. Eastern Pennsylvania has and continues to build out a network. I'm working to build up central and western Pennsylvania. Maryland, DC, and Virginia hams are getting involved.

I think the biggest reason to start building out AREDN networks is built on the increasing level on internet outages. We need a separate, standalone network to support and supplement emergency management / public safety organizations.

Hey #hamradio folks: what are your thoughts about #AREDN? I'm thinking about getting into and wondered if/how any #FediHams are using it

#arednmesh

Today in #3dprinting, made a custom 10" plate to hold my microtik hap ac lite that I use for #aredn. My old Elegoo Neptune 3 is reliable, but slow, will take almost 5 hours.

#aredn

The AREDN Dev team has released version 3.25.10.0 of the AREDN software,
This is a maintenance release primarily designed to stabilize the current OLSR+Babel network before the switch to a Babel only system next year.
New Product Support

Note: The following 802.11ah devices now are supported by AREDN but are only in the Babel Nightly builds

HaLowLink 1 MM-HL1-EXT
Heltec HT-HD01
Heltec HT-HD7608
Alfa Tube-AHM
Alfa Tube-AHM PoE (802.3af/at)

L’ARAT fait parler d’elle à nouveau grâce au RTA !

Les détails par ici: https://www.ve2atu.org/2025/10/13/larat-fait-parler-delle-a-nouveau-grace-au-rta/

#radioamateur #aredn #mesh #emcomm #abitibitemiscamingue #securitecivile

Yesterdays and todays notes from the #Notfunk #Ausbildungswochenende

@DC1ULI

Due to the practical sessions we had a lower number of theoretical sessions.

Ham radio emergency communication via #AREDN Mesh Networks