We have started a Mesh network in Maine. You will find a few nodes that have been listed on the map:
http://usercontent.arednmesh.org/K/5/K5DLQ/livemap2.html
NG1P-4 a 5.8Ghz Rocket M5 and 13dB omni on Oak Hill in Brunswick Maine at the top of a 250 foot tower at K1MNW's QTH. (Thank you Bill!)
NG1P-1 is at my house at 65 feet using a Nanostation M5 (will be replacing with a Rocket and 19 dB 120 deg sector)
NG1P-8 is at my house at 65 feet is a Rocket M2 on 2.4Ghz with a 9dB omni.
So far for services I have Meshchat running, BPQ32 packet node access, TeamTalk5 server running for voice and video.
This is just a good start but look forward to others joining and expanding the coverage and providing emergency communication.
Here are a few coverage maps that I have shared:
360 deg. coverage map from Oak Hill:
https://link.ui.com/#p=ee9dd2a0be9c403c91e11a2f19f7d3d2
Point to Point to and from Oak Hill to my house and some future nodes:
https://link.ui.com/#p=4b9c07a2225f43d5a259ca2ef3fb49ed
Future possible mesh sites. Is is a dream map and will require lots of approval. I will say that all the sites listed are repeater sites and most are DMR. Done right we could cover most of the whole state:
https://link.ui.com/#p=391525702b96400c98110df9a3266c04
73 Bill NG1P
http://usercontent.arednmesh.org/K/5/K5DLQ/livemap2.html
NG1P-4 a 5.8Ghz Rocket M5 and 13dB omni on Oak Hill in Brunswick Maine at the top of a 250 foot tower at K1MNW's QTH. (Thank you Bill!)
NG1P-1 is at my house at 65 feet using a Nanostation M5 (will be replacing with a Rocket and 19 dB 120 deg sector)
NG1P-8 is at my house at 65 feet is a Rocket M2 on 2.4Ghz with a 9dB omni.
So far for services I have Meshchat running, BPQ32 packet node access, TeamTalk5 server running for voice and video.
This is just a good start but look forward to others joining and expanding the coverage and providing emergency communication.
Here are a few coverage maps that I have shared:
360 deg. coverage map from Oak Hill:
https://link.ui.com/#p=ee9dd2a0be9c403c91e11a2f19f7d3d2
Point to Point to and from Oak Hill to my house and some future nodes:
https://link.ui.com/#p=4b9c07a2225f43d5a259ca2ef3fb49ed
Future possible mesh sites. Is is a dream map and will require lots of approval. I will say that all the sites listed are repeater sites and most are DMR. Done right we could cover most of the whole state:
https://link.ui.com/#p=391525702b96400c98110df9a3266c04
73 Bill NG1P
follow this pattern:
http://usercontent.arednmesh.org/K/5/K5DLQ/livemap2.html?lat=33.656&lon=...
http://usercontent.arednmesh.org/K/5/K5DLQ/livemap2.html?lat=43.903560&lon=-70.034884&z=10
-Dj, N1JOV
73 Bill NG1P
73 - Dean
John WA1KLI
With COVID-19 things has slowed down. We have an active 5.8Ghz node at OakHill, My home node on 5.8G and 2.4G plus N1JOV DJ at his home in Topsham is connected and DJ has a node connected in over at the Brunswick airport. Still waiting for others to join in and exspand coverage. All are welcome.
I will say for services I have Teamtalk up and running for voip and file sharing comminications, My BPQ node on packet (145.01, 223.600 and 433.100) is on the ethernet side of the MESH so anyone can http://bpq-node.local.mesh:8008 and get into that node. Plus I have CACTI running just doing some simple ping tests making sure all node are reachable and measuring latency.
It's always good operating procedure to name mesh-resident hosts to include a callsign so that the host is *unique* throughout any possible current/future mesh connections and therefore avoid naming/DNS conflicts. I have seen way too many hosts like rasperrypi.local.mesh etc show up and then get later added to a wider mesh with unfortunate consquences. "bqp-node" is certainly not unique; perhaps change to NG1P-bpq-node.local.mesh ???
- Don - AA7AU
Thank you!
New call is N1BWO just havent changed it here
So the backbone will include sites as follows and will be added over the next 2 years or so: We are also looking to at York Hill in New Sharon but have not the ok yet to use that site. The below sites make up locations that UFB NewEngland Fusion has access to.
In general the plan is for all sites to have 3 LAP120's and point to point if greater than 30 miles will use a 30 db gain Rocket dish. If under 30 miles point to point will be 5AC500's. I will post channels when avalable.
All sites in the backbone will be using 5.8Ghz and Ubiquiti gear. We are leaving the 2.4Ghz as an option for last mile opportunities for non backbone options. (Home, portable, last mile use cases)
Did the Blackstrap Hill site get omni antennas? Is it available to connect to? I'm in Brunswick. Due to some trees I was unable to connect to Oak Hill, but I have a clear shot across Maquoit Bay towards Blackstrap.
I saw this update come across the NEMESH mailing list a couple of weeks ago:
"On Saturday a team from MVARA and NEDECN installed a 5GHz router on the K1OX tower in Chester, NH aimed at the K1DQ tower in Shapleigh, Me. This is a 48-mile path that modeling results indicate should connect our AREDN system to the Maine AREDN system over RF. In June we plan to complete the connection in Shapleigh."
If you are not on the NEMESH mailing list, might be worth checking it out: https://groups.io/g/nemesh
Ron Gregory N1AHH
With only a dish pointed a different direction I doubt you'd be able to connect with the node on Blackstrap currently, but maybe you could get lucky? I have a powerbeam node that currently has nothing to point to and it might be fun to try.