Hey All,
Rob from Minnesota here, and I've had an interesting journey to get me here.
I have been a Jack of All Trades IT guy for most of my adult life. Previously held CCNA, and done some low level network admin stuff.
I've also been doing search and rescue/disaster relief for over 10 years, including Comms officer for Civil Air Patrol.
I got my Ham ticket a couple of years ago, and haven't done much with it, but recently I started thinking about mesh networking for use in emergencies. I have been working on some SAR/DR related raspberry pi and Arduino projects for some time, and specifically wanted to find an easy to deploy network for IP phones, ICS forms, Chat/messages, etc in a mission base scenario. While I was brainstorming, I found out my idea had already been accomplished (no shock, you guys are an innovative bunch) when I stumbled across BBHN, I ordered a few WRT54GLs for cheap on ebay to play with.
I then started thinking about how to use better equipment to incorporate to extend the range and link quality.
While brainstorming, I stumbled across AREDN.
So, first Thanks everyone for bursting my bubble.
Second, thanks for doing a way better job than I ever could.
I look forward to hearing about all my other ideas you guys have preemptively stolen from me. :-)
Rob from Minnesota here, and I've had an interesting journey to get me here.
I have been a Jack of All Trades IT guy for most of my adult life. Previously held CCNA, and done some low level network admin stuff.
I've also been doing search and rescue/disaster relief for over 10 years, including Comms officer for Civil Air Patrol.
I got my Ham ticket a couple of years ago, and haven't done much with it, but recently I started thinking about mesh networking for use in emergencies. I have been working on some SAR/DR related raspberry pi and Arduino projects for some time, and specifically wanted to find an easy to deploy network for IP phones, ICS forms, Chat/messages, etc in a mission base scenario. While I was brainstorming, I found out my idea had already been accomplished (no shock, you guys are an innovative bunch) when I stumbled across BBHN, I ordered a few WRT54GLs for cheap on ebay to play with.
I then started thinking about how to use better equipment to incorporate to extend the range and link quality.
While brainstorming, I stumbled across AREDN.
So, first Thanks everyone for bursting my bubble.
Second, thanks for doing a way better job than I ever could.
I look forward to hearing about all my other ideas you guys have preemptively stolen from me. :-)
Joe AE6XE