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HTML Map Contest
Hi AREDN Meshers!
The AREDN Team is looking for a few good men (and ladies)! The new mapping feature that is in 3.16.1.0 needs your help.
As some of you have seen, we have a good, workable KML map file. We would like to hold a contest to use that KML to create the best HTML based map that we can host on the www.arednmesh.org website.
CHALLENGE:
To create an HTML embedded map that utilizes the AREDN kml files that can be hosted on www.arednmesh.org.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Front-end web development: Javascript, CSS, etc.
AREDN PROVIDED SERVICES/FILES:
- Full map with all bands: http://data.arednmesh.org/map.kml
- 900Mhz band map: http://data.arednmesh.org/map9.kml
- 2Ghz band map: http://data.arednmesh.org/map2.kml
- 3Ghz band map: http://data.arednmesh.org/map3.kml
- 5Ghz band map: http://data.arednmesh.org/map5.kml
REQUIREMENTS:
Your map should include (at minimum) the following (optional) query string parameters:
- z=(...
Updated date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 22:42
New Paper on AREDN Published by TAPR
The Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Communications Conference include a paper, The AREDN Project by Andre Hansen, K6AH, which introduces AREDN, describes implementation techniques and concludes with a roadmap for the future.
Abstract
Mesh technology has been around for ten years or more. Over the past two years a team of developers has advanced the art by porting Broadband‐Hamnet’s extremely popular mesh firmware to the Ubiquiti airMAX line of commercial Wireless ISP routers and expanded its utility across a wide range of microwave bands. This has literally changed the complexion of mesh technology from an experimental, hobby‐oriented, novelty into a viable alternative network suitable for restoring some degree of Inter/intra‐net connectivity “when all else fails.”
In the midst of this work the AREDN Project was kicked off to focus development on taking this technology to the next level in EMCOMM communications.
This paper begins with an introduction to the AREDN Project and mesh networking and concludes with a roadmap for the Project’s future. It dives into implementation techniques and aggressive plans to implement across broad portions of the Southwestern US.
Updated date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 15:50
ARRL Awards 2018 Microwave Development Award to AREDN Team
The ARRL announced that The Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN) project team was named as recipient of the 2018 ARRL Microwave Development Award for its initiatives to utilize Amateur Radio’s microwave bands. These included extending the network’s high-speed multimedia capabilities from solely 2.4 GHz to 900 MHz, 3 GHz, and 5.8 GHz, and adding 802.11n protocol to improve data throughput. The Board also acknowledged the efforts of the many AREDN implementation groups around the country who are building networks based on this technology and who stand ready to utilize them to serve the needs of their communities in times of disaster.
Following an introduction by Southwestern Division Directior Dick Norton N6AA, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR presented the award to AREDN team members Randy Smith, WU2S and Andre Hansen, K6AH at the ARRL Members Forum at Hamvention 2019.
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Image credit: Morgan Bauer, KN6AQX. Licensed under CC-By-SA 4.0 Image cropped and color adjusted.
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Updated date: Saturday, June 1, 2019 - 22:03
AREDN™ - The Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network
Mesh technology has evolved over the years. Most notably, Broadband-Hamnet™ (BBHN) has made substantial progress over the past 2 years in expanding their unique approach to environmentally robust, commercially available, Ubiquiti, hardware. This has changed the complexion of mesh implementations from an experimental, hobby-oriented, novelty into a viable alternative network suitable for restoring some level of Inter/intra-net connectivity when “all else fails.”
Recently, the developers of BBHN software have kicked-off a new project focused on taking this technology to the next level. Comprised of the project manager, developers, and several of the testers who brought BBHN to Ubiquiti hardware, this team is geared to pick up where BBHN left-off.
The AREDN Project mission is to provide the Amateur Radio Community with a quality solution for supporting the needs of high speed data in the Amateur Radio and Emergency Communications field.
We invite you download and adopt the AREDN Release 3.0.2 and give us the opportunity to support your mesh implementation.
For the AREDN Team,
Andre, K6AH
Updated date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 17:31
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Standardized NanoStation XM Ethernet port configuration
The NanoStation XM devices now have fully functional ports - both main and secondary. This capability will be in Dec 3, 2018 nightly build. The behavior is now same as NanoStation XW devices. POE Passthough is also functional.
This new capability means the following usage is significantly simplified to setup. At local community events when setting up ipCams around a parade route or event area, there can be a station with 2 nodes -- incoming link on one channel/band and outgoing link on another channel/band. This means many HD video quality signals can go through the station as this relay station does not share the same frequency.
Before:
2 mesh nodes, 1 ipCam, 1 5-port switch, 4 way power split to all devices, junction box. Lots of labor and points of failure to build and configure the enclosure and cabling.
After:
2 mesh nodes, 1 ipCam, daisy chain the cat5 cables though these devices, no enclosure.
Issues to consider when deploying:
1) I've seen a NSM2 XM device...
AREDN Documentation Repository
Thanks to a great suggestion and some content from Steve KC0EUW, we now have an AREDN document repository on GitHub.
If you just want to read what is in the library, you can view the docs on ReadTheDocs.io at https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/en/latest.
You can also find this documentation by clicking on the Docs menu item on the front page and making your choice from the dropdown list.
We added a new Network Design Guide to help you in planning your local AREDN mesh network.
If you are interested in contributing to the rapidly growing set of AREDN related information, you can easily do so on GitHub. This works the same way as if you were contributing code to the project.
There are detailed instructions on how you can contribute to AREDN documentation in the README.md file
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