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by G Gallo

Hey meshers, This is your weekly reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed to the SudoMesh meeting agenda before 7:30p on Tuesday 27 February: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes >> Add your item where it says "Example Discussion Item" or "Example Proposal" If you do add something, we expect you to come to the meeting to give some context and lead that discussion. This is Tuesday is also (officially) a general meeting, so new people are encouraged to come and learn about … [View More]

7 years, 3 months

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Electrical Help Needed

by G Gallo

Hey mesh people! We are in need of some volunteer electrical help. One potential node location has some unique power constraints and the resident would like advice on untangling a junction box and running some new conduit out of it. They are willing to do most of the labor themself, but would like to consult with someone who has experience as an electrician and is familiar with installation standards. If you'd like to help out, please email me directly as I am coordinating with resident. Thanks, -grant

7 years, 3 months

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BYOI Office Hours/Node Mounts Sun 2/25

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Hello fellow mesh enthusiasts, Apologies for the late notice! — Tomorrow Sun 25 Feb we'll have Build Your Own Internet (BYOI) office hours* from 1pm at SudoRoom. HOWEVER, most of us will be preparing for and going out to mount nodes (aka antenna + wifi router) at two strategic locations. We haven't yet determined who all is going to each one, but you can show up and we can figure it out then. Or if you can't join on the outing, stop by closer to 1pm to ask us questions/observe as we prepare … [View More]

7 years, 3 months

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Can we put an antenna on your roof?

by Arthur Tilley

Hi folks (Ivan and Alex?), My name is Arthur. I'm part of a group called the People's Open Network. We're a Oakland based non-profit trying to foster a community run mesh network in the Bay Area. https://peoplesopen.net/ I asked for your contact information from my friend Jerry Lugert, who I'm sure you know. (Jerry is currently road tripping through the south-east US in his new VW van.) Also I myself was at your place on Euclid years ago for a small dinner event. I wanted to reach out … [View More]

7 years, 3 months

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Fwd: People Centered Internet will be featured at Stanford GSB Vision Puerto Rico – Community-Led Action for Immediate and Long-Term Vitality, March 10

by Marc Juul

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mei Lin Fung <mlfung(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:37 AM Subject: People Centered Internet will be featured at Stanford GSB Vision Puerto Rico – Community-Led Action for Immediate and Long-Term Vitality, March 10 To: All <all(a)ch-mrc.org>, pci-board(a)googlegroups.com Hello from Mei Lin - We've come a long way since the People Centered Internet kicked off at Stanford in 2015. So when Vint Cerf as our Chairman <https://… [View More]www.devex.com/news/vint-cerf-google-s-internet-evangelist-on-the-ne…> called for a "Marshall Plan" for Puerto Rico, we knew this was the moment we were waiting for. Dr. David Bray, our Executive Director joined us after serving as CIO of the FCC <https://www.washingtonexec.com/2018/02/where-are-they-now-dr-david-bray/> has spoken of the transition from eGov to ePublic Service and the key role that #PositiveChangeAgents will play. As we reached out to our community we have been deeply touched and inspired by the response - a global network is mobilizing, to name just one: Women's Campaign International <http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/> is working shoulder to shoulder with us.Our PCI team will be introducing Project Coqui <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZRlF4xqTHM>led by Melvin Cordova <https://www.linkedin.com/in/melvin-cordova-55aa733b/> and Marti Grimminck <https://www.innovativeresilience.org/> By listening to the voice of the people in the local communities in Puerto Rico, we can develop projects that are sustainable. These were the factors that enabled Singapore's success: Invest in people, the most powerful underutilized asset will payback 100-fold. Together, we can take action for a better future, demonstrating the power of the* Internet of the people by the people for the people. * Join us to assure a better future that everyone can be part of creating. Spread the word! *NEWSFLASH * PCI Chairman Vint Cerf will be mid-pen for an evening fundraiser for Puerto Rico on March 6. Let me know if you can join us: Email me at mlf(a)alum.mit.edu and I will send you an invitation. *PS We welcome donations of smartphones - Project Coqui lands in Puerto Rico Tuesday February 27th.* A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. [image: Stanford GSB Hispanic Business Student Association][image: Stanford GSB Hispanic Business Student Association] *Vision Puerto Rico — Community-Led Action for Immediate and Long-Term Vitality* *March 10, 2018* 10 am – 3 pm Knight Management Center Join us for an interactive meeting featuring GSB alumni and others who are at the forefront of implementing real solutions in Puerto Rico. José E. Feliciano <https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni/featured-events/award-events/latino-lea…>, MBA ’99, the 2018 Jerry I. Porras Latino Leadership Award recipient, will kick off an exciting array of on-the-ground efforts for you to hear about and discuss. Your ideas will be captured using interactive audience polling. We invite you to bring your data-enabled device to participate in real-time polling. This event is a part of *Vision 2025: Diversity & Community at the GSB*, an alumni-led initiative that seeks to engage the Stanford community in activities that honor our diversity and build our community. READ MORE AND REGISTER <https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/vision-puerto-rico-2018-jerry-i-porras-…> Questions? Please contact Julia Sullivan, MBA ’82, at julia(a)justmentors.org or Lisa Brown, GSB Alumni Relations, at lbrown(a)stanford.edu. Copyright © 2018 Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305–7298 <https://maps.google.com/?q=655+Knight+Way,+Stanford,+CA+94305%E2%80%937298&…> ------------------------------ If you are encountering difficulties with the above email, contact Customer Service <https://pgnet.stanford.edu/feedback/Service/getForm?url=SMfooter&pcode=265>. You may also email alumniwebhelp(a)stanford.edu or call toll free, 1-866-543-0243 <(866)%20543-0243> (International: +1(650) 724-0627 <(650)%20724-0627>). Stanford University | Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center | 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305 <https://maps.google.com/?q=326+Galvez+Street,+Stanford,+CA+94305&entry=gmai…> [View Less]

7 years, 3 months

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Proposing/ Announcing the Node Explainer Program (NEP) - starting tomorrow!

by Jorrit Poelen

hey y'all: After our infamous weeks long exit node outage (see https://github.com/sudomesh/bugs/issues/8) , I am hoping to get more folks to explain to others how nodes (home/exit) work and keep 'em running. Now is a good time because juul is pretty busy and I'll be out of the country until early March. This is why I've added the following proposal for tomorrows meeting: "The Node Explainer Program (NEP, better names proposal encouraged: node whisperer, node operator?) - *Node … [View More]

7 years, 3 months

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Fwd: [Mozilla/NSF-WINS] Stage 1 winners and Stage 2 instructions

by Jenny Ryan

People's Open Network has received an Honorable Mention for the Smart Community Networks Challenge! Both PON and Disaster Radio have been chosen to move onto Stage 2 of the Challenge. Great work, team! -- Jenny Ryan People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net> *Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland, California!* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mehan Jayasuriya <mehan(a)mozillafoundation.org> Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 1:06 PM Subject:… [View More] [Mozilla/NSF-WINS] Stage 1 winners and Stage 2 instructions To: Mehan Jayasuriya <wirelesschallenge(a)mozillafoundation.org> Hello, This morning, we announced the 20 teams that were chosen for awards during Stage 1 of the NSF-WINS Challenges. You can view all of the winning projects, as well as profiles of our judges, on the NSF-WINS website <https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/>. If you’re receiving this email, your team has been selected to move on to Stage 2 of the Challenges. We’re experiencing an issue where some teams did not receive notification of their status via email; please find a copy of the Stage 2 notification letter attached to this email. If you have any additional questions about your application status, please let us know. What’s Next? The WINS Stage 2 application is now available via the Fluxx portal. Simply log into Fluxx using your existing credentials in order to fill out the application. Please see the application guide for a full set of instructions on how to fill out the Stage 2 application <https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/_assets/NSF.WINS.application.guide.pdf>. Please make sure you’re using the latest version of the guide (v1.3, February 2018), as some of the Stage 2 application questions have changed since the previous version. Your Stage 2 application is due by June 22nd. What Will the Judges Be Looking for in Stage 2? The goal of Stage 2 of the Challenges is to turn your design concept into a working prototype that demonstrates what the capabilities of a real network based on your design could be. This might mean a piece of hardware (for example, a single network node that runs your software), an MVP (minimum viable product) version of your solution or even a small-scale test network that users can connect to. Judges will be looking for a prototype that can demonstrate things like network speed, range and power consumption; please see the application guide for a detailed list of criteria <https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/_assets/NSF.WINS.application.guide.pdf> . In July, a select number of Stage 2 finalists will be invited to a “demo day” showcase in Mountain View, CA on August 14th, where they will demo their working prototypes for judges. Finalists will be asked to give a short presentation that identifies the problem they are trying to solve, the intended users of their solution and the capabilities of their prototype. More details on the demo day event will be provided this summer. Congratulations on being selected to move on to Stage 2 of the Challenges! We look forward to reviewing your working prototype this summer. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Mehan Jayasuriya Program Manager, NSF-WINS Sent via Migadu.com, world's easiest email hosting [View Less]

7 years, 3 months

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Proposing/ Announcing the Node Explainer Program (NEP) - starting tomorrow!

by Benjamin Goering

Count me in. I will be there tonight for breakout, and do my best to become an explainer > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:24:24 -0800 > From: Jorrit Poelen <jhpoelen(a)xs4all.nl> > To: mesh <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [Mesh] Proposing/ Announcing the Node Explainer Program (NEP) > - starting tomorrow! > Message-ID: <5af61ff6-836b-7c8b-cc9a-e20aa93bd56e(a)xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" … [View More]

7 years, 3 months

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Call for Sudo Mesh meeting agenda items

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Hey there, This is your weekly reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed to the SudoMesh meeting agenda before Tuesday 20 February: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes >> Add your discussion item where it says "Example Discussion Item" or "Example Proposal" If you do add something, we expect you to come to the meeting to give some context and lead that discussion. Thanks! Mai

7 years, 4 months

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SudoMesh meeting minutes - 13 Feb 2018

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Minutes from People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - 13 February 2018 7:30pm-9pm - https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy Contents - 1 Agenda <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/13_Feb_2018#Agenda> - 2 Introductions <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/13_Feb_2018#Introductions> - 3 Meeting Roles <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/13_Feb_2018#Meeting_Roles> - 4 Check in on previous action items <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/13_Feb_2018#… [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Wifi Localization

by Arthur Tilley

Hey y'all, I'm currently running the localization via wifi as a service on my rpi: 100.65.27.66/ Let me know what you think. (It's a super ugly design, but it's a start. This is my first time doing anything like this) My guess is that for most people, the intersection between the BSSIDs they can see and those in the database will be empty, but let me know if this is not the case. best, Arthur PS. It's pretty straighforward to find nearby BSSIDs and RSSIs on mac and linux. See https://github.com/aetilley/wifi_localization/blob/master/localize_from_nea…

7 years, 4 months

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BYOI Office Hours Sunday 2/18 1pm

by Benny Lichtner

Hello friendly meshers! The next Build Your Own Internet office hours* is this Sunday February 18th from 1pm to late afternoon in SudoRoom <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Directions>. Last week, folks did all kinds of awesome things, including (but not limited to!): - making rad signage - creating a new BYOI workshop landing page <https://peoplesopen.net/workshop.html> - cleaning up and adding to the Mounting Guide <https://github.com/sudomesh/mounting> - creating People's Open … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Google Summer of Code

by Mitar

Hi! Freifunk has been accepted to Google Summer of Code this year again. GSoC is Google's program where students can get around $5000 for work on an open source project over the summer. Freifunk serves as an umbrella organization for many mesh/community networks/projects. Maybe you have some ideas what students could work on? If so, consider adding them to existing list: https://projects.freifunk.net/ (PRs: https://github.com/freifunk/projects.freifunk.net-contents) Maybe some of existing … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Fwd: [sudo-discuss] byoi video on google drive

by Jenny Ryan

this is beyond excellent, robb! Jenny Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland! https://omnicommons.org/kitchen `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé "Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon." --Dave Sim, "Cerebus the … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Error Downgrading AirOS firmware

by Arthur Tilley

I'm trying to follow these instructions https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Flashing_extender_nodes#Downgrading_to_earli… on my new Nanostation M2. Unfortunately neither the UI version nor the command line version seem to work. Screenshots attached. Thoughts? Arthur

7 years, 4 months

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SudoMesh meeting minutes - 6 Feb 2018

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Here are the SudoMesh meeting minutes from Tues, 6 Feb 2018: Viewable online here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/06_Feb_2018 ----- Peoples Open Meeting: Feb 6, 2018 19:30 - 21:30 * facilitator - blake * stack taker: grant * note taker: benny, juul + others = previous action items = * nycmesha meet-up summary / possible inspiration for community support - jehan in absentia * proposal for reorganize meetings * node mount teaching session Sunday at 1pm - grant, jorrit * byoi debrief = … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Call for agenda items for 2/13 meeting

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Hey there, This is your (new) weekly reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed to the SudoMesh meeting agenda before Tuesday: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes >> Add your bit where it says "Example Discussion Item" If you do add something, we expect you to come to the meeting to give some context and lead that discussion. Thanks! Mai

7 years, 4 months

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BYOI Office Hours Sunday 2/11

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Hey fellow mesh enthusiasts, We will be continuing our Build Your Own Internet office hours* this Sunday February 11th from 1pm to late afternoon in SudoRoom. This week's ~theme~ is *Documentation/Research Jam*! It'll be a time to review and update our own documentation. And we can research other examples of community/mesh networks, see how they make their projects happen and add what we find to the sudomesh wiki <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh> (or edit Wikipedia articles!). This is … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Scheduling People's Open Strategy Planning Meeting

by Mai Ishikawa Sutton

Hey fellow mesh enthusiasts, On Tuesday we agreed to have a dedicated strategy and budget meeting for People's Open, where we'd set some long term goals and decide concrete objectives for the project. We're also doing this to figure out what to do in case some funding comes through, and decide how we'd apply those funds towards achieving our objectives. *This meeting is especially for people who plan to be involved in building out the People's Open Network over the next few months to a year.* … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Falcon Heavy

by Arthur Tilley

Btw, I really try not to spam this list, but I think this deserves an exception: Falcon Heavy Livestream tomorrow (approx. 1:30 PM Eastern) http://www.spacex.com/webcast

7 years, 4 months

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Puerto Rico Utopia?

by Kevin Shockey

If you need something to cleanse your information palette... Blockchain and crypto-currency is super hot here, read this it's very entertaining: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/technology/cryptocurrency-puerto-rico.ht… . This is relevant for us because, if there are are technologists that can help me, they will be attending the explosion of Meetups taking place. Plus, I skimmed an article that mentioned using block-chains for energy, instead of a currency it entitles the bearer to actual … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Hello from Puerto Rico

by Kevin Shockey

Just started laying the ground work for a mesh network here in Puerto Rico. Love what Sudo Room has accomplished so far, I look forward to collaborating. We'll need to dive wide and deep to explore post-disaster recovery in Puerto Rico. There is sooo much to document, sooo much more to learn. I started a new Git Hub repository, https://github.com/mistribus/Puerto-Rico-Mesh, to keep track of everything. I hope to suck everything into https://github.com/mistribus/Puerto-Rico-Mesh/wiki dor … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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Let's get real

by Kevin Shockey

How de we get here?????? Disclaimer: I've been in Puerto Rico for 23 years, more than any other place I've ever lived, even good ol'e Kokomo. I've visited back to the states as often as I can, but living on a retired veterans income places it's own limitations on mobility. So this is all I really know. I know other places share similar behaviors and traits. My frustrations are the same as the FUD resistance for any community. Oh yeah, please don't judge me if my observations are harsh. … [View More]Sometimes science can be cruel. A brief riff on FLOSS, community, and the IT industry in Puerto RIco Let me preface this by saying that I believe that science is the route I will follow at the beginning of this. The post-Maria disaster presented some very significant findings and they must be documented to move things forward. So, here we go, take a deep breath. We're about dive into a hard answer. Lately I've been trying to look at my observations from some very open places, so that I may gain some perspective. So this is the first forum where I'm trying share this new view. I believe that there are some very strong communities on the island, but only a few are what we might call technology communities. Let's take car enthusiasts as an example, the coherence within these groups is high, they meet regularly and openly share tech, ideas, values, etc. They are active online and connect regularly. Coming from the Midwest, racing and cars are common. Enthusiasts pursue a strong community for the love of racing and cars. Some can make a career and/or profit off of the base, most do it because, as we say here they are "fiebru." Translated it basically means they have a fever for the topic of their obsession. I believe that these groups are the future of community in Puerto Rico. Now let's look at the tech arena. To my knowledge, there only a couple of "open" communities. One is the social media arena, but they don't have a core group, more like a core group of people from varying orgs. Some groups have come and gone, but none has withstood the inherent pressures of being the "lead" group. there some quazi-tech groups which are parts of other purpose groups, like a local sales and marketing association. The other group has an information security focus and they have been operating for about 6 years now. They are a talented group and I'm sure they will help. I know the founders so, I hope that we're good (more on them later). In the 23 years I've been here groups come and go, but most (all?) fell prey to market forces. My new theory is that these types of communities fail because of the intersection between business/career interests and the welfare of the community. An associate of mine from the prPIG days shared this observation recently. Only 3.5 million peeps, and dropping quickly, live on the main island. Maybe 1.5 million households. We are just too small to have any technology niche. Negative forces on community: 1) Due to our small population, just how muchy technology talent do we have? With low high-school graduation rates, it probably at the low end of any national norms. 2) PR has a very low incoming migratory rate. As opposed to the 48 contiguous states, you just can't drive to relocate here. Most immigration we have is from the Dominican Republic. 3) PR has a very high migration out of island, the infamous brain drain. Yes the hurricane has accelerated the process but we retain very few of the most talented of our new graduates. They are heavily recruited on campus. Outside the scope (or is it?) of this research is the brain drain within the medical community. We face an uncertain public health issue with the very real lack of doctors. Many have not reopened after the hurricane and have relocated. It is unknown if they will return to their practices 4) Many participants within technology communities are more interested in personal advancement. No different than most places, but bear with me. 5) Finally, if you accept that a community is strongest when it is driven for the love of it, and not merely to advance the community, then what happens when the leaders of the organizations, which are meant to address deep social problems (literacy, media literacy, a free and open Internet, the digital divide, etc) siphon off the energy from their communities for personal reasons? Happens everywhere right, but what if this behavior was systemic. After applying all of these forces, we are limited to a very small population of technology enthusiasts who are just not enough to keep a community alive (the negative forces grind them down until they move on to something else). It is not unheard of someone coming into a community to spread FUD within the ranks, especially when the advancements of the community would have threatened an established player. Bottom line, my theory is, to get enough nodes to create a viable network, it will come from a community of communities (collective of collectives). I further believe that public safety might be the in for this rich tapestry of fiebrus across the island. Sorry if this was too long, but there are no easy answers when it comes to community in Puerto Rico. BTW, IMHO for the gold-standard metric of our IT industry, look at the Puerto Rico economy at a glance. https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet It goes back to 1990. If you will notice, the size of out IT industry has been in sharp decline for a while. Without effective leadership we will have nearly erased all of the job growth back to when I first came in 1995. Meaning, there are no more IT jobs today than there were back in the mid 90's PS: Eve, I would love to hear more about the ham relay system. Since I'm still doing research so I don't know enough yet, but I've heard of ham radio based tcp/ip, which sounds very promising. -- Kevin Shockey Artist, Scientist, Activist Twitter <https://twitter.com/shockeyk>& Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/shockeyk/> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> [View Less]

7 years, 4 months

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Inaugural BYOI Office Hours recap

by G Gallo

Hey mesh people, Thanks to everyone who showed up to the first BYOI office hours on Sunday afternoon. It was great to see lots of new, excited faces. I wanted to report back on a fun afternoon of crimping, flashing, and talking, (we didn't quite make it to mounting). There were lots of great thoughts shared about organizing node mounts, performing outreach, and communicating with node owner and operators. We laid out a spread of all the equipment needed for a mount and talked about other … [View More]

7 years, 4 months

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ham radio Re: Let's get real (Kevin Shockey)

by Eve Edelson

> PS: Eve, I would love to hear more about the ham relay system. Since I'm still doing research so I don't know enough yet, but I've heard of ham radio based tcp/ip, which sounds very promising. Hello Kevin, I just got the 'Technician' license, but it will take me a while to actually have a clue about operating. Here's a ham club in Puerto Rico: prarl.org An article about hams helping out after the storm: https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/us/puerto-rico-maria-ham-radio-operators-trn…

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