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==Notes==
==Notes==
*Ham Radio Licenses allow for broadcasting up to 2.4Ghz
*Ham Radio Licenses allow for broadcasting up to 50 watt at 2.4Ghz
**Free class to procure ham radio license in one day at Noisebridge March 17th
**Free class to procure ham radio license in one day at Noisebridge March 17th
**Has to be amateur / not paid-for services
**Has to be amateur / not paid-for services
**Can't be encrypted (What does that mean for HTTPS?)
**Can't be encrypted (What does that mean for HTTPS?)
**Definitely an area that needs further research!
**Definitely an area that needs further research!
*Downtown Berkeley WiFi
*Hook into Downtown Berkeley WiFi?
*Hackerspace Darknets (accessible to other hackerspaces)
*Hackerspace Darknets (accessible to other hackerspaces)
*CJDNS
*CJDNS
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*Boats in the bay could receive long-distance comms, for instance
*Boats in the bay could receive long-distance comms, for instance


*OpenBTS  
*OpenBTS
*MonkeyBrains as backhaul for a mesh network
*MonkeyBrains as backhaul for a mesh network
*Burning Man Community / San Francisco dark  
*Burning Man Community / San Francisco dark fiber opps


*JC - mobile ad hoc mesh network  
*JC - mobile ad hoc mesh network
**CB Radio backpacks for berkeley protest peacekeepers as inspiration for mobile ad hoc networks
**CB Radio backpacks for berkeley protest peacekeepers as inspiration for mobile ad hoc networks
**Starts with communication (voice, over data)
**Starts with communication (voice, over data)
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*Peet's running on a mesh backbone?
*Peet's running on a mesh backbone?


*[http://openmesh.com Open Mesh] - uses batman-adv, NG firmware  
*[http://openmesh.com Open Mesh] - uses batman-adv, NG firmware
*ALIX
*ALIX
*AIS - boat radio communications
*AIS - boat radio communications
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**Open call to hackerspaces for surplus routers / wifi devices
**Open call to hackerspaces for surplus routers / wifi devices
**ANTAC wifi cable modems
**ANTAC wifi cable modems
*Base repository of information  
*Base repository of information
**See for instance The Pyre: http://thepyre.org/wiki (talk to jenny)
*Get a mesh node running at sudo room!
*Get a mesh node running at sudo room!
*Field survey trip to visit existing nodes
*Field survey trip to visit existing nodes
*Box in a Bag for activists
*Box in a Bag for activists