Mesh/05 11 2019

People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - 05 November 2019 7:30pm-9pm

• https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy

Attendees

• Jenny - she/her - Part
• Radar - amateur radio, excited about disaster.radio and radio projects, he/him
• Nels - he/him - want to install a node and share internets
• seth - he/him/they/them - experienced with node intalls and down to help folks plug in
• Angela - she/her - came last week for hardware hack, found out about the project and want to plug in, software engineer, been looking for a place like this, outside of work stuff to help the community
• juul: can get flexible solar panels now, fairly lightweight, 50W, replace LI battery
• Loren - he/him - outside the door. - setup a mcan plug esh node in my home and figure out how i t
• Tyler - he/him - crazy ham person trying to get more hams involved
• Vanessa - she/her - interested in learning more
• Kevin - he/him - same

Announcements

• DevSummit 2019 - tomorrow through Friday! Contact Jenny for info/access - Sudo Mesh
  • Attendees -
    • • Name:
• Juul: Hardware for mobile hotspots should be arriving this weekend. Solar panels, chargers, antennae - need to test the setup on Sunday afternoon, ~1pm if anyone wants to join!
  • Tasks for completion:
    • Which frequencies are used by Sprint in the East Bay? Different in different areas?
    • TS-9 to antenna adapters (depending on frequencies) - whichever are cheapest
      • Sprint uses LTE bands 25, 26, 41 - is this consistent across bay area?

https://www.cellmapper.net/map

• Radar: According to a Radio Frequency – Electromagnetic Energy (RF-EME) Compliance Report prepared for a Sprint rooftop installation near Regent Street in Berkeley, Sprint utilizes the following three frequencies:

2500.00 MHz - Band 41 (2502-2690 MHz), 800.00 MHz – Band 26 (806-825 MHz & 851-869 MHz), 1900.00 MHZ – Band 25 (1850-1990 MHz)

FAQs

How much power do nodes use?

• https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Power

Sonic fiber allow sharing?

• Allow open hotspots, but not direct links.

Action Items

• Swag-making for Sunday: Jenny/Seth/you?
• Send paperwork for CoD grant - Jenny/you?