BAM Weekly Working Group April 1st, 2024

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Attendees

  • John Swallow
  • Jim Moss
  • Tim Wilkinson
  • Mathison Ott

Notes by

  • Tim Wilkinson

Major Discussions Topics

  • Antenna math
    • There's an ongoing conversation over on the AREDN forums about how antennas combine. Jim was discussing this.
  • AC Flashing
    • Mathison raised the relative complexity of flashing AC devices. Nothing really to be done about it as firmware is now signed.
  • Site and Club churn
    • Site access and Club personnel is in flux in various places are people leave and new people arrive. It has made some projects slower to move along.
  • Mt Allison
    • Tim would like to go back to Allison to change out the power for the Mimosa dish
    • Also like to upgrade the 60 GHz dish to a larger model to better handle rain fade
      • Jim inquiring with Brian about a visit
      • Tim inquiring with Matthew to make sure the replacement is okay
  • Pending AREDN release
    • Probably do a new release this month
    • Briefly listed improvements made to the code - more a major upgrade than bug fixes.
  • CARLA
    • Tim asked if we have contact with any CARLA folk as they made many places where AREDN might be a good addition.
    • John might know some folk
  • Site spreadsheet
    • Tim shared a site spreadsheet over the weekend to better track potential sites and progress