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== Goals ==
 
== Goals ==
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* Reliable, fault-tolerant networks that served agencies can protect Bay Area residents and save lives during disaster situations
 
* Reliable, fault-tolerant networks that served agencies can protect Bay Area residents and save lives during disaster situations
   
== General Information ==
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== Getting Started ==
* [[:File:AREDN Beginners Guide (v19).pdf|AREDN Beginners Guide]]
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* [[:File:AREDN Beginners Guide v25.pdf|AREDN Beginners Guide]]
 
*[[Code of Conduct]]
 
*[[Code of Conduct]]
 
*[[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
 
*[[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
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*[[Radios]] - Which radio should I buy?
 
*[[Tools]] - Helpful information and tools
 
*[[Tools]] - Helpful information and tools
 
*[[Videos]] - Helpful videos
 
*[[Videos]] - Helpful videos
* [[High sites]] - Elevated sites which are easy to point a radio at
 
* [[Commercial WISPs]] - Local commercial WISPs which often share locations
 
   
==Help ==
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==Resources ==
   
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*[[Band Plan]] - How the spectrum is allocated in various areas of the Bay
*[[Band Plan]]
 
*[[Bandwidth Consumption]]
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*[[Bandwidth Consumption]] - Bandwidth consumption of various classes of applications
*[[Batteries and Solar|Batteries]]
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*[[Batteries and Solar|Batteries]] - Recommended batteries for off-grid and battery backed-up nodes
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*[[Bay Area Backbone]] - high performance, internet capable, microwave network
*[[Cables]]
 
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*[[Cables]] - Recommendation for cabling to use, especially outside
*[[Cameras]]
 
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*[[Cameras]] - Recommended cameras
*[[Maps]]
 
 
* [[Commercial WISPs]] - Local commercial WISPs which often share locations
*[[Network Time Protocol]]
 
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* [[Company sites]] - Businesses hosting nodes and extending the network
*[[Phones & PBX]]
 
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* [[Email]] - Internal mesh email
*[[Power-over-Ethernet]]
 
 
* [[High sites]] - Elevated sites which are easy to point a radio at
*[[Batteries and Solar|Solar]]
 
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*[[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
 
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*[[MeshChat]] - A chat program design just for AREDN
== Projects ==
 
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*[[Network Time Protocol]] - Using and provide network time on the mesh
*[[Bay Area Backbone]]
 
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*[[Phones & PBX]] - Phone and phone systems for the mesh
*[[Lamorinda Network|Lafayette Police Department / Lamorinda Network]]
 
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*[[Bay Area Mesh Phone Exchange]] - Local Phone exchange for SF Bay Area.
*[[Sierra-Lassen-Plumas Interoperability Network (SLPnet)]]
 
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*[[Power-over-Ethernet]] - Options for providing power to nodes via ethernet
*[[South County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (SCARES)]]
 
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*[[AREDN on Proxmox|Proxmox]] - Deploying AREDN on Proxmox
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*[[Radios]] - Which radio should I buy?
 
*[[Batteries and Solar|Solar]] - Solar powered nodes
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*[[Services]] - I'm on the mesh .. what next?
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*[[Supernodes]] - Linking AREDN meshes across the world
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*[[Tower Climbing]] - Information about tower climbing
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*[[Winlink general and specific help|Winlink]] - General and specific help info.
   
 
==Past Projects==
 
==Past Projects==
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* [[Network Storms]]
 
* [[Network Storms]]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO3xYspySozyCfcIIhlbO8ASPL2D-ucJHLGJ6G0gYLk/edit?usp=sharing S11 / S22 sweeps on 5ghz antennas] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RyanEFiP4w8Q8ZH2ngdbnj9BJ4YPUlutPQg7cGpENA/edit?usp=sharing RAW data]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO3xYspySozyCfcIIhlbO8ASPL2D-ucJHLGJ6G0gYLk/edit?usp=sharing S11 / S22 sweeps on 5ghz antennas] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RyanEFiP4w8Q8ZH2ngdbnj9BJ4YPUlutPQg7cGpENA/edit?usp=sharing RAW data]
*Air Quality
 
*Radiation monitoring
 
 
*[https://github.com/sfwem SFWEM GitHub]
 
*[https://github.com/sfwem SFWEM GitHub]
 
*[[Alameda Emergency Services (OES)]]
 
*[[Alameda Emergency Services (OES)]]
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*[[SCALE]] - Southern California Linux Conference (with a HAM presence)
 
*[[SCALE]] - Southern California Linux Conference (with a HAM presence)
 
*[[BayCon]] - Annual meeting of the [https://www.bay-net.org/ BayNet Amateur Radio Club] in the San Francisco Bay Area
 
*[[BayCon]] - Annual meeting of the [https://www.bay-net.org/ BayNet Amateur Radio Club] in the San Francisco Bay Area
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*[[Hamvention]] - The world's largest Amateur Radio Convention
   
 
==Communications==
 
==Communications==
   
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*[[AREDN Community Slack|Slack]]
*[https://sfarc.slack.com/archives/CMKJE2WF8 Slack]
 
 
*[https://groups.io/g/sfwem sfwem@groups.io]
 
*[https://groups.io/g/sfwem sfwem@groups.io]
*[[Monthly Updates]]
 
   
 
== Working Groups==
 
== Working Groups==
   
 
*[[BAM Weekly Working Group]]
 
*[[BAM Weekly Working Group]]
 
==Non-Profit==
 
 
*[https://www.sfwem.net/ Main website]
 
*[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/detailsPage?ein=851574594&name=San%20Francisco%20Wireless%20Emergency%20Mesh%20Inc.&city=San%20Francisco&state=CA&countryAbbr=US&dba=&type=CHARITIES,%20DETERMINATIONLETTERS,%20EPOSTCARD&orgTags=CHARITIES&orgTags=DETERMINATIONLETTERS&orgTags=EPOSTCARD IRS]
 
*[[Meetings]]
 
*[[Grants]]
 
*[[BAMBoard|Board]]
 
*[[Non Profit Documents|Documents]]
 
*[[Marketing]]
 
   
 
== Other Meshes ==
 
== Other Meshes ==
   
 
* [[North Bay Mesh]]
 
* [[North Bay Mesh]]
 
* [[South County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (SCARES)]]
 
* [[Southern California Mesh]]
 
* [[Southern California Mesh]]
 
* [[MDARC Mesh Network]]
 
* [[MDARC Mesh Network]]
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* [[Willamette Valley Mesh]]
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* [http://www.wa1usa.club/ri-emergency-mesh-network/ Rhode Island Emergency Mesh Network]
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* Maine Ham Radio Mesh Network
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* [[Oklahoma City Mesh]]
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== Other Networks ==
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*[[East Bay Public Safety Microwave Network]] (formally the Lafayette Police Department)
 
*[[Sierra-Lassen-Plumas Interoperability Network (SLPnet)]]
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*[[WB6ECE Repeater Group]]
   
 
== AREDN==
 
== AREDN==
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*[https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/ AREDN Documentation]
 
*[https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/ AREDN Documentation]
 
*[http://github.com/aredn/ AREDN GitHub]
 
*[http://github.com/aredn/ AREDN GitHub]
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== Non-Profit ==
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The Bay Area Mesh is made possible in part by the [[Bay Area Mesh Inc]] 501(c)(3) non-profit.

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Goals

  • Education, Research & Mentorship of the Amateur Radio Community on digital network technologies.
  • Rapid ad-hoc communication deployments during disasters and emergencies.
  • Reliable, fault-tolerant networks that served agencies can protect Bay Area residents and save lives during disaster situations

Getting Started

Resources

Past Projects

Conferences

Communications

Working Groups

Other Meshes

Other Networks

AREDN

Non-Profit

The Bay Area Mesh is made possible in part by the Bay Area Mesh Inc 501(c)(3) non-profit.