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== Goals ==
 
== Goals ==
   
 
* Education, Research & Mentorship of the Amateur Radio Community on digital network technologies.
 
* Education, Research & Mentorship of the Amateur Radio Community on digital network technologies.
 
* Rapid ad-hoc communication deployments during disasters and emergencies.
 
* Rapid ad-hoc communication deployments during disasters and emergencies.
* Reliable, fault-tolerant networks that served agencies can protect San Francisco residents and save lives during disaster situations
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* Reliable, fault-tolerant networks that served agencies can protect Bay Area residents and save lives during disaster situations
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== Getting Started ==
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* [[:File:AREDN Beginners Guide v25.pdf|AREDN Beginners Guide]]
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*[[Code of Conduct]]
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*[[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
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*[[Radios]] - Which radio should I buy?
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*[[Tools]] - Helpful information and tools
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*[[Videos]] - Helpful videos
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==Resources ==
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*[[Band Plan]] - How the spectrum is allocated in various areas of the Bay
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*[[Bandwidth Consumption]] - Bandwidth consumption of various classes of applications
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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
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*[[Cables]] - Recommendation for cabling to use, especially outside
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*[[Cameras]] - Recommended cameras
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* [[Commercial WISPs]] - Local commercial WISPs which often share locations
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* [[Company sites]] - Businesses hosting nodes and extending the network
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* [[Email]] - Internal mesh email
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* [[Netbox]] - Network documentation
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* [[High sites]] - Elevated sites which are easy to point a radio at
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*[[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
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*[[Marketing]] - Marketing materials
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*[[MeshChat]] - A chat program design just for AREDN
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*[[Network Time Protocol]] - Using and provide network time on the mesh
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*[[Phones & PBX]] - Phone and phone systems for the mesh
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*[[Bay Area Mesh Phone Exchange]] - Local Phone exchange for SF Bay Area.
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*[[Power-over-Ethernet]] - Options for providing power to nodes via ethernet
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*[[AREDN on Proxmox|Proxmox]] - Deploying AREDN on Proxmox
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*[[Radios]] - Which radio should I buy?
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*[[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.
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==Past Projects==
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*[[Link Quality Management]]
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* [[Network Storms]]
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* [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]
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*[https://github.com/sfwem SFWEM GitHub]
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*[[Alameda Emergency Services (OES)]]
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*[[Red Cross]]
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== Conferences==
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* [[Pacificon]] - Annual pacific coast HAM conference by [https://www.mdarc.org/ MDARC]
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*[[SCALE]] - Southern California Linux Conference (with a HAM presence)
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*[[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
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==Communications==
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*[[AREDN Community Slack|Slack]]
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*[https://groups.io/g/sfwem sfwem@groups.io]
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== Working Groups==
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*[[BAM Weekly Working Group]]
   
== Helpful Information ==
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== Other Meshes ==
* [[Maps]] - Various maps of mesh nodes and the connections between them
 
* [[Tools]] - Helpful information and tools
 
*[[High sites]] - Elevated sites which are easy to point a radio at
 
   
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* [[North Bay Mesh]]
== Projects ==
 
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* [[South County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (SCARES)]]
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* [[Southern California Mesh]]
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* [[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 ==
* Cameras
 
* Weather Stations
 
* Air Quality
 
* Radiation monitoring
 
* Bay Area Backbone
 
*[[Band Plan]]
 
*Phones & PBX
 
   
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*[[East Bay Public Safety Microwave Network]] (formally the Lafayette Police Department)
== Conferences ==
 
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*[[Sierra-Lassen-Plumas Interoperability Network (SLPnet)]]
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*[[WB6ECE Repeater Group]]
   
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== Historic Networks ==
* [[Pacificon]] - Pacific coast HAM conference
 
* [[SCALE]] - Southern California Linux Conference (with a HAM presence)
 
   
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* [[AT&T Long Lines]]
== Non-Profit Information ==
 
   
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== AREDN==
* [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]
 
   
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*[https://www.arednmesh.org Main AREDN website]
== AREDN ==
 
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*[https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/ AREDN Documentation]
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*[http://github.com/aredn/ AREDN GitHub]
   
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== Non-Profit ==
* [https://www.arednmesh.org Main AREDN website]
 
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The Bay Area Mesh is made possible in part by the [[Bay Area Mesh Inc]] 501(c)(3) non-profit.
* [https://arednmesh.readthedocs.io/ AREDN Documentation]
 

Latest revision as of 09:51, 6 December 2024

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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

Historic Networks

AREDN

Non-Profit

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