BAM Weekly Working Group Sept 12th, 2022

Attendees

• Dave Dornlas
• Isaac Bentley
• Mathison Ott
• John Swallow
• Tim Wilkinson

Notes by

• Tim Wilkinson

Major Discussions Topics

• SCARES
  • John helping a SCARES chap put up a node at his place in Redwood City
• Sites
  • San Carlos
    • John planning to upgrade the dish mount for the connection to FB to improve the down angle
    • Also planning (different visit) to add in the EdgeRouterX. Space for including in waterproof box unclear
  • CCCC
    • There seems to be a tree between the CCCC tower and San Pedro
      • Maybe we could "trim" it a bit? Not a consensus for this approach
    • There is an additional mounting pole at the site, but we would need to reclaim an underground conduit to make that happen
  • Facebook
    • Seems to be some confusion about who knows who here, who has access, and what we need to do, and whether FB is happy with us
    • Would like to switch out the Omni for a Sector pointing south-east
    • Add a AREDN dish pointing back to San Carlos
  • San Bruno
    • We have the go-head to put a dish pointing south toward San Carlos (and Black Mountain)
    • Tim is waiting on the official tour and access keys - was suppose to be last week but postponed
  • Other sites
    • John talking to Scott (possibly com-ctr.com) about his sites
    • Discussion of alternate Umunhum site at cabin (needs solar)
• Pacificon
  • Update the flyer and print out 200 copies
  • Get some stickers printed
  • Discussion about changing the name
    • (Editor: I'd be amazed if we ever do this)
  • Go with Dave's poster idea showing how the mesh has grown in the year
  • Need to bring our own power and internet options
    • Matthison will bring Starlink
  • Setup nodes outside and inside for demo purposes
• Other stuff
  • The SCARES group have a nice beginners guide docs - we might want to use that as a template for our own