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 Subject :Meshin' sround in Quartzsite, AZ.. 2014-03-13- 08:54:36 
nj6j
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Location: Quartzsite, AZ

After listening to Ron's (N1AHH) excellent seminar on emergency communications ( http://griddowncomms.blogspot.com/ } at the 2014 Amateur Radio Quartzfest in Quartzsite, a number of retired hams that "nest" here for the winter months  decided to try meshin' around.  Other than Quartzfest, the "Q" is for the most part, an RF ghost town.

Collectively, we have very little networking experience and a sprinkling of Linux but we somehow managed to muddle though and get a mesh up and running. There nine modes currently on line.

We have IRC up thanks to Rusty's  (AE5AE) tutorial, a couple of IP cameras,  and  few Puppy Linux servers running on surplus Neoware and HP Thin clients purchased on eBay.

The thin clients make ideal portable servers and terminals because consume little power and  run on 12VDC because they are entirely solid state (no hard drive). They are available in both embedded XP and linux flavors. We picked up a couple of them on eBay for $18 ea. delivered.

VOIP is next.

Attached is an image to the Q-Mesh



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 Subject :Re:Meshin' sround in Quartzsite, AZ.. 2014-03-13- 09:19:03 
K6AH
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Hi Steve,

Hey congratulations on getting the mesh running.  I was at Quartzfest this year and attended that talk.  You may recall the comments I made about Ubiquiti gear and where BBHN was heading.

Nice to run into you guys on the forum.

73,

Andre, K6AH
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 Subject :Re:Meshin' sround in Quartzsite, AZ.. 2014-03-13- 17:20:02 
N1AHH
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Steve, thanks for the kind words. Glad to hear your mesh is growing. Mine...not so much. Ward (K7PO) and I are working on a link between Gila Bend and Why, but one 19 mile path remains. I don't know enough about options to spend the $$ yet. Need to learn more about ubiquity options. I wonder if there is a way to vpn our meshes. As you may know, Why AZ makes Quartzsite look like a big town. I have no possible routes out until we get the link north. So that leaves vpn via the intenet. Also, I will be leaving Why in a few months for a remote part of Maine. VPN could move with me...... It would be nice to be able to pick your brain and not have to reinvent it all. Curious about the HP boxes. I need more info. URL to purchase etc. please? Again, kudos to you for making such giant strides so quickly. Ron, N1AHH.
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 Subject :Re:Meshin' sround in Quartzsite, AZ.. 2014-03-14- 15:39:17 
nj6j
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Thanks Andre - We are looking to get a few of the Ubiquiti units once we are satisfied that our current applications are up and running. I do remember your talk at the Quartzfest. I think this is the future of amateur radio and time will tell where this leads us. Hope to have some interesting things ready by next year's Q-fest Steve
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