From bob at n3pph.com  Tue Feb 18 18:36:20 2014
From: bob at n3pph.com (Bob Sheskin)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:36:20 -0500
Subject: [CALV-ARES] meeting
Message-ID: <AE537569-C327-4332-A7C7-28AE4DB05791@n3pph.com>

Per Dennis tonights ARES meeting has been canceled.

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From bob at n3pph.com  Fri Feb 21 11:23:33 2014
From: bob at n3pph.com (Bob Sheskin)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:23:33 -0500
Subject: [CALV-ARES] Tornado watch
Message-ID: <C98F09F6-8DF3-4D20-BBE5-6F3864EA53E7@n3pph.com>

This has been a crazy winter, thunderstorm Wednesday and now a tornado watch. The weather service has put our area under a tornado watch from 11:40 AM until 6 PM.

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From n3qhc at verizon.net  Fri Feb 21 13:40:44 2014
From: n3qhc at verizon.net (N3QHC)
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:40:44 -0500
Subject: [CALV-ARES] Tornado Watch parts of Calvert County - Action Required
Message-ID: <00b301cf2f34$6e97f110$4bc7d330$@verizon.net>

Tornado Watch

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1254 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

 

TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND PORTION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.

 

FORECASTS OF WAVE HEIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE EFFECTS OF WIND DIRECTION

RELATIVE TO TIDAL CURRENTS.  EXPECT HIGHER WAVES WHEN WINDS ARE

BLOWING AGAINST THE TIDAL FLOW.  WAVES FLAT WHERE WATERS ARE ICED OVER.

 

ANZ533-220915-

CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT-

1254 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

 

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

...TORNADO WATCH 24 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

 

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 20 KT...BECOMING NW LATE. GUSTS UP TO

30 KT. WAVES 3 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS.

.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.

.SAT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 2 FT.

.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 2 FT.

.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. WAVES 2 FT.

.SUN NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER

MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. WAVES 2 TO 3 FT.

.MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N AROUND 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

WAVES 1 TO 2 FT.

.TUE...NE WINDS AROUND 5 KT. WAVES 1 FT.

 

WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER AND VISIBILITIES LOWER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

 

$$

 

TO: CALV-ARES STATIONS

 

*  CALV is under a TORNADO WATCH till 5:00 PM (L).

 

* CALV-ARES activation is not expected at this time however continue to
monitor Sunderland Repeater: 146.985 MHz, (-), PL 156.7 till the TORNADO
WATCH is cancelled. 

Also, monitor NOAA Weather Radio and/or local weather sources > 

 


 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=SN> Site Name

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=SL> Transmitter
Name

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=CS> Call Sign

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=FR> Frequency

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=PR> Power

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/stations.php?State=VA&Sort=WF> WFO


Manassas

Independent Hill

 <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/Maps/PHP/site.php?State=VA&Site=KHB36> KHB36

162.550

1000

Sterling, VA

 

 

*  Left telephone voice mail @1250 Hours today to Wayne/N1WR about TORNADO
WARNING in effect for Chesapeake Ranch Club are till 1315-Hours today.
Warning has since been cancelled.

 

*  Spoke with Peter/KB3SXB @1257-Hours.  The Drum Point community is out of
electrical power but cable is still working.

 

*  Spoke with Bill/N3XMZ at 1308-Hours and he has electrical power and
cable.  He also heard David/KB3RAN on the 2M radio.

 

*  FYI > I will be at work from 1345 to 2100 Hours today.  Take necessary
action if needed.  Coordinate any actions or questions with CALV-ARES AEC if
needed.  [N3XMZ or N3AE] [KB3WFV and N1WR may be out of town = ?]

 

73, Dennis N3QHC 

 

 

When ALL Else Fails.Amateur Radio

 

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From karl_g_long at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 24 16:01:53 2014
From: karl_g_long at hotmail.com (Karl Long)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:01:53 -0700
Subject: [CALV-ARES] Broadband Ham Net  BBHN (formerly hsmm-mesh)
Message-ID: <BLU180-W28CE500E34D5B48F32E7EEB6860@phx.gbl>










I was going to send this to my list of people who said they were interested. I am sending it to the reflectors for two reasons: 1. There may be others in CARA, or ARES who would like to participate.2. I have misplaced my list. For anyone not familiar with what is called Broadband Ham Net (BBHN), formerly called High Speed Multi-media Mesh (HSMM-Mesh), it is a network of wireless network routers that automatically self configure into a network that can do anything that can be done on the Internet, provided that the apporpriate servers are available on the network. Uses include video (Skype-like or IP camera), voice (VOIP), web pages, file transfer,  email, and many others. I plan to go to the Montgomery Amateur Radio Club (http://www.marcclub.org/) meeting at 7:30 pm Wednesday March 5, in Rockville.  There will be a presentation on using BBHN in Montgomery County. If anyone else would like to go, we might be able to work out a carpool. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The primary resource for information about BBHN is at the Website www.broadband-hamnet.org.

If you have not done so already, I recommend that you register with them.  Use your call sign and a password that you create.  Logging in will give you access to all the forums and the node map.
 
>From the home page, select Supported Hardware, then download the pdf file at the link "Hardware guide to print." Once you have acquired a supported router, go to the home page and select Software Download. .  Download the bbhn-1.0.0 file for your router to your computer.  Note that bbhn-1.0.0-wrt54g.bin is used for both the Linksys WRT54G and GL. bbhn-1.0.0-wrt54gs.bin is used for the WRT54GS.
 
Before you attempt to install the firmware updates to the router, go back and read everything on the home page. Pay particular attention to the link "how our firmware works." Print out the upgrade instruction, or have another computer available that is connected to the internet.  Once you start the upgrade, you will not have internet access from the computer connected to the node.

When you have a node up and configured, follow the instructions at the top of the node map to get you node(s) added to the map. YOu have to register to see the node map.
 
While I will see your node on the map , please also let me know about your nodes.  I will ask for more details below.
 
Wander around on the forums.  There is some good user experience info there. Beware, as with all discussions about amateur radio, there is some stuff that just ain't so.  If you have any questions about them, ask me.  I am not an expert on all things, but I have actually looked at part 97, unlike many who claim to know what the rules say. 
 
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I would like to know some things about what you have and what you know.  Please respond directly to me (instead of everyone).  I will make the information available to everyone else after I have collected it.  Please provide an update when things change. 
 
Do you currently have (or have on order):
 
1. BBHN nodes up and configured. If so, what are the node names?
(I have three nodes; KG1L-100, KG1L-101 and KG1L-102. All are currently in my basement and talk to each other.)
 
2. Linksys WRT54G, GS, or GL wireless routers with version numbers on the supported hardware list, but not configured as nodes.

3. IP camera(s).
 
4. Laptop, Raspberry PI, or portable (embedded) computer that can host servers (web, mail, ip phone, other).
 
5. Experience setting up and running servers. 
 
6. Experience with mcrowave propagation. 
 
7. 13cm (2.4GHz) external antennas with RP-TNC connectors.
(I have built two which do not currently have RP-TNC connectors; one 10 element collinear (omni) http://www.nodomainname.co.uk/Omnicolinear/2-4collinear.htm and one directional waveguide antenna (tin can) http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html).
 
8. Experience with setting up VPN tunnelling.
 
I do not expect that we have everything listed above.  Some things we will have to learn.  There are other people who can help.
 
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My short term goal is to put together a demo for CARA and Calvert ARES, to show how BBHN works and why it is worth pursuing.  The demo would show the self-configuring, network infrastructure, as well as the applications running on the network to support amateur radio and event/emergency communtications. I hope to encourage more interest (and action) in BBHN.
 
My long term goals are to:
 
1. Develop a collection of portable nodes and servers that can be deployed in support of parades and other special events. 
 
2. Develop a "permanent" BBHN network covering strategic portions of Calvert County. 
 

73 de KG1L Karl LongOwings, MD karl_g_long at hotmail.com
 



 		 	   		  
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