[MVMA] Mesh and 2019 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 5 October 2019

[Chuck Gelm]

On 10/1/19 6:59 AM, w8kj at bcara.net wrote:
>
> Greetings Dayton Area Meshers
> Our local club here in Butler County  scheduled a countywide emergency 
> drill for this Saturday, October 5.
> We had not thought about the state wide ARES drill being the same day.
>
>  Our plan is it to include three portable mesh stations in our exercise.
> The node/antenna poe, and laptop are powered by a small inverter 
> plugged into a vehicle power outlet.
>
>  The plan is to point our portable antennas at the Pleasant run water 
> tank node which is actually just inside Hamilton county .
>
> I will report back how our test goes. I think mesh is  extremely 
> practical during a disaster event .
>
>  Most served agencies have no idea how valuable amateur radio 
> operators and our various tools are until they are needed . IMHO
>
> 73 Kevin W8KJ
>

Hi, Kevin:

  My vehicle, a 2016 model, has a 120vac outlet at the rear of the console.
I can power at least one node and one laptop with it.
I have done some 'war driving' with this setup many times on
2 and 5 GHz WiFi. I have upgraded firmware, modified settings, and rebooted
nodes from the car. Perhaps I'll try to power my link nodes, RasPBX, and
one IP phone from the car.

  By various contrived methods our local ARES groups have always managed
to exclude mesh from their tests.

  Recently Ohio conducted a 'digital' test, but excluded 802.11n emissions.
Locally, our upcoming SET scenario is only allowing solar powered stations.

Chuck

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