(NOTE: The Jan 16 notes have been recovered - see addendum at the end of this post.)
Here are some links for HSMM-MESH and Echolink. These are tutorials that will get your feet wet.
Broadband Over Radio Wireless Mesh Network Experimentation for Emergency Communications
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAFptGn1k1E (12 Minutes)
Dayton Hamvention presentation on HSMM-MESH (27 MINUTES)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCHD9DAUgGc
Explaining Super Wifi Mesh Network (4 Minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnBtCw3Lmw
Echolink Settings for Simplex link.(4 Minutes 57 Seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg56coygnCI
Echolink Demo (9 Minutes 34 Seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTe3eH19ngs
Scouting for food - March 23rd - they need 40 to 50 ham radio operators. Check postings on http://www.arpse.org/
The 2013 Utah VHF Society Swapmeet will be held on Saturday, February 23, 2013 in Farmington at the Davis County Fair Park Legacy Events Center, building #2. Doors will open for the general public at 8 AM with setup for sellers to start at 7 AM.
This is NOT the same location as previous years' swapmeets!
More info HERE.
If you have an Android phone or an Iphone, there are a number of ham radio related programs that you can download from either the Google Play store or the IPhone store. Almost all of them are free. There are also echolink programs for Android and Iphone that let you use your phone (via internet or WiFi) to talk on Echolink. Search Google for more info.
Other Android/IPhone programs include police scanners that allow you to pick a country, state, county and city and listed live to various public safety dispatchers on your phone. Some of these are also available for your computer. Two of my favorites are "Scanner Radio" and "Police Scanner". Similar programs are also available for your computer. Very handy during an emergency for monitoring the doings of the public safety folks.
Want an inexpensive cell phone service? It is called BYOD - Bring Your Own Device. Any old Verizon phone you have laying around will work (NO Verizon Prepaid Phones). This includes basic flip phones or Smart Phones. You can pick up old Verizon phones off of eBay and KSL Classifieds. The cell service ranges in price from $30 per year up to $55 per month depending on what features you pick. For more info, click on the banner and check out the available plans.
There is also a forum where all things relating to cell phone service are discussed. The link is here, Kitty Wireless Forum.
And if you want to read about all the money some other people have saved with this deal, check out this forum POST.
***** The following is from the Jan 16th Net. Some of the notes were recovered *****
You can download software and other info from the following links:
www.echolink.org
www.hsmm-mesh.org
The 146.76 repeater has EchoLink capability.
Most of the HSMM-MESH nodes are done with WRT54G routers running DD-WRT software. You can find them very inexpensively on eBay.
For a great resource of ham radio info, visit this site www.wesconntraffic.net/resources.html
Take a look at the articles by N8UT. They are both funny and informative.
Two final things. In October of 2012 (Halloween) we shared a DesNews article about the toxicity of Cyalume Light Sticks. The Cyalume Light Sticks sold by Emergency Essentials are NOT toxic.
KD7UM says that MARA will look into placing an EchoLink node on the 146.74 repeater. The current repeater is a converted commercial radio. Adding EchoLink would probably require an entirely new repeater with built-in EchoLink capabilities. More info as it becomes available.
N7OZH
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