Category Archives: Network Projects

Flight Cases – Project Write Up

I have replaced and combined the Radio Cabinet and the Radio Bag with flight cases.

The cabinet took up a lot of space and was near impossible to move around due to weight. I can now divide the equipment, and weight, up into several flight cases. Change is frequent and its now a lot easier to move the cases around and modify the configurations etc.

The current three sections are Mesh, Radio and Network. “Mesh” at the top has the AREDN Node and the Raspberry Pi Servers and the Mesh Mikrotik Router. “Radio” in the middle has the SIMOCO radios and the Yeasu FT-857D. “Network” at the bottom has the Main Mikrotik Router, the Dev Servers and the switches.

Front view of Radio Case
Rear view of Radio Case
Mic clip
Pis and Cables attached to the new tray
New MESH case now filled

AREDN MESH Go Box – Project Write Up

I needed a go box of mesh stuffs that could be deployed quickly and contain some PIs, an access point and an AREDN node.

I am quite fond of the Really Useful Box series and have a number of them with project parts and tools in etc. So I choose a 9L box to try and fit some bits in.

Planning to see if it will fit in a 9L Really Useful Box using lid as a template
All snug in the Really Useful Box 9L box with room for one more Pi 4