Getting there. Still lots of tidying cables to go.
Category Archives: Radio Projects
Soldering and heat-shrink completed.
Distribution complete. Batteries and DC-DC charger next.
Landy re-cable for “auxiliaries”
Behind the seats …
The business end ….
Up on top …
Next weekends plans. Then auxiliary batteries and chargers …
Our AREDN Mesh Network is growing.
Our local RAYNET group is exploring the use of the AREDN MESH software. We have deployed multiple nodes running various equipment tests. We have an Intranet Web Server, CCTV, VoIP phones and a RaspPBX. We are using VPNs to interconnect the core nodes situated at various member’s houses.
The new flight cases are really starting to take shape.
Bit more work today tinkering and tiding up the flight cases.
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.
RFI !!!!!!
I have switched off nearly everything locally. Disappears as soon as aerial is disconnected so isn’t internal or coming through the power lines. Arrrgh !
Receiving NOAA images (Badly)
Not as easy as I first thought receiving NOAA images. Going to need more fiddling I think.
Slowly making progress in receiving a NOAA picture.
That’s two of three going in this tray.
A new tray for mounting the Pis. It’s a pie tray !
Needed a new, bigger hole in the ceiling.
Needed a new, bigger hole in the ceiling to feed the many new coax cables through to the loft.
No more do I have to poke coax through the ceiling and then solder the plugs back on !
Just need to remove the old coax runs and fill the smaller holes.
New Radio Box – Rear – Power Distribution.
Power terminals fitted. The thinking is that Anderson connectors can be disconnected from the PSUs and then plugged in to the battery leads for off grid use.
Going to need some sort of cable management out the back here.
New radio box – Front – Radio Controls.
The mic holder fits quite well here I think. I really like the layout of it all.
It’s been some time since I connected to a BBS !
Testing External PtP MESH Nodes using Ubiquity Nano Stations – Project Write Up (incomplete)
Testing of the Ubiquity NanoStation M2-XW with AREDN firmware.
Currently they are just meshing with the node in my truck.
Testing of the Ubiquity NanoStation M2-XW with AREDN firmware.
Replaced the firmware on a couple of Ubiquity Nano Stations with the latest AREDN software.
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.
AREDN MESH Go Box.
AREDN MESH node boxed up with a couple of PIs. One VoIP Server and one Intranet/File Server. Space for one more coming.
Also includes a Wi-Fi access point. The Mikrotik RouterBoard is running The Dude Server and also allows some MESH to Local Network traffic routing.
