I, KD0CGN, am horrible at taking notes and also posting updates so I apologize to those that read these posts.
Went over HamFest and also the Massive Kudos we got from the Field Day leaders.
Briefly talked about future projects:
– Equipment on Mercy
– Status of getting equipment onto the water tower in Hiawatha
Talked about our plans for the Especially For You 5k / Family Walk – This will be a big one!
Next meeting is supposed to be October 4th, 2025 but this will be the dress rehearsal day to test all of our equipment for the Especially For You event. Probably won’t be much of a “business” meeting.
After the above “business” meeting we got on the roof of the EOC and fixed the AREDN Omni so now both the Omni and the Dish are working at the EOC. Additional configuration later, the Dishes between EOC and Mercy are now “married” into a dedicated Point to Point configuration where only the two of them can talk to each other. This has increased our transmit bandwidth to almost 30 MBps which is perfect for live video feeds but we’ll test that on Oct 4th!
Kraig A. Wilford
KD0CGN – Linn County, IA Assistant Emergency Coordinator, AREDN “Leader”