[TriLUG] Raspberry PI network over ham radio

[Jeremy Davis via TriLUG]

This is great! Seems like I was the guy who approached you about speaking
at TriLUG years ago. I think I met you at RARSfest.

Glad to hear you are still at it!

Is there a list of the 7 counties somewhere?

Jeremy Davis

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 9:17 AM Tadd Torborg via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> About 5 years ago I spoke at TriLug about starting a hobby network of
> Raspberry PIs linked over ham radio in the Triangle area.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ea8SwhrhMU
>
> We’re still at it.   We’re in 7 counties now and we’re still welcoming new
> participants.  We’re still using Raspberry PIs.  Our installer and software
> has gotten better, and easier.  Our build instructions more complete.
> Because of the number of locations already networked, it is even easier to
> get a relatively low-stress radio link to new houses.  We’ve mastered more
> commercial surplus radios we can put into linking service for cheap.  We’ve
> created our own accessory smart-modem we call NinoTNC after its chief
> engineer.  TNC is what it is, Nino is who designed it.  NinoTNC can do 6
> different bit-rates, depending on the capabilities of the radios. (150 to
> 9600 bits/second).  We sell the PCB and CPU for $11 on ETSY and the rest of
> the parts come from Mouser at about $30 + $11 in singles.  It’s a very nice
> solder kit.  See http://ninotnc.info <http://ninotnc.info/>
>
> This morning we had 37 people tied into our IRC-like chat system across
> the entire network with everybody connecting to their neighbors else using
> hobbyist controlled infrastructure.  No Internet involved. All but one
> station are located at individual residences.  The one is on the First
> Flight Venture Center office building where I have my office, as described
> in the Trilug video linked above.
>
> See http://ncpacket.net <http://ncpacket.net/>   for more maps and
> participant list.
> See http://tarpn.net <http://tarpn.net/>  for the recipe, shopping list,
> background info, many photos.
>
> We chat about our network on the NCPACKET network, but also on
>
> Discord  https://discord.gg/Xt96Mubs
>
> Groups IO http://groups.io/g/ncpacket   and  http://groups.io/g/tarpn
>
> and have a presence on Facebook
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/ncpacket
>   https://www.facebook.com/groups/tarpn
>
>
> Tadd / KA2DEW   <http://qrz.com/db/ka2dew>http://qrz <http://qrz/
> >.com/db/ka2dew
> tadd at mac.com
> Raleigh NC  FM05pv
>
> North Carolina ham-radio chatRoom Network:
> http://ncpacket.net/north_carolina_packet_radio_network.html
> Packet networking over ham radio:
> http://tarpn.net/t/packet_radio_networking.html
> Local Raleigh ham radio info: http://torborg.com/a
> Ham Shack Hotline # 11173
>
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