Mesh Networking
Mesh in Putnam County
For those that want to install a mesh node here in Putnam County, I present to you some information to help.
AREDN - Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network
Old Airlink - Outdoor Wireless Link Calculator
New Airlink - Outdoor Wireless Link Calculator
Broadband-Hamnet or HSMM-MESH - is a useful site for information
The coordinates for the Short Mountain node is 35.86570, -85.97500 and the node is at 117 feet (35.6616 meters)
The 5ghz node is up at the CRA repeater tower on Phifer Mountain it is pointed at Short Mountain with a Powerbeam with 23dbi dish antenna at 165 feet (50.2920 Meters). Also there is a 5Ghz Rocket with 120 degree Sector antenna pointed at Cookeville at 165 feet (48.7680 Meters) center aimed at 310 degrees Magnetic. The coordinates are 36.082151,-85.373887. The 120 degree Sector antenna should cover most of Cookeville.
In the future we will add 2 more 5GHz nodes and 3 - 2.4GHz nodes to cover 360 degrees around the tower.
The coordinates for the 145.11 (Wetzel) node is 36.131362, -85.457207 and the node is at 170 feet (51.816 meters) and there are 2 - 120 Degree Sector Antenna on a 5G Basebox. One is pointed toward Cookeville at 315 Degrees and the other is pointed toward Phifer at 177 Degrees. There is also a NanoBridge Node pointed to Short Mountain from Wetzel also at 161 feet (49.0728 meters).
The more mesh nodes we add in Putnam County the better our coverage and the ability to use it during an emergency when there is no way to get to the network by usual means.
If you don't see your chosen hardware in the Supported Platform Matrix you can look in the Nightly Builds Readme File to see if it is being tested for inclusion.
Southmesh Mesh Node Naming Convention
Callsign
Model of Equipment
Owner's Serial number (Usually starting with 100, incrementing by 1 to keep count of your equipment, starting at 150 for Mikrotik. User preference.)
Location (QTH)
Height
Mounting Structure
Center of Direction (If not omni)
For Example: W4HPL-RKM5XW-100-PHIFER-165TWR-310
Coverage Map for Wetzel Node
Coverage Map W4HPL Phifer Mountain Node Aimed at 310 Degrees
